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Average rating4.2
This was an enjoyable book. Organized into little snippets of information on differing types, styles, and purposes of walking, it also includes so many bits of science and research that you can use as a springboard to deepen your knowledge of dozens of topics.
In her afterword, the author writes, “This book is my love letter to walking.”
I agree. You can see Annabel Streets' love for walking on every page of this book.
Streets draws on science to suggest fifty-two ways to walk.
I'll list the fifty-two ways here as a reminder to me.
Walk in the Cold
Improve Your Gait
Walk. Smile. Greet. Repeat.
Just One Slow Walk
Breathe as You Walk
Take a Muddy Walk
Take a Twelve-Minute Walk
Walk with Vista Vision
Take a Windy Walk
Walk Within an Hour of Waking
Take a City Smell Walk
Walk in the Rain
Take a Walk-Dance or a Dance-Walk
Walk with Your Ears
Walk Alone
Pick Up Litter as You Walk
Follow a River
Walk with a Dog
Amble Amid Trees
Walk to Remember
Exercise Your Curiosity Muscle—Walk a Ley Line
Take a Silent Stroll
Walk at Altitude
Walk with a Map
Walk with Purpose
Walk in Sunshine
Sing as You Stride
Walk with a Picnic
Walk Barefoot
Walk with Ions
Walk Beside the Sea
Walk in Water
Sketch as You Walk
Walk Beneath a Full Moon
Walk Like a Nomad
Walk with a Pack
Take a Foraging Walk
Climb Hills
Walk with Your Nose
Walk Like a Pilgrim
Walk to Get Lost
Walk After Eating
Walk with Others
Seek Out the Sublime
Work as You Walk
Take a Night Walk
Jump-Start Your Walk for Super-Strong Bones
Walk Hungry
Walk Backward
Walk in an Evergreen Forest (for a Good Night's Sleep)
Walking as Meditation
Walk Deep and Seek Out Fractals
New ideas to me: the comfort of evergreens and ions are a positive force.