A Moving Passion

As this walking challenge draws to a close, I’m wondering how everyone is feeling about walking and whether adding this activity to your routine has encouraged you to move towards a more balanced body and lifestyle?

As I touched on stress yesterday, I also felt that it would be appropriate to add a few tips today on how to cope with stress and apply it to walking.

Tip 1

Breathing and Relaxation is one of the most important tips. Take some time during your day to really inhale and exhale deeply at least 5 times in one sitting.

When we are stressed the tendency is to hold our breath

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