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How to walk
lobster
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During Lockdown walking was a high risk activity. Now I am doing more. Trying my best to avoid those coughing. Quite a few in London. I have had vaccine shots but not the flu jab.
Interestingly I can feel I need to straighten up. Basically shoulders back, head up and speed walk. Great exercise.
maybe this might come in handy … eventually …
https://prepareforchange.net/2016/07/09/the-lung-gom-pa-runners-of-old-tibet/
Any walking tips?
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Yeah - try using two canes instead of one. It balances the stride, and you can stand up nearly straight instead of hunching over and being all lopsided.
Also, the lamer one becomes, the more walking at all seems to become an unpleasant ordeal, weighing heavily upon the mind whenever it must be practiced. Better to regard it as an end, a practice in itself, and not at all as a means of getting from point A to point B. Don't struggle, and rejoice in the mastery of what you can do.
Walking sticks, mmm … sounds like a plan
Most important tip....Enjoy it...
Perhaps you could try spicing it up by throwing a bit of backward walking into the mix...
sharpens the senses and mental clarity.
improves coordination.
boosts body consciousness.
adds variety to your training.
strengthens less used leg muscles.
decreases lower back pain.
puts less strain on the knees.
speeds up the body's metabolism.
I often go for longer walks in the Dutch countryside, it’s very enjoyable if you have the better part of a day to spare. Here is what I do…
I have to go when I am not needed and safe. So sometimes it is dark and raining. No one about, just me and urban foxes. Maybe a few die hard joggers, night shifters, graffiti artists … that sort of thing.
It is interesting walking through wooded areas which can be very dark.
Tee Hee!
I sometimes, when appropriate, turn around and take a few reverse steps to see what is behind me, if anything.
Quite happy to go forward.
Had a great walk today, warm breeze, greets to, park garbage bagger, jogger with torch headband …
I wear green fluorescent hand bands. I practice:
Walk on bonus track
So you walk for pleasure in the dark @lobster? It seems a shame that you can’t see the wildlife in the morning.
Some wildlife I occasionally encounter while walking out and about…
In a nearby nature park the numbers of deer have been getting a bit out of hand, and so the athletes among the deer have been jumping the fences and coming into town in order to look for a snack. No garden or planting of shrubs in the middle of roundabouts has been safe…
When there are delectables to be had
our adult deer think a 7 ft fence is little more than a breakfast appetizer while the young ones perfect the limbo shimmy for passage through ridiculously small spaces at a fence's base.
How to walk?
Walk with purpose
But enjoy the view
Walk with pride
But be humble
Walk with certainty
But be willing to question.
Walk tall
But be ready to stoop
That you may help another
Walk with your eyes open
As allow yourself to dream
Peace to all
Went for a family walk yesterday. We drove into the country. Sunny winter day. We stroked ponies. We saw grazing animals. Flowering winter plants. Clear sky. Oh sure one of us can barely walk … but they did. At least two are crazy and I may be seven of those two. We sat outside to have tea and pastries. We bought second hand books, one on Hygge.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hatchlands-park
Found this happy chap on my morning walk recently.....
Very trippy @Bunks
Why was walking a high-risk activity in London? And why would anything have changed, in view of the fact, that an even more highly communicable variant of Covid is at large? I'm trying to understand your situation, OP. In the US, walking has been one of the few "safe" and permissible activities. Walking and bicycling. With or without masks, depending on the recommendations or requirements at any given time.
I took a class once, that included instruction and a group practicum on walking meditation. It was very interesting. It involves maintaining the deep breathing technique that one uses during everyday meditation at home, and arm movement while you walk, along with a meditative mindfulness. It transforms the walking experience. You could experiment with it.
Walklng in London, or New York for tha matter, is always High Risk
But is is also very interesting.
London is one of the most fascinating cities in the World.
At this time, as always, as elsewhere, just be mindful and take precautions to protect yourself and others.
Peace to all
Because of the numbers of people from all over the world bringing new variants. The chances of being exposed from close proximity and so forth.
Now we seem to be moving to a much 'safer' but highly contagious variant. So if healthy and vaccinated, the only dangers are the usual large city risks that @Lionduck mentions …
Take care @lobster
I thought it had something to do with being run down by crazy cabbies…
If you want crazy cabbies, New York takes the prize.
Crazy drivers: Perhaps Paris, Athens, Rome, Bangkok, all of China..
Insane drivers - Nope! Too traumatic. But you could tempt fate with some folks who love to drive around in overloaded pickup trucks, flying weird flags, playing obnoxiously loud music, doing donuts on the street, tossing their empty beer cans and bottles as they go. (And calling everyone else crazy).
Yep! The world is a crazy serious-funny place. But take it with a grain of salt and don't ever be afraid to laugh - especially at yourself.
Peace to all
First I thought I had to walk to the destination. Then I discovered the destination may be the walk itself. Now what kind of walk? And how do I remember to walk that way always?
Ah ha!
mmm … it may indeed.
You can learn different formal walking methods. Try Vimeo, youtube or just headphones on your phone aural guidance.
I walk aerobically. Fast.
The other day used nasal in breath and mouth out breath focus. No watching environment. Other possibilities:
Good luck!
https://yinyana.tumblr.com/post/44209024040/i-and-i-and-the-flying-spaghetti-monster