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In evolution, walking made the difference between humans and the other animals that preceded us. Standing upright, looking at the horizon, and turning around to look at other directions, defined what we may call our human perspective. Move forward, backward or side-ways, life offers a range of options.
Finding proper balance, using structural alignment, deploying gravity to reduce effort, walking is a natural way to enjoy the flow of energy in movement, and an efficient aerobic / cardio-vascular work-out, that may be intensified by a transition into a running exercise. Look, I sing my song, I want to be happy, I want to fly, I like to be free.
If
you have the
courage to go
barefeet, keeping your
shoes for the
moment that
conformity to
social conventions or
weather conditions is required, you may
feel the
solid ground under your
feet, in
resonance with the natural
force of the
electromagnetic field that
surrounds us, in
short you are
grounded, as a temporary
relief from your daily
worries and
pain,
uplifting your
spirit for a brief
moment, leaving our
contemporary cage of
luxury behind
you, as an
expression of your
identity, as
long as it
lasts,
walking.
- posture -- structural alignment
- column -- core muscle strength
- balance -- gravity / reduce effort
- listen -- flow / choice / diversity
- motion(s) -- forward / eye / distance
- Marina Abramovic -- Walk Through Walls: A Memoir (amazon)
- Joseph Amato -- On Foot: A History of Walking (amazon)
- Owen Anderson -- Running Science (amazon)
- Dana Ayers -- Confessions of an Unlikely Runner: A Guide to Racing and Obstacle Courses for the Averagely Fit and Halfway Dedicated (amazon)
- Mary Bond -- The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand, and Move in the Modern World (amazon)
- Katy Bowman -- Whole Body Barefoot: Transitioning Well to Minimal Footwear
(amazon)
- Robert Chuckrow -- Tai Chi Walking: A Low-Impact Path to Better Health (amazon)
- John Connell -- The Running Book: A Journey through Memory, Landscape and History (amazon)
- Suzy Cripps (ed) -- The Joy of Walking (amazon)
- Danny Dreyer, Katherine Dreyer -- ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless, Injury-Free Running (amazon) [R/W]
- Danny Dreyer, Katherine Dreyer -- ChiWalking: Fitness Walking for Lifelong Health and Energy (amazon) [R]
- James Earls -- Born to Walk: Myofascial Efficiency and the Body in Movement (amazon)
- Ben Greenfield -- Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health & Life (amazon)
- John Grisham -- The Firm (amazon)
- Erling Kagge -- Walking: One Step at a Time (amazon)
- Stephen King -- The Long Walk (amazon)
- Hal Koernera -- Field Guide to Ultrarunning: Training for an Ultramarathon, from 50K to 100 Miles and Beyond (amazon)
- Jason Koop -- Training Essentials for Ultrarunning: How to Train Smarter, Race Faster, and Maximize Your Ultramarathon Performance (amazon)
- Lynne McTaggart -- The Intention Experiment: Use Your Thoughts to Change the World (amazon)
- Haruki Murakami -- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (amazon)
- Geoff Nicholson -- Lost Art of Walking (amazon)
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Reveries of the Solitary Walker (amazon)
- Elaine Scarry -- The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World (amazon) [RW]
- Zachary Seager (ed) -- The Art of Solitude (amazon)
- Larry Shapiro -- Zen and the Art of Running: The Path to Making Peace with Your Pace (amazon)
- George Sheehan -- Running & Being: The Total Experience (amazon)
- Alan Sillitoe -- The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (amazon) [R]
- Rebecca Solnit -- Wanderlust: A History of Walking (amazon)
- Henry David Thoreau -- Walking (amazon)
- Robert Walser -- The Walk (amazon)
- William Wordsworth -- An Evening Walk - A Romantic Poem for Nature Lovers (amazon)
