<p>It is refreshing to walk through nature, absorbed by the trees, the leaves, the sprays of sunlight, the crawling insects, the wet mud, the simple and forgotten things.</p><p>If one is attentive enough, every walk is an opportunity to see new sights and hear new sounds.</p>

Nature walks

<p>When going on a long walk, there is nothing to achieve. The beauty is in the walking itself, in noticing the air, marveling at the oak trees.</p><p>It is while we are absorbed in the landscape that ideas arrive. Stories unfold. Poetry and rhyme, answers to dreaded questions.</p>

Walk without a plan

<p>In nature, you leave yourself behind. In the repetition of walking, you empty yourself; you free yourself of opinion and expectation. In this state, your mind begins to clear and is able to bring forth wisdom.</p>

Nature refreshes us

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</p><p>Walking is medicine - it cures anxiety, sparks inspiration, and brings us back to ourselves </p>
<div><a href="https://humanparts.medium.com/@harrystead17?source=post_page-----59297e955a49----------------------"><img src="https://miro.medium.com/fit/c/96/96/1*UbhrG_4iVjW5VK6eoA-EFw.jpeg"> </a> </div>
<figure>Photo: i wen&#8224; lef&#8224;/Flickr </figure> <p><img src="https://miro.medium.com/max/50/1*ZN8v5HDlpa6Ud1E6C-a30A.png">I am back home for Christmas, and yesterday, on Boxing Day, I walked in the rain from my village and down into the valley, then upwards and into the woodlands. This is my childhood village - a village called Shelley in the West Riding of Yorkshire...</p> 

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Walking is medicine - it cures anxiety, sparks inspiration, and brings us back to ourselves I am back home for Christmas, and yesterday, on Boxing Day, I walked in the rain from my village and down into the valley, then upwards and into the woodlands.

Why Long Walks Will Change Your Life

Nature walks

Walk without a plan

Nature refreshes us

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