Stepping Out - Talking For Walking Kaz Pritchard

I have a new episode – hooray. I have been pretty busy lately, studying and working and all the other things that fall onto my plate on a daily basis – but it’s all good! How are you? I hope things have got a bit more back to normal (whatever that is) in the last few months. It’s been a real rollercoaster hasn’t it and I thought I’d got away with it, but Covid has just caught up with me after going to a party last week – it was well worth it though, it was a right 70s dance off, loved it and thankfully, I am not suffering too much from it, so best case scenario.

So let me tell you about today’s guest Greg Wilson. Greg is a pal of mine and I talked to him all about his life from army, to civvy street, to finding a new life back in the area where he lived as a child in Mow Cop. We talk about kayaking, his giving up drinking, his heart attack and how he appreciates his life with his dog in his local landscape.

So, get some shoes on, plug your headphones in and let’s get walking.


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A series of ramblings from Kaz to ease her mashed up brain into 2022. Hear about some new on-line sport walk courses coming your way as well as news on where Kaz's meditations will be in 2022.  Also her thoughts on cross training....all with a backdrop of music and some outdoor sounds too.  Enjoy!

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When we're away, we can often relax a bit too much, so this episode is recorded in Weston-Super-Mare on the south coast of the UK, where Kaz spent a few days away with her family.  She walked every morning to stave off the timber monkeys and to keep her fitness up for the South Coast Challenge a week later.  A relaxed walk to hopefully inspire you to do the same.  Happy Holidays!


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Rachel Wheeley is Head of Communications and Institutional Events at at St George’s University, a speaker, a host, a writer, a gigging comedian and a podcaster! Phew! And all of that whilst being a Mum of 3 and in her own words is delighted to just be out of the house. So we talk all about what she does when she IS out of the house in her various roles, and why she loves walking and generally about having her fingers in lots of different pies. Oh and if you are interested in how to level up a human and/or The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, this one is for you.
So, get on some kind of footwear, grab your phone and headphones and I’ll take you through her story. Enjoy! https://www.walkthepod.com/
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FOOTPATH - A footprint as a logo - For planning and finding you way OS MAPS - For finding you way - excellent terrain details STRAVA - For recording your progress and to link to your friends MAP MY WALK - For mapping your route and loading routes to it PLAN MY ROUTE - does what it says on the tin LDWA - Long Distance Walkers Association list of routes WHAT 3 WORDS - So you can tell someone exactly where you are, if something happens to you RELIVE - To record your route and be able to set it to music and see if from above on a map (for fun) BIRD NERD - To identify birds you hear on your travels LEAF SNAP - To identify plants and trees PLANK WORKOUT - For cross training INTERVAL TIMER - For timing hill repeats or sections on a route you want to use for improving performance.

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Today, I spoke to the thoughtful and creative forest bathing facilitator, consultant, designer and author, Julia Plevin. She wrote the wonderfully  entitled book; The Healing Magic of Forest Bathing: Finding Calm, Creativity, and Connection in the Natural World. She also founded the Forest Bathing Club and takes groups of people into nature to find and share their connection to that nature in her part of the world, Oregon in the US. Julia sees herself as someone here to create a more beautiful world where all beings are able to thrive and live in harmony with nature. We talk about growing up in a culture, which valued achievement over personal and planetary wellbeing, how she moved into a more creative space and a totally different place to live and amongst other things, what happens in her forest bathing groups, a practice stemming from Japan called Shinrin Yoku.
I’m sure you’ll agree when you hear our chat that Julia has a beautiful soul and an interesting and refreshing outlook on life, so enjoy your time outside today if you can, plug in some headphones and off we go.
www.juliaplevin.com  www.forestbathingclub.com www.wildkabbalah.com

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