For this week’s inquiry, I decided to integrate our weekly lecture learnings to create a video based on my free inquiry. I created an iMovie not only to practice what we have been taught this week, but to show a few of my favourite places that I have been kayaking. Kayaking is my favourite outdoor activity because it significantly targets an improvement on an individuals physical and mental health. For physical health, it strengthens your core, arms, shoulders, and back while also improving flexibility and balance. In addition to physical health, I strongly believe it can boost an individuals mood drastically. The surrounding environment while kayaking is nothing short of relaxing and peaceful (if you pick a calm area of course, this can depend). From the above video, I included a few clips of my favourite places to kayak. In particular, I enjoy kayaking around the Gulf Islands in ocean water. These views make for a beautifully peaceful visual setting while also including calming sounds and the salty smell of the ocean. Furthermore, this week I decided to focus on kayaking alone since it is my favourite outdoor activity, primarily because I believe that it enables you to engage with nature. It also clears your mindset and refocus your attention towards the beauty of nature and distracts me away from any stressful thoughts. While researching the benefits of kayaking, I came across this link that states 15 surprising benefits that many are unaware when it comes to kayaking https://abovehouse.com/benefits-of-kayaking/. Moreover, next week I am going to research more diverse outdoor activities that I would like to try and include their impacts on physical and mental health.