Cycle Your Heart Out and Move! Route 52

Follow Your Heart:
When I discovered the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 was  movement, I knew I had to create my 52nd heart-route for it in Milton Keynes. What better way to raise awareness than to Cycle Your Heart Out...​

Between 13 - 19th May, I invited everyone to move for their mental health. Creating a heart shaped route is such a lovely way to get creative, bond and motivate friends or colleagues, or spend that time solo in peace. 

Studies consistently show that cycling and conscious breathing helps to reduce 
anxiety, depression and stress. It also encourages deep belly breathing, enabling you to feel calmer, clearer, and more able to trust your intuition. At the end of this post I share my podcast episode which explains how heartful cycling improved my own mental health.

Location: 

The route starts from Unity Place in Milton Keynes, and takes you behind the train station to the peaceful ancient village of Loughton. 

Bike hire: If you don't have your own bike you can simply download and use the Santander cycle app. 

Heart Route: 

View the 3km heart-route on Strava below, and watch the video below to preview the route!​

Cycle Your Heart Out: 

Ride the route mindfully and awaken your 5 senses. Noticing all the things you can see, hear, feel, smell and touch. Loughton is full of green space, along this quiet route you'll ride past a beautiful old church and a horse park.

You can listen to my 5 minute ride meditation before or after your route to help you to connect to your breath and relax even more.
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The route also joins onto part of the 12km Millennium cycle route around Milton Keynes, a quiet picturesque ride that takes you past the river Ouzel, the Grand Union Canal, ancient villages and the famous concrete cows!

Spread the love:

Heartful cycling saved me from a life of anxiety, and led me down a path of peace I once only dreamed of. In this podcast episode I share my own personal story on how heartful cycling helped me to improve my own mental health, and how it can help you too. 

Inspire others with your story by tagging your photos at @cycleyourheartout and @mentalhealthawarenessweek and using the hashtags below.
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#cyhoworld 
#mentalhealthawarenessweek
#momentsformovement

Thank you...

A massive thank you to everyone I rode and walked the route with! 

I’m so grateful for you being here, if today’s post has inspired you to create your own heart route, click below to find out how to become a Heartful Cyclist too! ​

My wish for you is love, so much love that it spins out from under you, on to all of those around you.

​Your wheels are your paint, and the world is your canvas

Become a heartful cyclist