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3 Amazing Benefits Of Walking Besides Physical Health
I will walk where my own nature would be leading:
It vexes me to choose another guide. — Emily Bronte
Many famous writers were known to take long walks. It was crucial for their creative endeavours.
Avid walkers were Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf and Henry David Thoreau.
The most obvious benefit of walking is to improve physical health but there are other advantages which are more cognitive in nature:
1. Walking for creativity and inspiration
Walking has been scientifically proven to boost our creative cells.
Four experiments at Stanford University showed that walking induces the free flow of ideas, meaning that it provides well-needed inspiration.
I have been a walker for as long as I can remember. I wake up, have a coffee and go for a walk. It is part of my morning routine. Unless there is a snowstorm, I will be geared up for walking in the morning.
I find it prepares me for the day ahead.
