Anxiety · 4 min read
The sniff walk: a 20-minute protocol your nervous system can cash.
Let the dog set the pace. Then measure what happens to you.
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A sniff walk is not a walk. It is a decision to let the dog direct twenty minutes of attention.
What happens in your body during that twenty minutes is not trivial. Slow ambulatory movement plus low-stakes outdoor attention approximates the conditions of a brief behavioral activation intervention.
It is not therapy. It is a reliable, repeatable hour that your nervous system can count on.