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Would cycling have the same effects?
I know it's petty and unavoidable, but it's a bummer to click an ambiguous headline like that hoping for a new tool to add to your repertoire as a wheelchair user. That's one thing that I miss from my able-bodied life, contemplative walks. Rolling a wheelchair around and dealing with the intrinsic difficulties associated with doing so really destroys any kind of meditative quality out of the experience. Now my deep m…
Don't forget to meditate, journal, go on silent retreats, take cold showers, eat a kiwi a day, and use Rust for maximum life success!
Ah, and don't forget to breathe. I read it increases longevity.
I know it's petty and unavoidable, but it's a bummer to click an ambiguous headline like that hoping for a new tool to add to your repertoire as a wheelchair user. That's one thing that I miss from my able-bodied life, contemplative walks. Rolling a wheelchair around and dealing with the intrinsic difficulties associated with doing so really destroys any kind of meditative quality out of the experience. Now my deep m…
> Now my deep meditative thoughts come to me in the shower
A great place to start!
Here's a thought that might get you into some even deeper water: Have you thought about swimming?
I'm a partial-paraplegic and below-elbow on left arm amputee. I can walk but not well. My favorite walking replacement has been swimming. I'm not fast, but I can swim for hours.
In any case, I feel that almost any repetitive physical action - even shelling pea pods - can become meditative.
I know it's petty and unavoidable, but it's a bummer to click an ambiguous headline like that hoping for a new tool to add to your repertoire as a wheelchair user. That's one thing that I miss from my able-bodied life, contemplative walks. Rolling a wheelchair around and dealing with the intrinsic difficulties associated with doing so really destroys any kind of meditative quality out of the experience. Now my deep m…
The Walk.
It's kinda funny.
The circular design of Apple HQ seems to misunderstand the mental benefits of walking. Walking in a giant circular building your view never changes even slightly. I bet people doing that walk show fewer benefits of walking.
I know it's petty and unavoidable, but it's a bummer to click an ambiguous headline like that hoping for a new tool to add to your repertoire as a wheelchair user. That's one thing that I miss from my able-bodied life, contemplative walks. Rolling a wheelchair around and dealing with the intrinsic difficulties associated with doing so really destroys any kind of meditative quality out of the experience. Now my deep m…
Nothing comes easy for us, so we've gotta make things easy.
I know it's petty and unavoidable, but it's a bummer to click an ambiguous headline like that hoping for a new tool to add to your repertoire as a wheelchair user. That's one thing that I miss from my able-bodied life, contemplative walks. Rolling a wheelchair around and dealing with the intrinsic difficulties associated with doing so really destroys any kind of meditative quality out of the experience. Now my deep m…
I wasn't at all thinking about the challenges of somebody who cannot walk, and you opened my eyes to the idea that for someone in a wheelchair, "rolling" doesn't really compare.
I get that there is probably some cognitive load navigating with a wheelchair create, but I thought that would disappear, and the idea of "movement" would be the same, but it looks like I'm wrong about that.
Would cycling have the same effects?
Of course, what this usually ignores is "...and live somewhere where you can actually safely walk for an hour".
I am living in Canada. It's winter and it is wet. Going outside means a 5 min ritual of changing into outside clothes (because it is wet) and wearing boots, walking and doing the reverse 5 min ritual. I love walking but very annoying these days.