Walking for Better Posture

http://www.wholeliving.com/article/walking-for-better-posture


This article narrows down better posture walking into four easy to read points:


1) lift your crown
2) engage your core
3) stop clenching
4) shorten your stride


"All the walking in the world won't do you any good if you're tweaking your knee, jostling your spine, or overtaxing tight muscles. Jonathan FitzGordon, a New York City yoga instructor for seven years, created the Core Walking program to help his students practice posture and alignment outside of yoga class. His approach aims to reduce wear and tear on the bones, joints, and ligaments and help the body rediscover its inherent alignment. "If you learn to walk optimally," he says, "you'll create ease in your body with every step you take." Here, FitzGordon identifies four alignment remedies for common problems." -excerpt from article.

Chi Walking

Danny Dreyer, founder of Chi Walking: on the benefits of walking with a metronome
http://www.chiwalking.com/shop/pages.php?tab=w&pageid=18&id=395

Walking for Stress Relief - wholeliving.com

This is a great brief article about using walking as a stress relief. Also mentioned in the article is Danny Dreyer, who will be visiting us at Playmakers this friday talking about Chi Running! To register for that event, click here.

Link to read article:
http://www.wholeliving.com/article/walking-for-stress-relief

"Is Your Walking Style Helping or Hurting - Common Gait Problems" - about.com

http://walking.about.com/od/handsarmsandneck/a/walkyourselfwel.htm?p=1
Here are the first few lines, sure to get you hooked :-)
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The Way You Walk

On a daily basis, you walk more than any other physical activity. Have you ever really taken the time to analyze the way you walk? You have a walk all of your own, called your Primary Movement Pattern (PMP). How you walk defines most everything about you, including predisposition to pain, athletic prowess, and health with respect to aging. And wouldn't it be amazing to discover that something about the way you walk is the actual culprit in why you have pain, and that you can totally change it?