Walk This is one of the easiest and most economical exercises you can do in your daily life. That’s why disciplines like power walking are successful, which is nothing more than walking at a fast pace without ever running and worrying about not slowing down all the time. What if we told you that you can combine the benefits of walking with the practice of
the meditation to forget stress and anxiety? Called
afghan walk and you have already taken the time to practice it.
What is the Afghan walk?
the
afghan walk try to walk while keeping our mind
breath, using the steps as a metronome that measures the time between inspiration and expiration. It consists of synchronizing breathing with a rhythm
three steps-one inhalation / three steps-one exhalation do it on flat ground so as not to change this rhythm.
To practice this, start walking without others
external stimuli. It may take a few minutes, because it is not always easy to disconnect from the worries of everyday life, but when you achieve it, the act of
synchronization between your breath and your steps.
In three steps,
normal rhythm, breathe slowly by letting air in through your nose. Hold your breath for the fourth step and then exhale for the next three steps through your mouth, holding your breath again for the eighth step as your lungs empty.
Woman walking in the forest. / Image by bristekjegor on Freepik.
but
don’t be strictIf that step breathing rhythm doesn’t suit you, change the number of steps until you feel comfortable. The ideal is to reach a point where you can achieve
forget the stresssomething you can’t achieve if you’re burdened with achieving exactly three steps.
What is the Afghan walk for?
Focus on
breath It is a way of focusing attention, slowing down mental activity and, therefore, reducing the
stress. Conscious breathing is the first step to slow down the pace, thus achieving a state of relaxation and thus evoking relaxation.
TAKING.
If you think
to meditate, images of people sitting in the lotus position, in a quiet environment with the aroma of incense, automatically come to mind. But in meditation you don’t need much, the proof of this is the practice of
afghan walka way to combine the benefits of light sport with mindfulness.
Following the rhythm of your inhalations and exhalations will help you focus your mind and bring you to the here and now, the basis of the state of being.
TAKING. And, no matter how much we insist on multitasking, our brains are programmed to do it
one thing at a timeso when you focus on your breathing rhythm, you let go of worries.
It’s normal to see this over and over again as we march through Afghanistan, but the idea is that you know,
leave it alone and focus again on the synchronization between your steps and breathing. This is the main attribute of this type of walking, in addition to all those
benefit What are the benefits of walking and moving?
