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A casual community for people with ADHD
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Cycling is exercise which stimulates helpful endorphins, activates the lymphatic system, and helps hand eye coordination, strengthening nervous system pathways.
But cycling specifically requires a lot more sensory effort. Looking and hearing what is around you while navigating. maintaining balance.
So finally, cycling is meditative because you need to filter some of your thoughts in order to maintain that focus. And better yet, cycling can be mindful which is a type of meditation that is often more helpful for ADHD than the ‘sitting still and letting thoughts go’ type.
Another helpful ADHD meditation is the type where you notice everything around you until it is exhausting. Like sitting in a train station people watching and tracking until you literally lose track. Cycling asks us to filter out sensory information that doesn’t matter - birds, car on another road.
I agree with this. Cycling helps myself and my daughter in a way no other exercise seems to.
I also do put it down to having to focus on a single task or you will probably crash.
That’s awesome! I like to cycle with my Mom, and she has to cycle indoors for the time being.