Staying motivated and positive during your walk is key to a successful Camino. A great way to make the time fly if you are out walking on your own is to listen to music!
Listening to your favourite songs can definitely put you in a good mood and help you to forget all about your feet. You can even pick songs with different rhythms and match your walking speed to the songs – walk faster during more up-tempo songs and then take a relaxed pace during slower songs.
You can create an album or playlist of songs that you haven’t listened to in a while. This will ignite a trip down memory lane whilst you walk. Another option is to create a playlist of inspirational and positive songs to get you in the zone.
Are you looking for a thoughtful and meditative Camino walking experience? Try instrumental and classical music without lyrics to give you time to think.
Here are some fun walking-song favourites:
Tracklist
- The Proclaimers – 500 miles
- Robert Mandell – It’s a Long Way To Tipperary
- Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Were Made For Walkin’
- Robert Mandell – Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag
- David Kinsella – From Leap to Santiago
- John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads
- Neil Young – My my, hey hey (Out of the blue)
- Louis Armstrong – What a wonderful world
- John Lennon – Imagine
- Aerosmith – Walk This Way
- AC/DC – Walk all Over You
- Katrina & the Waves – Walking On Sunshine
- Amos Lee – Windows Are Rolled Down
- OneRepublic – I Lived
- TobyMac – Move (Keep Walkin’)
- Jimmy Rogers – Walking by Myself
- S Club 7- Reach For The Stars
- Miley Cyrus – The Climb
- The Foo Fighters – Walk
- The Eagles – Peaceful Easy Feeling
- Bon Jovi – It’s my life
- Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
- Bruce Springsteen – If I Should Fall Behind
To read an interview with musician David Kinsilla who has released an album inspired by Galician music and the Camino de Santiago, click here.
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