By Fiona Lines
Most of us walk on a regular basis. We walk to work, to catch a bus, and to the kitchen when we want a cup of tea. We walk in country parks, up hills and through woodland. We walk our dogs, with our children and partners, and alone. We go on holiday to walk, for fitness, to meet personal goals or for sheer enjoyment. We walk out of choice and we walk because we might have no other way of getting around. As I see and experience it, just as those indigenous people living in the far north have many words for snow, so walking can be subdivided.
As humans, walking is our primary mode of transport. Can it be a form of meditation too?