I am working up a schedule for regular guided walks in my local park, available to anyone who shows up.  The emphasis is on getting people out who would not otherwise go, and also on supporting and maintaining health for all of us.  

The two alternative interventions which have each been shown to be as effective as antidepressants for the blues (or more effective) are fish oil and walking.  Part of the healthy effect of walking may simply be from getting out into nature.  Even a rainy day is food for the soul.

The first Happy Healthy Walk in Gabriel Park will be today.  Also, on Sunday August 30th, Dr Mindy Curry is offering a guided walk starting from Clackamette Park that may involve swimming as well.  The weather prediction for this weekend is rain.

Feel free to leave a comment or write in the contact form about what kind of walks you'd like.  In general I think many of us crave more quality social contact, and also more movement.  I am happy to teach about the medicinal herbs in the park, and also to demonstrate and lead a little bit of yoga practice and also walking meditation, as interest arises.

I just completed a training at NCNM and what I learned is that there ARE other people in the community who are impassioned about social justice. Sometimes, when I'm walking down the street, and the people around me are completely closed off from each other, I wonder. I feel good every time that I am the one to stop and ask if someone is OK, offer a hand with something, or otherwise step up to be part of the kinder gentler world that civilization is supposed to bring.

I feel our common humanity more deeply than I fear our external differences. I do not care what color you are, or what you think is sexy, or which religion you think is the right one.  What I care about is joy.

So presume only that I will take you as another human, doing the best you can. I hope you will see that I am no different.