In addition to lowering stress, those activities that get your blood moving and your heart pumping can also help build self-esteem and lead one to feel more competent. It can even lead positively to affecting self-concept. This is very important in young children, adolescents and teen-agers. Anyone, truth be told, can benefit from increased self-esteem. I was in my late twenties or early thirties before I really began to feel a sense of self worth, sad to say. Maybe if had a started a regular routine of running back then I would have been on a road to self-discovery sooner.
Inviting a young person on a hike or walk and introducing them to the joys of the outdoors may help to convince them they can leave their electronic toys for a few hours. Birding is a great thing to share with a youth and the walking or hiking you do to observe the different species will feel fun and not like exercise at all.
Lowering anxiety is an additional benefit of aerobic conditioning, stress being so abundant in our lives. The earlier one discovers the joys of physical exercise, the more self actualization is able to take place. With more people relying on drugs to control stress and hypertension, a little natural therapy will be less expensive and more enjoyable.
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