"52 Ways to Walk is a short, user-friendly guide to attaining the full range of benefits that walking has to offer--physical, spiritual, and emotional--backed by the latest scientific research to inspire readers to develop a fulfilling walking lifestyle"-- Provided by publisher.

How to use this book -- Walk in the cold -- Improve your gait -- Walk, smile, greet, repeat -- Just one slow walk -- Breathe as you walk -- Take a muddy walk -- Take a twelve-minute walk -- Walk with vista vision -- Take a windy walk -- Walk within an hour of waking -- Take a city smell walk -- Walk in the rain -- Take a walk-dance or dance-walk -- Walk with your ears -- Walk alone -- Pick up litter as you walk -- Follow a river -- Walk with a dog -- Amble amid trees -- Walk to remember -- Exercise your curiosity muscle--walk a ley line -- Take a silent stroll -- Walk at altitude -- Walk with a map -- Walk with purpose -- Walk in sunshine -- Sing as you stride -- Walk with a picnic -- Walk barefoot -- Walk with ions -- Walk beside the sea -- Sketch as walk -- Walk beneath a full moon -- Walk like a nomad -- Walk with a pack -- Take a foraging walk -- Climb hills -- Walk with your nose -- Walk like a pilgrim -- Walk to get lost -- Walk after eating -- Walk with others -- Seek out the sublime -- Work as you walk -- Take a night walk -- Jump-start your walk for super-strong bones -- Walk hungry -- Walk backward -- Walk in an evergreen forest (for a good night's sleep) -- Walking as meditation -- Walk deep and seek out fractals -- Afterword.