How to Have a Healthy Heart

Wellness Retreats for a healthy heart

There are many wellness retreats to choose from. Each has its own health benefits. However, to be on the road to a healthy heart, book into a health-conscious primal retreat. They aim to bring out our inner caveman (or women); by teaching us how to eat and move the way we were designed to, 1000’s years ago.

While you’re there, you’ll be fuelled with nutritious foods and take part in different exercises to give your fitness a boost and improve your relationship with food. You’ll also learn about the Paleo lifestyle (caveman diet), as mentioned previously. The lack of processed foods within the Paleo benefits you in the ways described above but you’ll also be left feeling full and satisfied too.

Foraging for foods from the forest and vegetarian meals are optional. However, yoga sessions and kickboxing workouts are encouraged in the forest. Workouts can include natural movements such as balancing, jumping, throwing, and lifting.

Throughout your stay they’ll be many opportunities to reconnect with the forest and nature. For instance, you could go for long walks or spend time leaf peeping.

Whether you join a workout or explore nature at your leisure, if you continue to move more post trip you’ll be on your way to ensure a healthy heart. Moving more simply makes your heart stronger.

How do you make your heart stronger? Get it pumping!

Activities which are good for your heart

• Walking

The health benefits of walking are free and easy. For instance, a brisk walk to the paper shop can help you build stamina and lose excess calories, from that biscuit you enjoyed earlier. If you’re not sure what a brisk walk is, aim for a pace that has you breathing a little more heavily but not too much. If you walk briskly, for 150 minutes a week, you’ll be on the right track to reap all the benefits of walking. Some great tips for a rewarding walk: wear supportive shoes, take waterproofs and a bottle of water to stay hydrated.

• Kayaking and canoeing

Immerse yourself in the waters of a lake, river, or stream and reduce your stress levels. While you take in nature all around you, you’ll improve your heart health, thanks to the variety of movements your body is making. Kayaking and canoeing are low impact activities, meaning there is a reduced risk of wear and tear on your joints and muscles. However, they are great aerobic and cardiovascular activities, as you navigate across the water and strengthen your arms, back, and legs – all while enjoying a bit of peace and tranquillity.

• Yoga

Yoga might be known for improving your flexibility and balance. However, it’s also a way to strengthen your heart as you move through a variety of simple poses. You’ll increase circulation and blood flow to your heart by focusing upon different breathing exercises. You’ll calm your mind and let go of day-to-day stresses. In the long term, yoga can lower high blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose levels, reducing the risks of hypertension, stroke, and heart disease.

Which exercise is best for a healthy heart?

Different exercises have different benefits for your heart. To strengthen your heart, go for a brisk walk or swim.

To get your heart beating faster, do an aerobic exercise, or “cardio”. These types of exercises involve repetitive contractions of larger muscle groups, which get your heart pumping. To keep things interesting, do a varied amount of cardio over the week, some examples would be running, cycling, or playing a round of golf.

What should be noted, is that no one exercise or sport is best for a healthy heart. Just keep moving and/or exercise regularly Once you start and make it part of your lifestyle it will become second nature.