Dan Buettner did all of us a great favor when he set out to answer the perennial question: what keeps some people healthier, longer? By finding the longest-lived people on earth, and spending time with them, observing their habits and lifestyles, he isolated specific commonalities among these groups. His books grace us with the wisdom he and his team gleaned from this research.1
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The Well-Being Benefits of Daily Walks
As I leave my desk, I put on my tennis shoes and take a deep breath. Finally, fresh air and movement. I end each workday with a walk. For me walking touches on two of the Power 9 principles of the Blue Zones Project:
Moving Naturally and
Downshifting. As I walk it allows my body to realign after sitting at a computer all day and it clears my head before I go home. Sometimes I am quiet while I walk taking in nature. Other times I focus on what happened today and then let it go. I find that walking improves my mood and boosts my energy.
