What is mindful walking? It’s not complicated at all. For me, mindful walking is about paying attention. Paying attention to my feet on the ground, to the sound of my shoes on the pathway. Listening to the wind in the trees, tuning in to birds singing, watching the waves in the sea. [...]
Walking more – not faster, just more – seriously boosts your health. And, yes, that’s according to research, recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research found that, compared with taking 4,000 steps per day, taking 8,000 steps per day was associated with a 51% lower risk for [...]
"Research shows that walking facilitates you to feel better even when you expect the opposite." So said Professor Shane O'Mara at a talk in Gorey recently to promote his new book, In Praise of Walking. And his book goes on to explain that and much more. Walking, he says, confers a great [...]
