The Power of Walking

On a good walk, the mind is not completely blank. Walk away from the thoughts that need to be walked away from. Walk towards the ones that have now appeared. Researchers at Stanford found that walkers perform better on tests that measure creative divergent thinking during and after their walks. William Wordsworth walked as many as 180,000 miles in his lifetime,. an average of six and a half miles a day since he was five years old.