• pepperman said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Not only is that good looking, it is very healthy.

  I don't think my walk represents my personality. I slouch too much. I have to consciously remind myself to stand tall.

• silverwhisper said on Jan 26, 2008....

  my walk is about 2 things: 1) speed and 2) comfort. i've worked in manhattan, and this means that my walk, always fast by anyone's standards, has simply become faster. the average person walks @ 3 mph. i've clocked it, my walk is around 4 mph.
  
  and i have to say, i've always had a sense that you walked that way, GS. :>
  
  ed

• Mr_Box said on Jan 26, 2008....

  I always walk tall. I'm not really that tall, but I act like I am. I walk fairly slowly though. It's more of a saunter than anything else. Unless I'm in a huge hurry.
   
  But I never look at the ground. I always look ahead of me. Of course this is how I tripped and fell into a door. It would be smart of me to look at the ground once in awhile.

• polarheart said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Ginger, one thing that I can thank my father for (and at the time I hated him) is that as a teenager he was CONSTANTLY telling me "Chin up, shoulders back" - - - All the time!!  It drove me so insane that I would just walk like that so he wouldn't say it to me and then it became habit.  I have also been told that I have good posture.  I can walk pretty fast for short legs because I stride and I actually quite enjoy it :-)

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Pepper......you are right.....very healthy.....plus, i feel as everything is nicely pulled up too....lol.....interesting you say your walk doesnt represent you.....

  In a way i do think we are how we walk or we choose to walk....its a way to show ourself to the others' eyes.....many times we come from the distance and the unknown and people see our walk way before our eyes or smile...

  I know you have a prince inside you...:-)

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Ed.......thank you, my friend......wow......you are fast.....lol...

  I am a fast walker too....i constantly hear people telling me "Slow down, wait for me, where are you running to"?

  I have perfectioned in Roma the same swirling walk you have in Manhattan....but....did you fast speed walk away from men like i did?....LOL.... 

  My dog now is my competitive companion...he naturally beats me any time and i have to say he made me gain even more speed...:-)

  Boxy......yes, i read it in your post about that elegant fall against the door.....lol...

  I am not (strangely) clumsy when i walk.....i dont trip that often...or bump in stuff....i tend to do the stairs quickly though...and sometime i trip but only ascending them...never descending them....dont know why...

  I know what you mean about walking slow as a saunter......i have a friend of mine who is impossibly slow when he walks...he says he does it on pupose to show the world to take it easy....lol.....cool cucumber you two are.......:-D

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  PollieOllie.....so do you suggest to keep pestering her? Ok, i think i can....:-).

  I can easily imagine you, pretty lady, with your shades on, walking sexy and fast along those beautiful London streets....:-)

• silverwhisper said on Jan 26, 2008....

  well, depending upon what neighborhood i was in... :D
  
  actually: if they liked what they saw, well, let 'em look. it's not like they were gonna do anything about it anyway. :>
  
  ed

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Ed.......i have been in Manhattan only 4 times in my whole life.....and i loved it....but, hey, i was the tourist....i know how frustrating might be sometimes living or working there....i remember this rush that would attack the people's legs.....an invisible current that was pulling everybody ahead, ahed...walking fast somewhere.....away from the point they had started to walk ...

  Curious...which neighborhood were you lazily strolling in? 

  And about the look.......you must remember some Italian men are known for doing more than simply look sometimes.....ever been pulled from the arm by a perfect stranger while walking?.....lol....

• silverwhisper said on Jan 26, 2008....

  GS: i used to work around the fashion district, so use your imagination. :>
  
  do more than simply look? there's no nice way to explain my response to that. let's chalk that up to cultural differences and move on. :>
  
  ed

• wakingharmony said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Ginger I have noticed that many Italians walk "Tall"   A lot of cultures take pride in the walk it says something about your upbringing and how you feel about your self. I used to walk (as a young girl ) shoulders hunched forward.....that was because  I had developed earlier than most and was a bigger size (cup) and was told by a few jealous girls (didn't know  that at time) that if I walked so straight that , that was all the guys would want me for......  So Mommies if you see your girls a bit bashful about growing bosoms  tell them to be proud and dont listen to flat chested girls! 

