It's the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris.

Hello, my fellow suffering beings, how we doing?

Today we're going to talk about something so obvious but so incredibly powerful, walking

in many forms, walking in nature, of course, but also doing walking meetings, something

I've been getting into quite deeply recently, and also walking meditation of which I'm a huge,

huge fan.

We're taking this deep dive into the science of walking with my man, Dacker Keltner, who's a professor of psychology at

UC Berkeley, and has written over 200 scientific publications, as well as six books, including

Born to Be Good, which had a huge impact on me personally, the power paradox and awe.

He also hosts a podcast of his own called The Science of Happiness.

We talk about the practice of awe walks.

That's a term he came up with and has done some research on, how walking can help your concentration, performance, and anxiety levels, among many other things.

And lastly, we talk about walking meditation.

We discuss the science, and then I'm going to talk in reasonably granular detail about how I

personally practice. Just to say this is the third in a three-part series of mini episodes

we're doing focused on the benefits of spending time outside. You do not have to

have heard the previous two installments to follow along for this one. But if you do want to check

them out, I've put links in the show notes. In episode one, Dacker and I go through the long list

of health benefits from nature. And then in episode two, we talk about how to access all of those

benefits, even if you don't live in nature.

Before we get into it, though, I want to take a moment to thank our friends over at Columbia

Sportswear for sponsoring today's episode as somebody who has become a recent convert to spending

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