About ChiWalking®The ChiWalking program is an entirely new approach to creating health, fitness and well-being through the activity of walking. ChiWalking blends walking with the inner focuses of T'ai Chi, the ancient Chinese martial art, known for creating balance, strength, and improved cognition. Moderate exercise, such as walking, has improved the health and longevity of millions of people. ChiWalking is an inspirational, mind-body, heath and fitness program that will get you up and out, and moving towards better health. The Five Mindful Steps are used throughout the book and the program to reinforce the body-mind component inherent in each step.  1. Get Aligned - physically with your posture, mentally with your intentions 2. Engage Your Core - physically with your lower abdominals, mentally by using your will power 3. Create Balance - physically between your upper and lower body and also between the right side and the left side of your body, mentally by creating a balanced fitness program 4. Make a Choice - physically to walk in a new way, mentally to create health 5. Move Forward - physically with grace and ease, mentally by focusing your mind on the next mindful step These Five Mindful Steps take you through an entire health and fitness program that will leave you energized, and looking forward to each walk. The ChiWalking program offers 12 different types of walks to create a balanced and exciting health program. The "menu" of walks includes: a Cardio Walk, an Aerobic Walk, a Flexibility Walk, a Loosening Walk, a Focusing Walk, an Energizing Walk, a Walking Meditation and more. The walks are presented in the ChiWalking book in a detailed and understandable way, then summarized in an easy to read matrix which shows the key benefits of each walk, broken into four Categories: Physical, Mental, Emotional and Metaphysical.  The ChiWalking Form emphasizes proper biomechanics of walking, based on principles of T'ai Chi, including: good posture, loose joints, engaging one's core muscles, and relaxing the peripheral muscles of the arms and legs. This approach makes walking easier on the body and helps improve and eliminate the aches, pains and discomfort of walking incorrectly. Since walking is such a basic, every day movement, when your walking form is improved, the benefits are far reaching. This program has been taught to thousands of people with profound results. ChiWalking is sister to ChiRunning which has had a significant impact on the sport of running. ChiWalking was born out of the requests of thousands of runners who want to share the ChiRunning experience with the walkers in their lives. ChiWalking has within it the deep philosophical and psychological attributes of the centuries-old practice of T'ai Chi, which presents the opportunity for spiritual exploration and the integration of body, mind and spirit. ChiWalking takes the benefits of walking beyond cardiovascular, aerobic and mental health, by addressing the needs of your whole person; joints and muscles, body and soul.  
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