Author Tony Hiss, who writes about Deep Travel in his insightful book, In Motion: The Experience of Travel , calls experiencing Deep Travel as “a different way of being awake.” He believes moments of Deep Travel can bring us fully into a landscape transformed – to refresh and enrich us as we journey within our mode of transport, to bring us ultimately into a state of awe. Hiss also emphasizes that our instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring dims as we reach adulthood. He stresses the importance of keeping alive our inborn sense of wonder, and focusing on re-connecting, as we travel, with what is familiar and what is remarkable in our “in motion” lives. Recent health research has shown a correlation between heighten moments of travel experience and positive health effects. Gretchen Reynolds, in a recent New York Times article, noted that individuals who have reported feeling awestruck, have lower levels of interleukin-6 which is linked to inflammation. So the more remarkable the travel experience, the more awe we feel, could in fact reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. Dr. Kelter, a professor of psychology at Berkeley, has noted that the human system is wired to “to feel a sense of reverence and awe for the collective.” In his book, Born to Be Good , he notes “prototypical experiences of awe, involve perceived vastness, anything that is experienced as much larger than the self…” such as a grand travel experience; and it is these heightened experiences that can transport us to a new sense of being. In this presentation, the author first establishes the links between heightened moments of Deep Travel and our sense of well-being and wonder. Second, the author provides health research examples that correlate our heightened state of remarkable travel experiences to life enduring, positive health effects. The more awe in our lives the more we are lifted out of ourselves, to the unfamiliar, the unexplored, the amazing, that bring us wonder. To conclude, the author offers through images, spoken word, and indigenous music moments of Deep Travel experiences – for example, a walk in the Hoh Rain Forest; a summit climb to the top of Mt. Rainier; traveling 180 mph on Eurostar Rail through the Chunnel to Paris – to transport the audience to the place of wonder and bring us all closer to a new life discipline of awe-struck as we travel healthier.