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Margaret...nice inpt....yes, i am aware that part of my daughter's slouchness is due to her new flowering situation .....she luckily is not big...well proportionated, actually....i was on a pretty full side when i was a teenager ....and yes, i do remember of having been slouching in certain occasions...

  One of my friends had the same problem of yours....she had developep an instictual defensive walk ...a learned one....when we are little girls we walk and move like boys...then our body trick us....she is a size D and has been wishing by years to have a breast reduction....she never walked tall and proud for fear of other girl's jealousy and of attracting too many men looks...

  Ed...oh , leave it there then....;-)

• the_infernal_optimist said on Jan 26, 2008....

  When I was little, my Nana always said I walked gracefully - had a "regal bearing" - but that got lost somewhere, and I walked with my head down for a long time. I also rushed everywhere. Somewhere in college I found that grace again, or some semblance of it. I still get accused of speed walking when I'm not with my kids (at roughly 5'8" I don't have short legs), but when I'm not rushed, I walk with my head up and a light rocking step. A book would stay on my head.
  
  ~Infernal
  

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Infernal.....oh, yes....that book thingie...we used to do that exercise in my acting school......while trying to remember our lines....i hated it....but it was a source of endless laughter when it was another one to be tortured in that way....lol....

• Alyss said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Short?! Ginger you are positively statuesque compared to my measly 5'2".
  
  I walk very fast. I have no idea how fast but other adults quite often complain if they are walking with me. I had years of having to get from a to b on foot with them being quite a distance apart and little time to do it so speed was essential.
  
  ed HTH did you find out how fast you walked?
  

• silverwhisper said on Jan 26, 2008....

  alyss: i walked a known distance and timed how long i needed to traverse it. how else?
  
  [confuzzled]
  
  ed

• Alyss said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Well I wondered if you had some spiffy pedometer type device  rather than the simplicity of the equation. :P

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Alyss....lol......i love it when somebody else finds ME taller.....but, truly, i was imagining you taller than me....i think our walk is not the only thing we project to the world......:-)

• silverwhisper said on Jan 26, 2008....

  alyss: ah...no, no pedometers over here. although IIRC, i think i remember LJ mentioning owning one. or perhaps it was eilan? there goes my crummy memory again!
  
  ed

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  I used to have a pedometers.....it calculated how many steps i was taking in one day...i used to strap it at my belt...but after a while i got bored with it....i kept forgetting to check my numbers at the end of the day....stupid thing...lol....

• FutureGoddess said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Ginger:  I walk like a combination runway model and ballerina.  No, I do not look like it, but it is a real fake it till you make it type of walk.  Figure don't let anyone know I have lower self -esteem than I do, so I walk with a true confidence born of years of dancing, walking in NYC and like you, performing as an actress/singer. 

   

   

• skald said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Yes I used to walk tall. A boyfriend years ago said my walk was  distinguished. I guess that is not compliment in it self? 

• beyondtheveil said on Jan 26, 2008....

  ginsoul- First of all, like Ed, I never imagined you walking any other way.
  
  Until I was in my thirties, I walked slow, somewhat slouched, and eyes looking a lot at the ground. I had this "let the world go by, who cares, walk through life your own way"  feeling. I walk faster now, looking around. I think my work slowly took it out of me.
  
  I met a woman from LA at a restaurant counter long ago. When she got up to leave, she placed her hand on my shoulder and said "walk slow". I should have listened to her. It fits my personality better, gives me more time to feel life.
  
  But that's just me.
  

• Lucytorial said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Interesting, some days I have "I feel really tall days" others I feel a little short, I'm 5"8 so I'm not short or tall just average.
  
