i seem to have walked all my life, out of necessity and/or for the sheer joy of it. in the northern alberta bush where i live now, it has its own challenges - we have all the big predators of the north. yet i do walk, mostly in the winter. i would, however, never use earbuds while walking. that would deprive me of one of the great sensory pleasures of walking: listening to the sounds of the animals around me, listening to the sound of the leaves, or the snow crunching under my feet, my dog’s happy sprints, tongue hanging out and breathing heavily. also, other voices or sounds (i would not take music, much less a podcast out with me) distract me from grounding myself in that nature i am walking to experience with all my senses. so yay for walks, focusing on my natural environment and myself and nothing else.
This is wonderful and as always you've inspired me to leave the podcasts/ music at home and just allow myself to explore (fewer predators in the english countryside).
I LOVE walking too! I always have, when working from home I would often take myself for a walk to the woods before work or during my lunch break, when I worked in central London I would try to walk in at least once or twice a week. Then walking for me also took on a new significance during the lockdowns and with a newborn baby. Thank you for these beautiful walk ideas and for reminding me of the proven benefits that absolutely match the way that it feels and always shifts things xx
Happy to find a fellow walker. I loved my walks in London too - it's amazing how far you can get and what you can see in a lunch hour! It's interesting how they shift too and adapt to where we are in our lives: the ergo baby sling for years made sure I could continue walking (and were often the only way the kids slept!)
Ha yes, both of my children lived in the Ergo Baby and the fabric sling before that, I don’t think either would go anywhere near the buggy until well after they were one. Also the only way to get mine to go to sleep (and stay asleep!), my daughter in particular would wake and cry as soon as I tried to put her down for many many months/years! xx
Oh, I love this. I've always been a fan of the daily walk and I'm lucky enough to live where I can walk in any direction into fields and bridleways.
Recently my husband has been doing a 10,000 steps a day challenge so we've been concentrating on slightly longer distances and I have to say we've both really noticed a benefit.
Love the idea of the colour walk though. I'm definitely going to schedule time for this this week.
i seem to have walked all my life, out of necessity and/or for the sheer joy of it. in the northern alberta bush where i live now, it has its own challenges - we have all the big predators of the north. yet i do walk, mostly in the winter. i would, however, never use earbuds while walking. that would deprive me of one of the great sensory pleasures of walking: listening to the sounds of the animals around me, listening to the sound of the leaves, or the snow crunching under my feet, my dog’s happy sprints, tongue hanging out and breathing heavily. also, other voices or sounds (i would not take music, much less a podcast out with me) distract me from grounding myself in that nature i am walking to experience with all my senses. so yay for walks, focusing on my natural environment and myself and nothing else.
This is wonderful and as always you've inspired me to leave the podcasts/ music at home and just allow myself to explore (fewer predators in the english countryside).
still just as wonderful and exciting without large predators - as i know from experience in the UK. 😊
I LOVE walking too! I always have, when working from home I would often take myself for a walk to the woods before work or during my lunch break, when I worked in central London I would try to walk in at least once or twice a week. Then walking for me also took on a new significance during the lockdowns and with a newborn baby. Thank you for these beautiful walk ideas and for reminding me of the proven benefits that absolutely match the way that it feels and always shifts things xx
Happy to find a fellow walker. I loved my walks in London too - it's amazing how far you can get and what you can see in a lunch hour! It's interesting how they shift too and adapt to where we are in our lives: the ergo baby sling for years made sure I could continue walking (and were often the only way the kids slept!)
Ha yes, both of my children lived in the Ergo Baby and the fabric sling before that, I don’t think either would go anywhere near the buggy until well after they were one. Also the only way to get mine to go to sleep (and stay asleep!), my daughter in particular would wake and cry as soon as I tried to put her down for many many months/years! xx
Oh, I love this. I've always been a fan of the daily walk and I'm lucky enough to live where I can walk in any direction into fields and bridleways.
Recently my husband has been doing a 10,000 steps a day challenge so we've been concentrating on slightly longer distances and I have to say we've both really noticed a benefit.
Love the idea of the colour walk though. I'm definitely going to schedule time for this this week.
That's wonderful. Let me know how you get on.
I always notice the difference when I walk - and steps counts are a great motivator too.