The Science Behind the Importance of Seeing the Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Every Day In our fast-paced lives inundated with tasks and digital distractions, finding solace in the natural world can be a transformative experience. Observing the Earth’s daily rhythms, […]

Discover the Power of Dirgha Pranayama: The 3-Part Breath Breathing techniques have been used for centuries to promote relaxation, reduce stress, and enhance overall well-being. One such technique that holds immense potential is Dirgha Pranayama, also known as the 3-Part […]

Mastering Prioritization: Boosting Productivity, Energy Management, and Work Performance In today’s fast-paced world, the relentless pursuit of productivity is a constant. Whether you’re tackling work assignments, personal projects, or daily responsibilities, the art of effective time management stands as a […]

Achieve Deep Relaxation and Renewed Energy with Progressive Breathing Are you feeling stressed, tired, or in need of a quick energy boost? If so, you’re not alone. In our fast-paced world, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by daily pressures and […]

Why Habit Planners Are Effective at Helping You Form New Habits Embarking on the journey of cultivating new habits, be it regular exercise, healthier eating, increased reading, or heightened productivity, can be a formidable task. Transitioning from intention to ingrained […]

Top Triangle 4-4-2 for Quick Energy – Boost Your Energy Levels in Minutes! Feeling tired or drained in the middle of the day? Staring at a screen for too long? Need a quick energy boost to keep you going? Look […]

The Science Behind the Mental Health Benefits of a Gratitude Practice Amidst the relentless pace of modern life, where stressors abound, safeguarding mental health has become paramount for overall well-being. While no magic remedy exists for perfect mental health, weaving […]

System Regulation and Focus with In 4 Out 6 Breath Leading into Lion’s Breath In today’s practical guide, we’re going to explore a simple but effective breathing exercise called “In 4 Out 6 Breath” followed by the energizing “Lion’s Breath.” […]

Unlocking Personal Growth: The Power of Journaling Prompts for Mental Wellness Journaling is a powerful tool for promoting mental wellness, personal growth, and emotional balance. It provides an avenue to explore our thoughts, feelings, and experiences intentionally and effectively. However, […]

Journaling for Healthy Habit Formation: How a Daily Wellness Journal Can Transform Your Life Developing healthy habits is crucial for achieving a balanced and fulfilling life. From maintaining a regular exercise routine to practicing self-care and cultivating positive behaviors, healthy […]

Understanding the Neuroscience Behind Journaling: How it Impacts Your Brain and Well-being Have you ever wondered why journaling feels so therapeutic? Why does the act of putting pen to paper or typing away on a keyboard have such a profound […]

How Journaling and Planning Increase Productivity Are you feeling overwhelmed by the demands of your fast-paced life? Juggling multiple responsibilities and goals can leave you feeling scattered and unproductive. However, there’s a powerful solution at your disposal: journaling and planning. […]

Unlocking Mental Wellness: The Power of Daily Journaling Discover a simple yet powerful method to enhance your mental well-being – daily journaling. This practice allows you to express yourself, reflect on experiences, and gain insight into your emotions, ultimately leading […]

Sea Level to 14er Challenge Recap If you’ve been following us on social media you likely know about the ‘Sea Level to 14er Challenge’. We applied academic learnings around breath training and put them to the test by climbing a […]

Breathwork Training for High-Altitude Treks: Managing Altitude Sickness and Improving Oxygen Efficiency Preparing for a high-altitude trek entails overcoming the challenges posed by reduced oxygen levels and the risk of altitude sickness. Breathwork training techniques, including those taught by our […]

Embrace the Power of Cold Exposure: Enhancing Health, Performance, and Well-being Are you searching for a practical and effective way to improve your health, performance, immune system, and stress response? Look no further than the science of cold exposure. Despite […]

Wilderness Canoe Camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe camping in the wilderness is growing in popularity, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota is one of the most famous places in the United States to do it. With […]

How a Nature Retreat can help you Recover from Burnout In today’s global climate, there is a rise in burnout worldwide. Speaking directly to you, if you googled something that led you to reading this article, chances are you feel […]

Location Spotlight: Glacier National Park Noise pollution is one of the problems that people face in the 21st century. Urban centers and industrial activities are the primary sources of this modern woe. It has been linked to increased levels of […]

The Nasal Marathon Journey The ‘Nasal Marathon’ as we’ve called, concluded last week – and for Recal Founder Anthony Lorubbio, it was a humbling and fulfilling process. Anthony participated in the marathon, not by training using running, but training using […]

5 Reasons Why Travel is a Great Way To Relax Your Mind Travel is a safe way towards the relaxation of your mind. People who travel often, especially out in nature, are more in tune with the world around them. […]

Why It Is Important to Save the Boundary Waters from Noise Pollution Technological progress has brought with it an unprecedented era of growth and development. It has vastly changed our lives⁠—in both good ways and bad. It has also brought […]

Activities to do when traveling Whenever we plan a vacation or travel, we typically choose our destination based on the things we can do while there. If visiting a touristy area such as Branson, it’s almost a guarantee we’ll attend […]

Why Travel is Good For Your Mental Health Mental health awareness has come to the forefront of peoples’ minds – and for good reason. More and more people have seen the importance of obtaining and maintaining good mental well-being. Stress […]

How can a Self Care Journal Improve your Well-Being? The subject of self-care and its importance has been gaining traction in recent years. It is a movement stemming from (or in response to) the detrimental effects of the fast-paced, often […]

What is a Self-Care Journal? Life in the 21st century is certainly far from how life was centuries ago. Today we have access to many perceived comforts — like many food choices, forms of entertainment and leisure activities, motor vehicles, […]