  My shoulders are always straight, collar bones dead straight, head level, hips... well from my own dance and modeling past they swing, loosely the only odd thing about my walk is that I have this definite heel toe thing, not in high heels but in flats heel toe its really obvious!
  
  

• Twylarants said on Jan 26, 2008....

  I'm only 5' 41/2', but my legs are long, so I cover a lot of ground quickly. I walk defensively, or so I've been told.  I guess it's from living in areas where you have to watch out for yourself, never look down, and be aware of your surroundings.
  Anyway, if I have to walk, I want to get where I'm going as quickly as possible so I can sit down!
  

• wakingharmony said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Glad to see i wansnt alone Ginger. and proud to say my Girls may nor like the bustiness  they inherited but they  are not ashamed and know that it can cause more problems than good to slouch.... By the way ... they say  you dont have to get implants... they will gladly give theirs for free ...... hehe   

• quietone said on Jan 26, 2008....

  I am also 5'5" so we are the same height.  I used to walk with a bounce in my step as some would say.  but since I had a bad break in my leg (tibia fracture) I now walk with a slight limp in my gait.  but the head is up for the most part..the rest is just getting too old to hold up!  ha. 

• Mamie said on Jan 26, 2008....

  hiya tall girlfriends! You could rest your packages on my head, I am 5'2!!! Small but mighty!! have a fun night! mamie

• yani said on Jan 26, 2008....

  i am almost 5'4" and here in the philippines that's taller than most. plus i love being on high-heeled shoes. I walk tall and straight. I like to have my head above most people, especially if i have to wait in lines.
   
  I saunter too hehehe, what's the use of rushing? :)

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Future.....oh yes.....fake it if you don't have it.....great tecnique...confidence exudes by our walk too....:-)

  Skald...well, i am not surprise about than man's compliment....how my Iceland lady could walk if not in a distinguished way? ...i can see you.....because from your pictures you do look distiguhed and poised.....just a beautiful walker...:-)

  BeyBey......thank you, my friend.....i was imagining you walking at a slow pace, actually...with a pensive look in your eyes...admiring the beauty of the world.....that lady is wise...follow her suggestion....but listen who is talking? ...i can speed walk worst then Ed sometimes.....lol..... 

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Lucy.......oh....how funny....i have this sort of twist of my toe when i walk too.....its so visible when i wear sandals.....it seems twisting at any step i take...lol.....and my right toes does a lot more than my left one...go figure....:-)

  Twyla...i admire your precision about your height...that is impressive.....and it makes all the difference in the world .....lol.....you walk as i coudl imagine you walking....and ...give me a chair too.....lol...

  Waking......from my girls to your girls....chin up!

  Quiet......in Italy we say ' The good wine is in the small old barrel".....i totally agree.....lol....

  MamieBabe...really? I thought you were taller than me......so interesting to know these little detailsl about each of us., dont you think? So i am towering you? ...muahhhhh......watch out.....lol...

  Yani....hey, so i would be a tall girl in your country? A reason more to travel there....So you do saunter too....you knwo...sometime i do it on purpose....just to slow down and relax ....it works indeed.....but after a while..i have to sprint again....lol...

• Lucytorial said on Jan 26, 2008....

  he heehee both my big toes are pointed towards the rest of my toes... years of abuse in pointe! that flick thing... it drives me crazy but what can I do, I can't wear high heals every day..
  
  I notice that a lot of confident people walk tall, a daughter of a friend of mine is extremely tall for her age I think shes over six foot at 16 yrs and thin as a twig (just her genes) but she stoops because she hates being tall... shame really.
  

• Eilan said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Many years ago a friend told me that I should stop strutting around like I "owned the place."  To what "place" was she referring?  I have no clue.  I wasn't aware that I had a strut.
  
  I'm 5'5 1/2".
  

• secretlife said on Jan 26, 2008....

  i'm 5'6 - right smack in the middle.  i have tall sisters though.  so i think i've always stood straight and tall with head high so i can see what they're up to!
   
