Walk, don’t run
Need motivation to exercise? Want to explore like a kid again? Sign Up for the most creative, fun walking courses we’ve ever designed.
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This course offers a deep dive into the nuanced art of walking at dusk. Pushing the boundaries of traditional education, each chapter guides participants on immersive nocturnal journeys, revealing the hidden narratives of the night. It emphasizes experiential learning through walking, listening, and observing, fostering a deep connection with the essence of a place. Participants are encouraged to document their explorations, engage in night photography, and reflect on their experiences, illuminating the intricate relationship between light, shadow, architecture, and the sublime. This course is perfect for anyone who walks home after work; it cultivates a profound sensory engagement with the world.
Resources: Each course comes with downloadable resources tailored to enhance your walking experience. This includes a curated filmography, bibliography, and audio tracks optimized for mobile devices. Additionally, we provide specialized guides for stretching yoga, meditation, and creative writing.
Level: Beginner
Duration: 20 minutes or longer
Timeline: Repeatable / Daily / Weekly
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Delving into the profound stillness beneath the urban bustle, this course teaches participants how to uncover hidden silences within the city through explorative walking. It draws upon a rich tapestry of inspiration that includes the reflective teachings of Buddhism, the innovative silence in music by John Cage, Virginia Woolf's introspective urban wanderings, and Rachel Carson's attentive connection to nature. It challenges participants to listen and find beauty in urban quietude, engaging deeply with the auditory facets of city life. The course structure transcends traditional sightseeing, enabled by immersion in the ambient sounds and silences that narrate the city's unseen stories. Through self-guided walks, reflective journaling, and silent observation, this course transforms walking into a meditative, inward journey.
Resources: Each course has downloadable resources tailored to enhance your walking experience. This includes a curated filmography, bibliography, and audio tracks optimized for mobile devices. Additionally, we provide specialized guides for stretching yoga, meditation, and creative writing.
Level: Intermediate
Duration: 20 minutes or longer
Timeline: Repeatable / Daily / Weekly
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This course is a transformative journey designed to infuse mindfulness into routine daily walks. This unique program offers a comprehensive study of walking meditation, guiding participants to cultivate presence and awareness with each step. Delve into the practice of mindful walking, inspired by the teachings of figures like Thich Nhat Hanh, and learn to transform an everyday activity into a profound meditation and pathway to inner peace. Through engaging lessons, practical exercises, and thoughtful reflections, participants learn to synchronize their breathing with their movements, enhance their body awareness. We provide the tools to transform any walk, whether through bustling city streets or tranquil parks, into a profound experience of serenity.
Resources: Each course has downloadable resources tailored to enhance your walking experience. This includes a curated filmography, bibliography, and audio tracks optimized for mobile devices. Additionally, we provide specialized guides for stretching yoga, meditation, and creative writing.
Level: Advanced
Duration: 20 minutes or longer
Timeline: Repeatable / Daily / Weekly
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This distinctive course is designed to explore the intricate dance between urban landscapes and the human psyche. As participants weave through city streets, they engage in a deeply personal exploration that challenges perceptions and invites a reimagining of the spaces we navigate daily. This course is a voyage into the heart of urban environments, where every alleyway and street become a canvas for emotional and psychological discovery. Drawing inspiration from the Psychogeography movement and other artists' works; through self-guided walks, reflective journaling, and creative documentation, participants uncover the hidden layers of cities, learning to read the stories etched in concrete. This process deepens their understanding of psychogeography and fosters profound insights into their own emotional landscapes. By marrying the art of observation with the practice of introspection, participants gain invaluable tools for personal growth.
Resources: Each course has downloadable resources tailored to enhance your walking experience. This includes a curated filmography, bibliography, and audio tracks optimized for mobile devices. Additionally, we provide specialized guides for stretching yoga, meditation, and creative writing.
Level: Advanced
Duration: 20 minutes or longer
Timeline: Repeatable / Daily / Weekly
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Blending the act of walking with the creative expression of map-making, this course challenges participants to discover the intricate relationship between physical movement and artistic documentation. It encourages a reimagining of maps beyond their traditional roles as territorial ciphers, positioning them as personal narratives enriched by the walker's experiences. Through daily excursions, participants are guided to keenly observe and capture the nuanced layers of their environment, employing a mix of artistic methods such as drawing, writing, capturing images, and collecting tangible items from nature or urban landscapes. These practices aim to transform walks into rich, narrative-driven maps that reflect the tangible and the immaterial phenomena of the places traversed.
Resources: Each course has downloadable resources tailored to enhance your walking experience. This includes a curated filmography, bibliography, and audio tracks optimized for mobile devices. Additionally, we provide specialized guides for stretching yoga, meditation, and creative writing.
Level: Beginner
Duration: 20 minutes or longer
Timeline: Repeatable / Daily / Weekly
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Designed to unravel the intricate ways walking serves as a canvas for artistic exploration, this course traces the footsteps of pioneering artists like Hamish Fulton, Richard Long, Marina Abramović, and others. Delving into the historical and contemporary realms of walking as an art form, this course offers participants a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in studying various artistic methodologies and conceptual frameworks. Participants gain insights into creating their own thematic walks by closely examining how these artists navigate the interplay between movement, space, and expression. This practical approach enriches their understanding of walking as a profound artistic practice–it empowers them to weave their personal experiences and observations into their creative endeavors.
Resources: Each course has downloadable resources tailored to enhance your walking experience. This includes a curated filmography, bibliography, and audio tracks optimized for mobile devices. Additionally, we provide specialized guides for stretching yoga, meditation, and creative writing.
Level: Intermediate
Duration: 20 minutes or longer
Timeline: Repeatable / Daily / Weekly
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In this course, participants are invited to explore the intricate dynamics of urban life through the lens of the historically rich figures of the flâneur and flâneuse, blending 19th-century cultural insights with contemporary urban experiences. By examining the transformation of urban spaces, the role of technology in shaping public and private realms, and the evolving narratives of gender within the city, this course bridges literary analysis, cultural theory, and tangible engagement with the urban environment. Participants consider how technology and social change impact the traditional act of urban wandering, encouraging them to undertake thematic explorations of the city.
Resources: Each course has downloadable resources tailored to enhance your walking experience. This includes a curated filmography, bibliography, and audio tracks optimized for mobile devices. Additionally, we provide specialized guides for stretching yoga, meditation, and creative writing.
Level: Beginner
Duration: 20 minutes or longer
Timeline: Repeatable / Daily / Weekly
