Benefits of Walking Meditation - How to do a Walking Meditation

Benefits of Walking Meditation - How to do a Walking Meditation
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What is a walking mediation?

In a previous video, I did an overview of Mindful Walking and Meditative Music.

Today, let’s talk about the benefits of walking meditation to your health and fitness… And how to do a walking meditation.

Hi, this is Frank from Walking for Health and Fitness and today’s tip of the day is how to do a walking meditation

The goal of doing a walking meditation is to be fully present in the activity walking and with rhythmic movement and breathing.

Meditation isn’t about becoming a different person, a new person, or even a better person.

It’s about training in awareness and getting a healthy sense of perspective.

Walking meditation is meditation in motion.
Have you ever tried to sit still in a quiet room and meditate? I have and I have to say I haven’t had the best results.

My solution has been to employ a walking meditation.

Walking meditation is designed to bring body and mind in sync while we’re out walking.

The cross-patterned movement which syncs your arm swing and stride is a relaxing and rhythmic movement.

So, if you don’t like to sit and close your eyes to meditate, this is a great alternative that still trains the mind in awareness.

Remember, meditation requires concentration and continuous mindfulness.
 
Benefits of walking meditation
• Meditation while walking is a good practice for beginners and advanced practitioners alike.

• Mindful walking meditation gets the blood circulating if we’ve been sitting in meditation for a while or if we are feeling a bit dull.

• Practiced in tandem with sitting meditation, movement meditation provides additional insights.

• It can easily be integrated into our schedules since walking is something most of us do every day.

• Walking meditation gives us an opportunity to feel the earth that sustains us and helps us develop gratitude.
Walking meditation is just that simple.
 
How to do a walking mediation
Walking Meditation
Walking, combined with mindful breathing, is by far the most practical and easy to implement method of walking meditation.

It has the added benefit of providing exercise for mind and body at the same time!
• Begin by moving slowly, to find a rhythm to your movements and breathing.
• After you hit that sweet spot where movement and breath get into sync, you can move at any pace you want and walk as long as you like.
• As you begin walking, deliberately put your mind down into your footfall… meaning, feel your feet touch the ground step after step.
• Switch on your senses. Staying connected to the physicality of your legs and feet, expand your awareness to notice your surroundings. The sights, sounds, and smells.
• Practice the 4-3 Breathing pattern, which means, Inhale for 4-steps, exhale for 3-steps.

The goal is not to make it an effort, but to make it effortless and mindless… meaning that your mind is focused only on the activity itself and not the rest of your day, your problems, your work, or your to-do list.

On your next walk dedicate just a few minutes of time to a walking mediation.

With continued practice, you will easily slip into your future walking mediations and reap the full benefits of this mindfulness activity.

This is Frank, walk on!