   

• Lucytorial said on Jan 26, 2008....

  eyes wide open hey secretlife! 

• secretlife said on Jan 26, 2008....

  hiya Lucy!
  i'm wondering around soulcast tonite...
  seems like there are lots of us here!

• lfbno7 said on Jan 26, 2008....

  hi sweetheart. i walk more like your daughter than like you. i walk slow most of the time, and look very casual. sometimes with my hands in my pockets. i wear sneakers and can't be heard, so lots of times anyone in the office is likely to almost bump into me if going around a corner. they can't hear me there, but i hear them. everyone is always saying Excuse Me to me, thinking they almost knocked me over, but i'm very alert to people with a kind of martial artist's awareness of where people are, and nobody can accidentally bump into me cause i'm too alert for that, i know who is where. i'm the opposite of you, and walk very modestly.
  
  i read a book called The Real McCoy, and there's a beautiful girl in it who walks very heavy, not like you, but very noisy. She makes a racket when she walks. She puts all her weight into her steps. She is an actress. Her nickname is The Elephant of the Proscenium. There's a girl at work exactly like her, very pretty, and sounds like an elephant approaching.

• lioneljay said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Ginger, I too learned to command a stage with my body. Later, as a teacher, I learned to walk the halls like a combination of politician and policeman. Now I think my walk is as much like a man who constantly prowls the scene for friends and friendly women. My eyes are always open, always looking, and my smile is only there for those who know to see it. I'm not a tall man, but I see high.

• wakingharmony said on Jan 26, 2008....

  yep ginger my girls walk with their chins so high they almost seem stuck up lol  (But that also comes from band and Marching. Posterior   is very important in that too
  

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Lucy.....i have a girl that works in my office..she is the tallest girl i ever met...and she is stunning beautiful too...but she is proud of her height...not ashamed at all...l..she wears high heel with no remorse........one of these days i am going to crawl under her desk and steal those stilettos.......talking with her makes me really feel my height....lol...

  Eilan...but you were showing it....unsconsciously...but you probably felt you were owning those places....good for you, i say....:-) 

  Secret.....just one inch taller than me, lady....don't brag it.....LOL....about Sc.....stay away from some particula blogs though....chin up, watch out....

  LF......oh, i love your comment......dont you hate those person so loud on their toes? Why do they have to stomp around in such a manner? Wonder how and why they learned to walk in that way......maybe for interrupting on purpose some embarassing situations in their past? .......and abotu you...i can see you silently walking around your office.....its your walk...i knew it......:-)

  LJ....mister....what a Saturday night surprise....always a pleasure to read you..."I am not a tall man but i see high".....i like thsi description of yours....you walk around like an emotional predator.....intriguing.....   

• dailyachesandpains said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Gingie!!!

  She'll be fine...don't worry.  My mother "fixed" her girls to walk properly.  She used to grab our shoulders from behind and yank us backward...that'll teach anyone, especially when it's not expected!  I do slouch a bit now though.  When I do, it's usually when my lower back is hurting me and the slouch is a little bit of a relief...who would have thought, lol.  I know, it's not healty, but the temporary relief is like a slice of heaven for me!

  {{{HUGS}}}

  Daily

• Me-Myself&I said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Hi Ginger! i'm a little shorter, i stand 5'3. i was taught to "carry" myself right. still do. shoudlers back and all. i walk....lightly, slowly at a steady beat.

  these feet were make for walking and thats just what they do....one of these days these feet....*smile* ....just being silly.

  well hope all is well for you, now i got to go back and see how everyone else tip-toes around.  take care see ya

• gingersoul said on Jan 26, 2008....

  Daily.......i remember how my father used to do the same with my sister....she used to slouch a lot .....i know why now...but then....i took pride of me being the owner of that walk and pitied her for her poor grace....if only i knew better ....

  I know that your back is make you see the stars sometimes....so you have permission to slouch as long as you want , my dear...:-)

  M&M.....i have a pair of black boots i adore...i wear them almost each day lately .......so much that at the office they had renamed me "The Girl with the Black Boots".....and let me tell you  ....these boots are made for walking but for kicking asses too ....lol.... 

