Take A Walk

This blog excerpt was taken from our store: Moccasins Canada. To read the entire article please click here.

One of the best things we can do for mind, body, and spirit is to go for a nature walk.

Getting outside, away from work, away from screens, is how we decompress from the weight of the world and reconnect with ourselves through nature. As soon as you take that first, deep breath of fresh air, all of your senses become engaged. From the moment you put on your shoes, a walk becomes an act of discovery. It’s a time to revisit and enjoy the natural elements that being busy or stressed and preoccupied can cause us inadvertently to forget. Once outside, with no distractions, we can notice all the beautiful details again:

• Rose gold sunsets
• Wildflowers
• Foraging squirrels and chipmunks
• The smell of freshly cut grass
• Wind in the trees
• The sound of water bubbling in a creek or lapping at the shoreline
• Crickets, frogs, and a myriad of birdsongs

A nature walk isn’t about “getting your steps in” or monitoring your heart-rate. It isn’t about productivity or competition or performance. It’s about being fully present in the natural world and experiencing it one moment at a time.

Moccasins are the original nature walker’s shoe. Flexible and durable, they conform to the foot in a way that is unique to each person. Wearing them makes you feel almost as if you were part of the forest, not just some wayward human passing through. Fringed Moose Hide Moccasins for women are handcrafted by Bastien, an Indigenous-owned Canadian company.

Traditionally designed, they include all the distinctive details of a classic moccasin: mellow moose leather, a thickly fringed ankle cuff with rawhide laces, and puckered, double-stitched vamp. The serviceable rubber sole takes you out of doors with ease, and a light foam insole adds comfort to your walk as you explore the outside world around you.
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