Cycling is meditative.
It doesn't matter whether you're on a 15-day tour of unknown places, perhaps alone, or on your way to work. It's like that. Anyone who has experienced it knows it. All you have to do is get on your bike, visualize your destination and route in your mind, and then, as your legs start to pedal and your muscles warm up, your mind starts to activate, your breathing becomes more regular and your heart beats in the same rhythm. And everything moves in perfect harmony, almost as if every organ was on the same frequency.
I'm not saying that only the bicycle can put us in this state. Perhaps something similar can be found in working with ceramics, wood or even gardening. But cycling asks the heart to pump faster, the mind to make quick decisions and our muscles react accordingly. It is the physical dimension that is addressed. The one that we too often neglect, sometimes ignore, consciously or unconsciously. To maintain our well-being, we must take care of both dimensions: the mental and the physical. "Mens sana in corpore sano" said the Romans. This is still true today. If we think about it, what other activity allows us to perfectly combine these two dimensions?
The bicycle is an extraordinary tool and accessible to everyone: let's make it part of our everyday lives.
