Blue Ridge Foothills & Lakes Virginia Master Naturalists: Doctors write ‘park prescriptions’ to get patients moving

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Doctors write ‘park prescriptions’ to get patients moving

Here is your RX - take one of these daily!

Get Outside!

Dr. Conrad Sichler prescribed something the other day that his patient couldn’t get at the local pharmacy. He told the middle-aged man, stressed and long overdue for a vacation, to go for a walk in the woods.

"To me, it was a nature prescription,” says Sichler, a family physician and psychotherapist with Sweet Medicine Integrative Health Centre in Burlington.

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For more information about the Virginia State Parks 75th anniversary celebration, visit www.virginiastateparks.gov visit this awesome website for more outside ideas www.RoanokeOutside.com

BRFAL Chapter of Virginia Master Naturalist wants you to get outside and get involved! Don't forget to take your camera, water bottle and bug spray.

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Mission

The Virginia Master Naturalist Program is a statewide corps of volunteers providing education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities. Interested Virginias become Master Naturalists through training and volunteer service.

Who Can Participate?

People who are curious about nature, enjoy the outdoors, and want to be a part of natural resource management and conservation in Virginia are perfect candidates to become Virginia Master Naturalists. It is open to all adults regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status.

Overview

The process for becoming a certified Virginia Master Naturalist typically takes 6 to 12 months. One starts by completing a 40 hour basic training course offered by a local chapter of the program. An additional 8 hours of advanced training are also required. An important part of the certification process is the required 40 hours of volunteer service. More information click here

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