• bluegum said on Jan 27, 2008....

  i dont think my walk is special 5'8"high average legs to trunk size about average i reckon....re your walk you described i know what you mean,there was a young woman about 16 used to walk past our house to the school bus ,she held her head up every thing as you described her walk was lovely to watch....one of the things my mum taught us was to hold our head up ...be proud of yourself, she drummed that into us.

• destinydiva said on Jan 27, 2008....

  I understand the hold your head up and be proud of yourself ! I have never done that until this year, and I wasnt even aware of it untill a few people have pointed out that this year, I have started to face the world again, and that they can tell by how I walk, I spent many years facing the tip of my toes.
  (and I am even shorter than you!!  5'2" I'm a short ass!!! ) 
  :-) xx
  

• crybabylu said on Jan 27, 2008....

  I am glad you always walk like the princess you are....love, dee

  Psst.....I 'm 5'5 too.

• queenparanoia said on Jan 27, 2008....

  i walk with my back a little hunch over... my mother get's crazy over this telling me to walk straight and stuff like. i get it from my father. i walk fast when i'm alone. and sometimes i hate it when people in front of me are slow. although i walk slowly if i'm with someone... =)

• Jenna said on Jan 27, 2008....

   

  Hello my dear Ginger.....so nice to see you!

  Looks like I am the tallest here.....I am 5'8".

  People have often commented on my walk and my posture.  I walk tall.  I hold my head up high and walk with confidence......

  I knew you walked like a princess.....of course you do.  You are a princess.....

• gingersoul said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Blue.......nice to meet you, first of all......thanks for stopping by....you know, i dont recall my mom ever telling me that.....she was more obsessed with stuff like "Change you underwear each day. What if you get struck by a car and end up in the hospital?What the doctor will think of you?"...........WTH?

  I mean, why terrorizing a young girl in that way while she is putting foot out of the house? LOL.......Neverthless to say, when later in my life anytime i did end up in the hospital my underwear were always clean.....ah, mothers...lol..

• lfbno7 said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Ginger, you spelled WTF wrong.

• gingersoul said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Des......i am glad you changed the target of your look....the tips of our shoes are cute but boring...isn't? There is a wide world open out there to get in walking tall and proud....just my point....;-)

  Dee....hey, being us such a towering ladies we can look straight in each other eyes then.......wanna bet who will blink first?...LOL...

  QueeniePie.....do not slouch anymore then.....repeat...do not slouch.....show the world the great material you are made of...let them wonder....what makes her walk in that way..such a confidence, such a grace....glance around and turn the corner.....:-) 

  Jenna.....wait....hold it....stop that bragging, missie.......i think Lucy is 5'8" too..... lol.......i knew you were walking like this too.......it just confirm my theory....we are what we eat and we are how we walk....and i know you walk regally......:-)

• lioneljay said on Jan 27, 2008....

  It's always a treat to "run into you" on a Saturday night as well, ginger. But back to the topic at hand: the way we walk tells a lot about us. Think of all the tall women whose walk is hunched over in an effort to seem shorter, more petite. I'm also reminded of a story that Matt Damon told when he was interviewed for Inside the Actor's Studio.  His director suggested that he take a few months of boxing lessons before the start of filming on the first Bourne movie. He said it was because there was something subtly powerful in the way that boxers walk and he wanted his character to show that subtle strength on film.

• Zayda said on Jan 27, 2008....

  I'm just over 5'8" but not quite 5'9", so not short or tall, just average. But I walk tall rather like you do. Head up, shoulders back with a little sashay in there from all those years of dance.
  
  My walk changes a bit in front of a classroom; I'm still walking tall but the sashay decidedly gets removed.
  
  The only times I walk with my head down even slightly is when the university doesn't get around to quickly scraping the sidewalks or the parking lots here (They take FOREVER!) and I'm watching for ice.
  
