Slow Down. Unplug. Find Joy.
Located at Blue Valley's Wilderness Science Center, the Wellness Walk was first created in 2022. Keep The Spark Alive Foundation worked with Blue Valley Education Foundation to create a place where visitors could immerse themselves in nature, slow down, and find joy in their surroundings.
While the original purpose remains, today visitors can step into a new and improved experience. Guests are invited to follow the path and engage in guided prompts for grounding, self-awareness, and empowerment.
Apps To Continue Your Wellness Walk Experience
Identify The Birds
Mental Fitness Toolkit
Identify The Birds
Take your bird watching/listening to a new level with this free global bird guide. The app can listen to the birds around you and identify what species you are hearing.
Meditation
Mental Fitness Toolkit
Identify The Birds
Access the world's largest library of free guided meditations and breathwork techniques from psychologists, spiritual leaders and mindfulness teachers.
Mental Fitness Toolkit
Mental Fitness Toolkit
Mental Fitness Toolkit
Designed for minds of all ages and stages, the new Smiling Mind App helps you learn the skills that promote mental wellbeing and create the habits to thrive.
Enhance Your Experience With These Exercises
EFT Tapping
Feeling Anxious
EFT Tapping
Learn an EFT tapping technique to relieve stress, anxiety, and pain.
R.A.I.N
Feeling Anxious
EFT Tapping
The acronym RAIN is an easy-to-remember tool for practicing mindfulness and compassion using four steps: Recognize what is happening; Allow the experience to be there, just as it is; Investigate with interest and care; Nurture with self-compassion.
Feeling Anxious
Feeling Anxious
Practice Grounding
Try the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise: Count down while listing 5 things you see, 4 things you touch, 3 things you hear, 2 things you smell, and 1 emotion you feel.
Practice Grounding
Breathing Exercises
Practice Grounding
Grounding can calm your emotions, strengthen your instincts, recharge your energy, clear your mind and more.
Breathing Exercises
Breathing Exercises
Breathing Exercises
Breathing techniques can be effective in managing anxiety and promoting relaxation.
Do A Body Scan
Breathing Exercises
Breathing Exercises
Body scan meditation is a mindfulness practice that involves systematically scanning the body for sensations. It helps cultivate body awareness, reduce stress, and promote relaxation.
