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Walk at beach keeping head up


8 years ago 0 60 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi Ashley, I´m aplying that in most situations I can. I started using it also at my gym, enter with my head up. It really help having good emotions (without having to have any particulary reason), it are helping me a lot with interaction with other people. I notice that I feel more happy and more open to interact with others. 

8 years ago 0 11214 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Wow, thank you for sharing this experience with us. There is actually research out there proving how body position can effect your mood. Straight, open posture really does have a positive effect on the mood.
 
How will you remind yourself to continue to walk like this?
 

Ashley, Health Educator
8 years ago 0 60 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
Hi, I leave near the beach, and almost every night I give a walk alone. Today was diferent. The first 20 minuts I walked as normally, with my head and eyes down. Ate the end of this 20 minuts my mind was tired, like always I walk. And a few times a feel that I was going to faint. I thinked " When I arrived home I have to take my medication" I´m not good.
But sudendly I remember a book of yoga I read a few years ago, that if we keep the eyes at horizont level, we create positive emotions. I remembered also my ex-boyfriend, a very relaxed person, that walks like that. Coming back of my walk I started doing it, and for my surprise, my negative thoughts gonned way all 20 minuts coming back home. My head was so busy keeping my eyes at horizont level, strugling with my old habbit of looking down. My body started to relax too, my arms movimenting in a diferent way, my chest going up, an my breathe from the chest more deep. It was such a good feeling, that a few times I feel I wanted to smile to people with no reason.
Continue my walk home I finded a neighbour that I´m very shy to say hello, and tonight I give him a smile and wished him a good night.
It was such a positive experience, from feeling bad to feeling very relaxed, very unexpected, and I needed to share it with you.

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