Skipping

Adults aren’t generally struck with the urge to skip because their worries and burdens weigh them down and they forget that they can take themselves lightly. – Jessi Lane Adams

I have loved skipping since I was a little girl and I have never been able to restrain myself when an open stretch of sidewalk or path beckons me. – Marelu Marson, courtesy of iSkip.com

Skipping is great exercise! It burns twice as many calories as walking. It has less impact on your joints than running. And it is joy-based, unlike running which generates from our fight or flight reflex. – Kim Corbin, founder of iSkip.com

Skipping is the walk of joy. – Jessi Lane Adams

I like to skip because I can’t help but smile when I’m skipping (either I’m too uncoordinated to frown and skip at the same time or else it’s a physical impossibility)! – Nancy, courtesy of iSkip.com

Sometimes I do a little mental skipping, just to shake things up in my mind. – Jessi Lane Adams

[I]nspiration abounds when I skip and I do feel like a kid again. It frees the cobwebs, stimulates the soul, and enlightens the spirit. – Nancy, courtesy of iSkip.com

I’m addicted to this exercise — I never skip a day! – Jessi Lane Adams

You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. – James M. Barrie, Peter Pan

We used to fly past shoppers in the town centre and especially in the winter, wrapped up in our duffle coats, woolen hats and scarves we used to get so warm that there would soon be coats unbuttoned, scarves trailing behind and rosy cheeks by the time we got to school. – Karen Elkins, courtesy of iSkip.com

While the rhythm of running emphasizes a downward motion, the upward motion of skipping defies gravity and elevates my mood in the process. – Susan Reineck, courtesy of iSkip.com

Skipping arm in arm is double the joy! – Jessi Lane Adams

When I skip, I have no worries. – Carolyn Tyler, courtesy of iSkip.com

Skipping chases away the blues, and happiness will come chasing after you. – Jessi Lane Adams

Skipping turns your legs into built-in pogo sticks. – Jessi Lane Adams

[Skipping] makes me a kid again — not just feel like a kid — a KID again. – John-Hans Melcher, courtesy of iSkip.com