“Sit as little as possible; do not believe any idea that was not born in the open air and of free movement — in which the muscles do not also revel. All prejudices emanate from the bowels.” – Nietzsche, Ecce Homo
Enlightenment Philosophy:
J.J. Rousseau – Reveries of a Solitary Walker
Early American Philosophy:
Mary Austin – The Land of Little Rain
A. Leopold – Thinking Like a Mountain
J. Muir – A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf
Existentialist Philosophy:
F. Nietzsche – The Wanderer and his Shadow (From Human, All Too Human)
Eastern Philosophies:
T. N. Hanh – The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation
Native American Philosophies:
Brian Burkhart - Indigenizing Philosophy through the Land
Michael Tlanusta Garrett – Every Footstep is the Journey on Our Sacred Trail
Robin Wall Kimmerer – Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Contemporary Philosophies:
Alison Hawthorne Deming – Writing the Sacred into the Real
Carolyn Finney – Black Faces. White Spaces.
Camille T. Dungy - What to Eat, What to drink, and What to Leave for Poison (from Black Nature)