Doing This 1 Simple But Unexpected Thing While Taking A Walk Could Vastly Improve Your Health

Keltner said that they found “three really cool things” when they compared the results of control group to the “awe walk” group.

“Over the eight weeks [of the study], [the ‘awe walk’ group] started to feel more and more awe. So, as we search for awe, we find more of it, which I think is really important. … These people — 75 years old or older — over time felt less pain and distress. Chronic pain and pain when you’re old is serious. It just rattles your consciousness, and here was a little technique that gave them some peace.”

The scientists also documented what Keltner calls “the disappearance of the self.”

“Each week we had [the study participants] take a picture of themselves and what we found was, [those in the study who were going on the awe walk] start to move off to the side [of the] photo. They kind of disappear! What that tells us is their consciousness is — they’re not thinking about ‘OK, there’s my face and I get it perfectly situated in the photo.’ They’re more interested in the vaster scene that they’re part of and losing track of themselves and that’s important — that’s important to expand our attention to things outside of the self.”

Ultimately, Keltner argues the more awe and wonder people of any age experience, the better off they’ll be. 

“It [creates] an amazing cascade of physiology that we can find almost any day and is very good for you,” he told us.

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