Mindful Miles

Happy Monday, lovely reader! As a brand new week truly begins, don’t you find it easy to fall into that trap of thinking about movement only as the “proper” stuff – our brisk walks, gym sessions, or those dedicated routines?

And while those are absolutely brilliant, what if we started cheering for all the other utterly delightful ways our bodies just insist on moving throughout our day? Our lives are secretly brimming with tiny dances, little leaps, and spontaneous wiggles, if we just open our eyes (and maybe our hips) to them!

Just think about it: that lightning-fast, almost-Olympic jog you do to catch the lift just before the doors stage their dramatic closing. Or the totally uninhibited kitchen dance-off you suddenly find yourself in while waiting for your soup to warm up on the hob (bonus points for using a wooden spoon as a microphone!).

What about those wonderfully child-like hops you might do along a pavement crack or a garden path, simply because, well, why not?! Maybe you’ll spot a familiar grid and spontaneously launch into a quick round of hopscotch on a quiet side street, channeling your inner playground champion.

And for a truly private moment of pure, unadulterated glee, who’s to say a cheeky bit of belly dancing in the shower isn’t exactly what the doctor ordered to start the day right? (Just try not to slip!)

These aren’t “workouts” with a capital W, but they are pure, glorious movement – often bubbling over with a spark of joy and freedom. They’re like little reminders that our bodies are designed to wiggle, to express, and to simply play.

This week, I warmly invite you to pay close attention to these everyday motions. What are the little wiggles, the spontaneous shimmies, the silly skips that your body naturally nudges you to do? Which ones make you genuinely giggle, even if just to yourself?

Let’s wholeheartedly embrace movement in all its wonderful, hilarious, and utterly human forms, celebrating the big and the gloriously small, the planned and the wonderfully spontaneous.

Our bodies are truly amazing, and finding joy in their everyday antics is such a beautiful way to live.