What do you pay attention to when you are walking?

I'm not going to lie; it's always been a struggle for me to walk.  I know the research is there on how important it is to walk, but my gait is not the best-it's been a work in progress since I started teaching.

I love to walk with friends and catch up on our lives. I also love how I feel after I walk after a meal and being outside in nature. 

I found a renewed sense of joy in walking when I came upon this quote. How can I move and listen to my heartbeat, enjoy the rhythm of my body, and feel my blood enrich my body? 

“Intriguingly, though, he has found a sweet spot where the rhythm of our footsteps synchronizes with our heart rate. In Greene’s experiments, the biggest boost in blood flow happened when the heart rate and step rate synchronized at around 120 beats and steps per minute. Walking in sync with the heart rate seems to provide a steady and predictable increase in blood flow to the brain, which, Greene speculates, might contribute to the feel-good factor that comes from a good, brisk walk.”

– Caroline Williams, https://www.instagram.com/carolinewilliams_science/

When I walk by myself to music, I usually put on a 130-beats-per-minute soundtrack, but I'm going to find a 120-bpm track to check how my body synchronizes with my heart and steps. Then, find the rhythm and try to listen without music. 

Let me know if you give this a try and how you feel.