Let's Take a Hike

Questions: Contact info@loudounwildlife.org.

🪷** Cost:** This challenge has a fee. Multiple price options are available.
To participate in this challenge, use this link: Mindful Hiking Challenge Registration

📅 Our challenge runs from July through October

✨ Description: What if a walk in nature could nourish your well-being while helping others experience the healing power of the outdoors?
Join Imagine Well Being's Mindful Hiking Challenge and discover how simple acts of presence can create meaningful change- for yourself and for your community.
You'll explore beautiful landscapes, engage in mindfulness practices, and reconnect with the natural world in ways that inspire curiosity, gratitude, and wonder. Whether you hike a mountain trail, wander through a historic landscape, or pause beside a quiet stream, each step becomes an invitation to slow down, notice more deeply, and remember your connection to the living world around you.

To guide your journey, the challenge invites you to explore three distinct types of landscapes:

• Historic Sites: Where we listen to the stories of the land.
• National Scenic Trails: Where the path guides us back to ourselves.
• National Parks: Where awe expands our perspective.

⚙️ How it Works
You choose how, when, and where you explore. Complete the challenge at your own pace, and enrich your journey by joining our hosted, in-person community events—from hikes and bike rides to forest bathing, sound baths, and mindful movement.
📖 Participants receive a downloadable mindful hiking guide for each landscape, featuring sensory and creative invitations to explore with curiosity, deepen awareness, and discover what the land has to share.

💖 The Impact: A Practice of Reciprocity
Just like a healthy forest relies on an unseen network of roots to thrive, this challenge creates a beautiful cycle of mutual care between you and your community.

🌿 Nourish Yourself
Modern life floods us with screens, noise, and constant "doing," leaving us disconnected or overwhelmed. Spending intentional, mindful time in nature lowers stress, boosts immune health, and restores physical energy. Consider this challenge your personal sanctuary—a sacred space to quiet an overactive mind and return to your truest self.

🤝 Nurture Community
While you are out on the trail restoring your own spirit, your registration fee and donations ripple outward. Your generosity supports the work of Imagine Well Being, including:

• Accessible Nature Programs: Keeping our holistic nature experiences affordable and welcoming to everyone.
• Community Helper Workshops: Providing Wellness-in-Nature and stress-relief sessions for local library staff and other community workers.
• Therapeutic Outreach: Bringing the healing power of forest therapy directly to residents in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, as well as adults with developmental disabilities.

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⭐️ Liability Release:
With my RSVP, I hereby confirm that I am physically able to participate in this event. I understand and agree that all events, gatherings, and retreats are undertaken at my sole risk and that Imagine Well Being guides and co-directors shall not be liable for injuries or damages to my person or property arising out of or connected to any of these activities.
I authorize Imagine Well Being guides and co-directors to call 911 in the event that I appear to require emergency medical care, and I assume responsibility for all associated costs.
I have carefully read this agreement and understand its contents. I agree that it is a complete release of liability for any injuries or damage that I may sustain due to Imagine classes, gatherings, and workshops.

🪷 Cost: This event has a fee. Multiple price options are available.
To attend this event, you must use this link: 👣 🌿 Restore in Nature: An Immersion Walk & Sound Bath ✨

Description: 👣 Ground • 🌿 Connect • ✨ Restore
Reconnect with yourself through the healing power of nature and sound at Leopold’s Preserve. This restorative experience begins with a guided nature immersion walk, inviting you to slow down, awaken your senses, and be fully present. We'll conclude with a calming sound bath overlooking the expansive wetlands, allowing the soothing vibrations to deepen your relaxation and leave you feeling grounded, renewed, and restored.

👋🏼 Meeting point:
Meet in the parking area at 4:20 pm. We will start at 4:30 pm.

🚙 Parking: Large Parking Lot at Leopold's Preserve

🚻 Miscellaneous: There are portable toilets at the parking area.

🎒Bring:

• Water
• Layers of clothes based on the weather
• ​Sturdy comfortable shoes
• Bug repellent
• Sunblock

🪷 Cost: This event has a fee. Multiple price options are available.
To attend this event, you must use this link: 👣 🌿 Restore in Nature: An Immersion Walk & Sound Bath ✨

🌐 Newsletter: Sign up Today for Imagine Well Being's latest news, upcoming events, and retreats!

⭐️ Liability Release:
With my RSVP, I hereby confirm that I am physically able to participate in this event. I understand and agree that all events, gatherings, and retreats are undertaken at my sole risk and that Imagine Well Being guides and co-directors shall not be liable for injuries or damages to my person or property arising out of or connected to any of these activities.
I authorize Imagine Well Being guides and co-directors to call 911 in the event that I appear to require emergency medical care, and I assume responsibility for all associated costs.
I have carefully read this agreement and understand its contents. I agree that it is a complete release of liability for any injuries or damage that I may sustain due to Imagine Well Being events, gatherings, and retreats.

🪷 Cost: This event has a fee. Multiple price options are available.
To attend this event: Register and Pay with this Link!
Please Note: registration closes September 9 at 5pm as we need to secure kayak and paddle board rentals for you with the park.

✨ Description: Ages: 18+
🛶 We will begin with a guided nature immersion experience as we paddle to a peaceful cove nestled among trees and rocky shoreline. From your kayak or paddle board, settle into a restorative floating sound bath where soothing vibrations blend with the sounds of water, birdsong, and wind through the trees. This immersive experience invites deep relaxation, mindfulness, and connection to the rhythms of the natural world. 🌳 💧

Logistics & Rentals:

• New to Kayaking? Contact us for additional information to help you prepare.
• Rental Boats: Kayak rentals are available directly through the park. Check out the rental details on the Reservoir Park Boat Rental Page.
• Personal Kayaks: If you are bringing your own boat, please note there is a small launch fee. Limited numbers of boat dollies are available at the Welcome Center to help you transport your kayak to the water.
• Safety: Personal flotation device must be worn throughout the experience on the water.
• Accessibility: The launch features a flat ramp grade and ADA-accessible floating docks to ensure a safe, smooth transfer into your watercraft.

👋🏼 Meeting point:
Meet at the Marina 15 minutes prior to start time.

🎒 What to Bring:

• 💧Water bottle
• 🧢 hat
• 🧴☀️sunscreen
• 🩳 quick dry clothes
• 👟water shoes or sandals with a heel strap, or other shoes you don't mind getting wet
• 🚣 Payment for kayak rental, or your own kayak and launch fee, PFD, & paddle

🦺 Safety Note: A personal flotation device must be worn throughout the experience on the water

🪷 Cost: This event has a fee. Multiple price options are available.
To attend this event: Register and Pay with this Link!

🌐 Newsletter: Sign up Today for Imagine Well Being's latest news, upcoming events, and retreats!

⭐️ Liability Release:
With my RSVP, I hereby confirm that I am physically able to participate in this event. I understand and agree that all events, gatherings, and retreats are undertaken at my sole risk and that Imagine Well Being guides and co-directors shall not be liable for injuries or damages to my person or property arising out of or connected to any of these activities.
I authorize Imagine Well Being guides and co-directors to call 911 in the event that I appear to require emergency medical care, and I assume responsibility for all associated costs.
I have carefully read this agreement and understand its contents. I agree that it is a complete release of liability for any injuries or damage that I may sustain due to Imagine's events, gatherings, and retreats.