Comments on: Walking to Work http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/274-walking-to-work/ Inspired Living Tools, Tips and Teachings Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:47:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Richard Vereker http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/274-walking-to-work/#comment-36559 Richard Vereker Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:22:26 +0000 http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/274-walking-to-work/#comment-36559 Try this as a walking meditation. AS you walk along at a unhurried pace begin by taking 5 long breaths , slowly , relaxing. Then just look and listen. Do not see only the tree , see the space around the tree , not only the jet in the sky , see the space in which everything is happening around you. Pretend you are an inanimate sound recording microphone just allowing all the sounds to be there, not commmenting or labelling anything. As the sounds manifest notice the quietness , the silence that the sounds come from. Allow the reality of the moment to be , without label or comment. Try this as a walking meditation. AS you walk along at a unhurried pace begin by taking 5 long breaths , slowly , relaxing. Then just look and listen. Do not see only the tree , see the space around the tree , not only the jet in the sky , see the space in which everything is happening around you. Pretend you are an inanimate sound recording microphone just allowing all the sounds to be there, not commmenting or labelling anything. As the sounds manifest notice the quietness , the silence that the sounds come from. Allow the reality of the moment to be , without label or comment.

]]> By: Pamir http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/274-walking-to-work/#comment-31237 Pamir Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:05:25 +0000 http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/274-walking-to-work/#comment-31237 I couldn't find any stats for walking, but found this on biking as a way to lessen global warming & burning calories: <b>In the last census 567,042 Americans reported commuting by bike. Making a few assumptions -- that these riders weigh 175 pounds, and rode 5 miles each way over flat ground, and would otherwise drive an average car -- <a href="http://www.bikemetro.com/calculators/calculatorhome.asp" rel="nofollow">we can compute their impact</a>. Every day this fleet saves 283,521 gallons of gas, lightening our CO2 emissions by 5.2 million pounds. Every day they save $6.5 million and burn off more than a quarter billion calories.</b> And if you have to drive: <b>According to AAA, driving with under-inflated tires can reduce your vehicle's gas mileage by 2-3% which, over a year, could be like wasting an entire tank of gas. So, when you think about it, checking your tire pressure should be a monthly money saving, climate saving, and foreign oil saving activity. For more see <a href="http://www.climateprotect.org" rel="nofollow">The Alliance for Climate Protection</a></b> I couldn’t find any stats for walking, but found this on biking as a way to lessen global warming & burning calories:

In the last census 567,042 Americans reported commuting by bike. Making a few assumptions — that these riders weigh 175 pounds, and rode 5 miles each way over flat ground, and would otherwise drive an average car — we can compute their impact. Every day this fleet saves 283,521 gallons of gas, lightening our CO2 emissions by 5.2 million pounds. Every day they save $6.5 million and burn off more than a quarter billion calories.

And if you have to drive:

According to AAA, driving with under-inflated tires can reduce your vehicle’s gas mileage by 2-3% which, over a year, could be like wasting an entire tank of gas. So, when you think about it, checking your tire pressure should be a monthly money saving, climate saving, and foreign oil saving activity. For more see The Alliance for Climate Protection

]]> By: Nneka http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/274-walking-to-work/#comment-30314 Nneka Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:01:20 +0000 http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/274-walking-to-work/#comment-30314 Hi Rick, I just imagine your life in Pennsylvania, walking to the theater. I'm so jealous :-) Hi Rick, I just imagine your life in Pennsylvania, walking to the theater. I’m so jealous :-)

]]> By: Nneka http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/274-walking-to-work/#comment-30313 Nneka Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:00:19 +0000 http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/274-walking-to-work/#comment-30313 Fern, you know what they say about those doors. When one closes, another opens :-) Walking is indeed a great way to get to know your neighborhood. It reminds me of Mister Rogers. Fern, you know what they say about those doors. When one closes, another opens :-)

Walking is indeed a great way to get to know your neighborhood. It reminds me of Mister Rogers.

]]> By: Nneka http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/274-walking-to-work/#comment-30180 Nneka Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:09:14 +0000 http://www.balancedlifecenter.com/274-walking-to-work/#comment-30180 Hi James, welcome :-) When I worked at home I would go for a walk around the neighborhood in the morning to wake me up and get the "day" started. Walking to somewhere feels different to me somehow. It feels like I have a purpose and I'm not going around in a circle. I tried jogging, I need to work up to that. I understand the aching legs :-) Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Hi James, welcome :-) When I worked at home I would go for a walk around the neighborhood in the morning to wake me up and get the “day” started. Walking to somewhere feels different to me somehow. It feels like I have a purpose and I’m not going around in a circle.

I tried jogging, I need to work up to that. I understand the aching legs :-)

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

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