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A Need to Walk

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A Need to Walk - How and why we walk and how to walk better

Rice drying along the Nakasendo, Nagano, Japan A Need to Walk How and why we walk and how to walk better Originally published by: The Message Walking intrigues the deskbound. We romanticize it, but do we do it justice? Do we walk properly? Can one walk improperly and, if so, what happens when the walk is corrected? Walking moves or settles the mind — allowing for self discovery. “I can only meditate when I’m walking,” said Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Aristotle is well cited as a peripatetic lecturer . The French contemporarily frame the literary walker with flâneur . Steve Jobs tore up the streets

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