{"id":10467,"date":"2024-09-01T14:29:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T14:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twistkoala.com\/?p=10467"},"modified":"2024-09-13T13:14:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T13:14:12","slug":"silent-walking-becomes-new-gen-z-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devserver.pw\/twistkoala.com\/silent-walking-becomes-new-gen-z-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Silent Walking\u2019 Is The Latest Trend Gen Z Are Obsessed With"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gen Z-ers are no strangers to an internet fad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of their suggestions include canceling skinny jeans and losing their mind over the \u2018bed rotting\u2019 trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now there is something else that is taking Zoomers by storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a TikTok<\/a> video shared by Mady Maio \u2013 who is the co-host of the Okay Sis <\/em>podcast \u2013 she claims to have \u2018unintentionally started a movement\u2019 that she promises will \u2018change your life.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u2018Silent walking\u2019 is the latest viral trend that is taking Gen Z by storm. Credit: @madymaio\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This trend is known as \u2018silent walking\u2019 \u2013 and it\u2019s generated quite the discussion online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reaction to this new trend has been mixed on social media, with some people sharing their experiences with \u2018silent walking.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

One person writes: \u201cI\u2019ve been doing this for two months daily. And it\u2019s GAME CHANGING.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another viewer shares: \u201cI tried this! All my brain could think about was the last TikTok I saw. I had the \u2018white people taco night\u2019 song stuck in my head for an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love silent walking!! Great for manifesting,\u201d adds a third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, others have mocked the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One person says: \u201cIs this real? This is just walking\u2026 like how people did it before technology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGen Z just discovered walking y\u2019all,\u201d writes another person \u2013 accompanied by laughing emojis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someone else pens: \u201cSo just going for a walk like we all did in the 90s???\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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In a TikTok video shared by Mady Maio, she claims to have \u2018unintentionally started a movement\u2019 that she promises will \u2018change your life.\u2019 Credit: @madymaio\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

So, what is \u2018silent walking,\u2019 you might ask? Well, let us explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is actually something everyone pretty much did before technology became a significant part of our day-to-day life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Essentially, it involves going on a walk without a phone, or without listening to music, podcasts, or having any sort of technological distraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the video, which has racked up just under 500,000 views, Maio says: \u201cNo AirPods, no podcasts, no music. Just me, myself, and I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd at first I was like f*** no, my anxiety could never \u2013 which is probably what you\u2019re thinking \u2013 but something within me was like let me just try it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The podcaster says while the first two minutes of her walk were \u2018mayhem,\u2019 she soon embarked on a \u2018flow state\u2019 and you can \u2018suddenly hear yourself.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maio explains to her followers that \u2018silent walking\u2019 has given her the \u2018clarity\u2019 she had always been looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook, the universe and your intuition come to you through whispers, so if you\u2019re never alone with your thoughts and you never get quiet you\u2019re gonna miss the whispers,\u201d she continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd those whispers are the most important to be paying attention to\u2026 suddenly all these ideas are flowing into me because I\u2019m giving them space to enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook, if I can do it, you can do it. I promise, just try it out\u2026 Give yourself the gift of getting quiet and listening to those whispers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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So, what is \u2018silent walking,\u2019 you might ask? Well, let us explain. Credit: @madymaio\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

While Maio may have been the one to make \u2018silent walking\u2019 a viral<\/a> trend, she wasn\u2019t the one who came up with the term \u2013 as this was reportedly<\/a> established by New York City influencer Arielle Lorre back in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She too has spoken about the benefits of silent walks \u2013 saying that she feels all her senses instantly go to high alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Lorre explained<\/a>: \u201cI smell everything, I hear everything, I am seeing everything, and it\u2019s so grounding for me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know the hot girl walk had its moment. I\u2019m trying to make the silent walk girl, or guy, or whatever, a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While people are enjoying themselves and making fun of this new trend, it does highlight how dependent we all are on technology \u2013 to the point where some people think going on a 30-minute walk without any devices is \u2018game-changing.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numerous studies have shown that spending time online can have a drastic impact on your mental wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Science Daily<\/a>, an over-reliance on your device can lead to lazy thinking and can significantly reduce our cognitive function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So \u2018silent walking\u2019 could help boost the mental processes we use to understand information and turn it into knowledge, as per James Cook University<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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