Walk this way to inner peace, says ex army commandant

Residents of a Cork suburb will be the first in the country to experience a new concept in walking which, according to its creator, a former army officer, promotes inner peace and physical wellbeing.

Ireland’s first Mindful Walking group will be established in Bishopstown this summer by author, psychologist, and former army commandant Hugh O’Donovan.

Having spent 23 years in the army, serving on two missions to the Lebanon during the 1980s as well as in the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Mr O’Donovan has just published a book, Mindful Walking: Walk Your Way to Mental and Physical Health.