Key points

Rhythmic motor patterns generate sensations that entrain brain networks.

Giving your brain something rhythmic and automatic to monitor helps release cluttered thinking.

Going for a walk can help allow freer expression of calmness and creativity.

Although separated by more than a Century, both Charles Dickens and Patsy Cline were onto something similar. They both advocated for walking after midnight. Cline's hit song from 1957 positions nocturnal walking as a soothing balm for heartbreak, whereas Dickens' perambulations appeased insomnia and unleashed creativity. How much might Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol be credited to walking?

Walking after midnight

As Dickens outlines in " Night walks", he suffered from periods of severe insomnia. A common approach to sleeple

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