Walking - the rest of the body

So after observing walking for a few more days, you begin to realize that walking isn't just about the legs. The rest of the body walks as well.

For instance, there are those who really walk from the hip, and so (pardon my french) you can see their buttocks swaying to the rhythm of the walk. It could be to accentuate a certain sexiness, and hence confidence in their strut. It could also be to get extra stride - I recall that was the advice given to us when we were preparing for our fast marches back in the Army.

Moving upwards, there are those who walk straight up, and there are those who angle their bodies forward, either a haunch (if it's cold) or a whole body tilt from the hip (particularly if they are climbing hills, in a hurry, or carrying a backpack). Or if one is carrying an item on, say, the left hand, then the body would be tilted to the right. I think it's safe to conclude that the environment affects the way the "ancillary walking body parts" - body parts not directly involved in the walking - are positioned.

And then we come to the arms. There was one particularly interesting example of a lady who swung her left hand relatively widely, and bent at the elbow the way you might expect Ugly Betty's sister to do when she walked, with the fingernails pointing upwards. But most other people had relatively subdued arms - I for one had them in my pockets or retracted into my sleeves with minimal movement due to the cold weather.