  But I can't walk with my head completely down with throngs of students milling about and rushing to So, it's more of a head up and the occasional glance down to try to avoid as much ice as possible and not wipe out. So far I've been lucky and not landed on my ice on the ice. [knocks on wood]
  

• lioneljay said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Z, I find that whenever I fall on ice, it's not my "ice" that hits the deck. :p

• Zayda said on Jan 27, 2008....

  LOL. Oops! Yeah, it's generally not my ice that hits the deck either. ;)

• lioneljay said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Ah, but I'm sure it's a very cute ice nonetheless. :D

• gingersoul said on Jan 27, 2008....

  LJ.......great minds think alike....*wink*.....

  Back to the topic...yes, now that i think about it...boxers have this powerful walk when they head to the ring....they indeed exude power and strenght.....and if you allow me, seeing Matt Damon walk like a boxer make us girsl think of something else too.......and this makes me think:

  Do men walk their dick tall too?

  Meaning......are you aware of a different way you or you fellow males walk to show off better your attributes....just curious here....*giggling*  

• lioneljay said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Ginger, I'm sure that some men do walk or posture themselves to make what they think is their best attribute more attractive. I've never felt that that was necessary - and it's hardly my best attribute anyway.

• gingersoul said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Zayda........oh, falling on the ice.....in this cute movie 'While you were sleeping" with Sandra Bullock at one point he accompanies her back home....a paddle of ice in front of her door..so they start doing this funny and sexy scene in which they keep  falling on the ice and hug each other for not falling again....

  in the rigth context ice can be intriguing.....:-)

• gingersoul said on Jan 27, 2008....

  LJ.......i have to take your words for the truth....even though i know how often undermining some qualities results in attracting more interest over them....:-)

• Zayda said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Ginger: Yeah, that's a really cute scene in that movie.

• skald said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Ginger maybe once up on a time. But you are lovely and I know you are a beautiful Italian young woman. 

• gingersoul said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Skald......dont make me take a plane and fly over to Iceland.....keep my words and dont argue with me...capito?.....LOL....

• queenparanoia said on Jan 28, 2008....

  okay gingerbabe i'll practice to strut it!!! =)

• moonriver said on Jan 30, 2008....

  ginger -- i can imagine you walking like a princess. when can we expect a sample on youtube? i already uploaded a short video of my tapping feet, for starters. sorry, but beat you to it, didn't i? lol.
  
  my own walking style is a brisk one composed of long strides, like someone on a forced march or a combat maneuver. i guess i got it from my boyscout days, followed by two years as military cadet, to name a few... i mentioned this in a blog some months back.
  
  but i make some adjustments in walking style when i'm in the highlands, where brisk walking and long strides are not always practical. what i described as the mountain gait is described in another, more recent blog.
  
  

• mOOn_platOOn said on Jan 30, 2008....

   

  I bounce - big time. My kid pointed it out to me last week, most recently. But as far back as grade school there have been comments on my "bounce."

   

  "Dad, you bounce when you walk! No, really! BIG!"

   

• Lucytorial said on Jan 31, 2008....

  It figures mOOn... you are a bouncy! kind of person.... boing boing....
  
  Actually I understand this, my husband always says to me "why do your hips move so much?"
  
  Aghh maybe its because I have an odd, disjointed and relaxed walk?? makes me sway.
  

• gingersoul said on Jan 31, 2008....

  Moon.....uhmm........no, i dont think so....i dont think people is ready to be exposed to the explosive sensuality of my walk....lol....not more tha to those dancing shoes of yours....:-D.

  MoonPlat......yeah....i get your walk.......i can see it .....i like it....:-)

  Lucy.....oh, i understand....my ex used to tell me the same thing, grinning in a very sexy way between being pride and a tad jealous ......."Do you have to skake your ass like that when you walk ?".....and i used to answer to him 'Its not my fault. They designed me in this way" ...like Jessica Rabbit in the movie...lol....

   

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