Walking has many advantages. It provides exercise for good health. It encourages people to slow down. It gives you an opportunity to observe the surrounding environment. It promotes connections with nature and magical energies, and it's good for you.

Today is National Walking Day this year, so take the time for a nice walk. Outdoors is ideal, but in inclement weather you could walk through a mall or other building instead. Feel your body and its connections to everything around you. Each footstep links you to the earth beneath your feet and the air that flows over your skin. Watch for a new flower or a new store. As you walk, say:

Walking feet are busy feet,

Following ancestors' beat.

Busy feet are healthy feet,

Strong and sturdy, fast and fleet.

Healthy feet are happy feet,

Facing challenges they meet.

Remember that walking connects you with all the people who have gone before and will come after.