Join the WOW Walking Club!
A monthly clinic and nature walk with Amy Ward Brimmer
Saturdays at 10:00 am - a new location each month
Walking is good for our muscles and posture; it helps to protect and repair organs and can slow or turn back the aging of our brains. With our minds in motion we think more creatively, our mood improves, and stress levels fall. - Shane O’Mara, In Praise of Walking
In this monthly outdoor clinic we will begin with some grounding exercises to unify body and mind, and consider how to use our sensory equipment to walk with appreciation and wonder. You’ll get some helpful tips about balance, posture, energy, and flow in walking well. Amy will offer optional, individualized hands-on guidance based on her 35+ years of teaching the Alexander Technique and mindful movement coordination.
Then we will walk (together or on your own) for about a half an hour. No cell phones, no earphones or music, no specific destination to reach. Just mindful embodiment that will open you up to the goodness that surrounds you. It’s a way to heal “nature deficit disorder,” and come back into balance with both our inner landscapes and the outer environment.
Along the way we’ll share our discoveries, sustaining the nourishment we get from walking in community, coming to our senses with our minds in motion.
Walking isn’t just an action, it’s an interaction. How can you interact with the ground to receive more support and power as you walk? Walking is instinctive and natural. How can we get out of the way and just let our bodies do what they know how to do? We don’t take walking for granted. We are grateful to be able to walk in relative safety, using all our senses to walk comfortably with ease, savoring the natural beauty that surrounds us and is also within.
Saturdays at 10:00 am
August 16 – Bristol Wharf (Bristol)
September 13 – Tyler State Park (Newtown)
(Rain date is always the following Sunday at 1:00 pm.)
Fee: $15
Please register in advance! You will be sent details for where to meet in the park.