Every year for nine consecutive years, I have attended the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, NV. Burning Man is an experiment in community where 35K people build a temporary city where the only “rule” is radical self-expression and an open mind. The experience is unlike any other. It definitely transformed the way I look at my life and the world in positive ways.

This year, however, I decided not to go. The event has changed a lot. I have changed a lot. And my heart was urging me to look elsewhere for the sense of freedom and adventure I first discovered at Burning Man. So I decided to go on a solo road trip adventure in my Miata to the Grand Canyon and Sedona.

In fact, I am writing this entry from my hotel that sits right on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Wow! This is my first time here and I am amazed. Talk about awesome and glorious. Whooo-weee! The skipping conditions are a bit treacherous...But, of course, I’ve managed to do it a little bit here and a little bit there.

My whole intention for this trip is to connect with spirit and to work on my book project…Everywhere I look I find myself filled with a sense of awe and wonder…and the writing has been flowing. Sometimes it feels a little weird or disconcerting to be traveling alone. But at the same time, I can see how doing so is allowing me to go deeply within in a way that isn’t possible when I’m with other people.

Later this week, I’ll be staying in Sedona which is one of my favorite places on earth…I’ll be sending those of you who are headed out to the desert for Burning Man lots of cool, wet, water energy as I work on my book poolside! Skip on!

I just love it when I get emails from first time skippers like this one....

Hi Kim. Yesterday, while at work I was looking for exercises on the Internet. I came upon your skipping website and decided that my girlfriend and I should start skipping during our nightly walk. So, last night when we turned the corner where there are no houses we started skipping. It was so funny we had to stop and hold our sides. She could not get her knees up to skip. But I could so every time we turned that corner I skipped a little bit farther each time. We had so much fun. She is going to practice today so that we can both skip together tonight. It sure has made my day today because everytime I think of last night I start to laugh....Sheila

Here is my response...

Hi Sheila. Yay! Thank you for taking the time to write and share your personal skipping experience! Isn't it fun and fabulous?!

As you experienced first hand, skipping is such a great way to add fun and variety to your walking workout! It burns twice as many calories which really adds up with every skip you take! I hope you and your friend will keep on skipping on!!

If you are a long time skipper or just starting out, I would love to hear from you! Take a moment to email me and share your skipping experiences. Skip on!!!

This week at the gym I started a fun new skipping practice!

I still love to skip on the treadmill, of course, but this mixes it up a little bit and adds a bit of skipping variety! After all, variety IS the spice of life.

For the past several weeks, I have been doing about 15 minutes worth of yoga in the group exercise room after doing my cardio workout. There isn't a class going on during the time that I am there, so it works out perfectly.

This morning, my spirit said SKIP as I walked into the room. I had my ipod on and was listening to a happy, joyful song... So I started skipping around the exercise floor in big figure eights. There are a couple of big poles in the middle of the room and I weaved in and out of them and had so much fun!

My inspiration for my skip actually came a couple of days ago when there was a guy doing a variety of what looked like boxing footsteps up and down the exercise room floor. One of his drills were extremely high skipping steps....and then skipping backward on the way back!

Skipping before work is a delightful way to start the day. It helps get my energy tuned into a positive vibration that almost always stays with me throughout my day! The next time you are at the gym and there isn't a group exercise class happening, I dare you to use that space for some skipping fun! You won't be sorry! Skip on!

Back when I first started the skipping movement, I most certainly experienced my 15+ minutes of fame. I skipped on CNN, on multiple newscasts, and even won $2,000 as a guest on the TO TELL THE TRUTH SHOW...As in, "Will the REAL Kim Corbin please stand up!?" Still, my ultimate TV skipping experience had to have been when I was a guest on the Donny & Marie Show. Skipping with Donny Osmond! Talk about a childhood dream come true.

Click here to watch my appearance on the Donny & Marie show back in 2000! It was one of the most exciting and wonderful days of my life thus far.

As an update, the skip across the country I mention never did materialize...Looking back I can say I'm really glad about that. I have a feeling if I had to skip all the way across America that I'd probably not want to skip another step for quite some time! The Sunday Skip in Central Park I talk about, on the other hand, was a great success! Skip on!

I just got one of those "pass it on or you will have bad luck" forwarded emails that actually inspired me. Only instead of emailing it to ten people like the email warned I must, I'm sharing it here not because I am afraid of bad luck..but because I love the positive energy these ways of being represent and want to share them with as many people as possible...

1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
2. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
4. When you say, "I love you," mean it.
5. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.
6. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
7. Believe in love at first sight.
8. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
9. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
11. Don't judge people by their relatives.
12. Talk slowly but think quickly.
13. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
14. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk..
15. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
16. When you lose, don't lose the lesson
17. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions.
18. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
19. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate ste ps to correct it.
20. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
21. Spend some time alone.