100 Days of Breathwork: Recap of Days 31-36 We are on Week 6 of our 100 Days of Breathwork Challenge and we are on a roll! This week we get to know about an interesting breathwork style from the 1960s. […]

Quiet Parks Press Release March 2022 Who Are We? Recal Travel is an adventure travel company that aims to help busy people recalibrate their life and fight off the effects of burnout. We do this through “Mindful Adventure Travel”, a […]

100 Days of Breathwork: Recap of Days 25-30 Last week we got to learn more about Pranayama⁠⁠—the ancient precursor to modern breathwork⁠⁠⁠—and the different techniques within it. We also got to explore the effects of breathwork on our Parasympathetic Nervous […]

100 Days of Breathwork: Recap of Days 19-24 Last week’s recap talked about how several indigenous societies used nasal breathing as medicine. We learned how this plays a key role in their life, health, and culture as a whole. This […]

100 Days of Breathwork: Recap of Days 13-18 Last week, we got to know Tummo Breathing and the history surrounding this breathing technique. We also got to meet Wim Hof, a breathwork powerhouse and overall energetic spirit in the field […]

100 Days of Breathwork W2 Last week, we talked about what Breathwork is exactly and where it came from. We also got to know BKS Iyengar, one of the prominent figures of Breathwork. This week we get to learn about […]

5 Tips on How to Recover From Burnout in 2022 Burnout is one of the banes of modern life. It can deprive you of creativity and leave you drained and unmotivated. When left unattended, this can severely impact your mental […]

100 Days of Breathwork W1 Breathwork is an ancient mindfulness practice that is seeing a renaissance of sorts in the last few years, and for good reason. Practitioners are seen to be growing in numbers as more people discover its […]

What is a Quiet Park, exactly? In a nutshell, Quiet Parks are locations that are “naturally quiet,” which means free from human-made noise. These quiet places are sometimes protected natural parks that see little to no human-driven developments that cause […]

What Is The Wim Hof Method? And How Does It Help Us Reconnect With Nature? In the coming weeks, we’ll be talking more about the Wim Hof Method. It plays a role in every Recal trip, especially the breathwork and […]

What is a Dark Sky? One of the wonders of the night sky is the billions of stars and galaxies scattered across it. This a sight that has been enjoyed by humanity for millennia. However, our modern forms of lighting […]

How To Get The Most Out Of My Boundary Waters Canoeing Trip Going solo on trips is undoubtedly fulfilling and enjoyable in its own right. But it comes with a caveat. You do things on your own; from planning, navigating, […]

The U.S. has a Rainforest? Welcome to the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park Unless you have plans to travel to South America, the closest many of us assume we’ll ever be to a rainforest is by visiting a local […]

The Top 5 Places In The U.S. To See The Stars – Explore A Dark Sky Park Near You All around us, every day, is light pollution. In addition, this has a direct impact on our mental well-being. Think about […]

6 Ways That Traveling to ‘Quiet Places’ is Transformational Noise is the vibratory architecture of our lives, loud parts are often chaotic while quiet places tend to be tranquil. Sound helps give further definition to a setting, bouncing off flat […]

How To Get The Most Out Of My Trip To Glacier National Park So you’ve been planning that weekend (or week-long) getaway and have been looking for things to do in Glacier National Park. You’ve seen the pictures and read […]

Stress and burnout have been some of the biggest challenges in today’s modern world. Life has been accelerating at a rapid pace through the years. And while this brought about prosperity never seen before, it also has a huge toll […]

Conscious Eating: 5 Tips on How to Pack for a Backcountry Trip The recuperative and vitalizing effects of a backcountry trip adventure can often be observed within days of return. Muscles tighten in the legs and your core feels more […]

Adventure Awaits There is a quiet yet immense force hidden from the world we see and know. As you sit here reading this, trillions of gallons of water are pouring over steep ledges, tucked deeply in winding canyons. At the […]

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction – 6 Tactics to Reduce Anxiety and Risk of Burnout The risk of burnout is real for virtually everyone with a full-time job in today’s world. Understanding how to mitigate the factor of stress induced by work […]

Finding your Inner Peace Outdoors — Mindful Travel as a Remedy for Work-Related Burnout We all know the feeling of being overwhelmed at work. Between balancing multiple projects and navigating interpersonal office politics, there is often not much time to […]

Best Adventure Travel Backpack 2022 When you’re deeply immersed in nature and moving through rugged environments, a good travel backpack is a game-changer. The less you have to worry about your pack, the more you can focus on being present […]

The practice of bringing awareness into breath and modulating respiration, also known as conscious breathing or breathwork, is an ancient technique. From the day we are born until the day we die, humans breathe throughout our entire lifespan. In both […]

Are you currently experiencing stress or burnout related to work, family, or life overall? Stress and burnout can be more than just feeling tired, overworked, or mentally and emotionally drained. Burnout can feel like a loss of motivation while cynicism […]

6 Ways to Practice Mindfulness on an Adventure Trip Mindfulness. It’s a simple word with a deep meaning. In short, it is the act of being intensely aware of your being and surroundings without letting the ego be in charge. […]

What You Need To Know For Your First Multi-Day Guided Rafting Trip Ahead of your first multi-day guided whitewater rafting trip, stories of unending thrill in fast waters, epic rapids and breathtaking scenery are sure to get you in the […]

How to Prepare for your First Multi-day Cycling Trip Bicycles are an amazing way to experience the outdoors, as well as a wonderfully eco-friendly way to travel our planet. Going on an extended bike trip (also known as cycle touring […]

These are our signature trips that combine mindfulness with adventure travel.

The Recal Promise Hi, Recal Team here. There’s a chance we are more similar than we are different, and if the story below has played out for you too, then we certainly can say we’ve been in your shoes before… […]