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Short periods of walking meditation throughout the day
rik
5/17/19 11:03 AM
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Dustin
5/17/19 1:37 PM
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Dustin
5/21/19 10:05 PM
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James Matthews
5/22/19 9:13 AM
rik
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5/17/19 11:03 AM
Can anyone point me towards some effective instructions for walking meditation? The majority of my practice so far has been sitting, laying down, and yoga but nowadays I work from home and have been using the opportunity to do a short amount of walking meditation at the end of each hour.
I walk back and forth along the hallway in my apartment (about 10 to 15 steps) and use the sensations in my feet and legs as the main object. I try to remain mindul and note when attention drifts into daydreaming/mind and return it to the sensations in my body. It seems like most of the time my awareness shifts to something in the visual field, then I note that and return to the sensations in my feet.
Also I tend to split my sitting/laying down meditation into either concentration or insight, is it possible to use walking meditation as a concentraition practice?
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5/17/19 1:37 PM as a reply to rik.
I think for me walking is more of a concentration practice. Like you said I focus on the sensations of the feet and legs also full body focusing when I am turning and the I stop and do breath practice focusing on the breath sound and sensations at the back of the nasal cavity. Most of it is momentary concentration but once I am in concentration it’s pretty solid. The stopping and breath focus really helps my get prepared to Star noting once I lay down for practice.
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5/21/19 10:05 PM as a reply to rik.
I forgot to leave these directions on the last post. This article explains walking meditation instructions and benefits. One benefit being concentration.
https://www.sirimangalo.org/text/how-to-meditate/chapter-three-walking-meditation/
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5/22/19 9:13 AM as a reply to rik.
Some of this might be useful for you:
http://kennethfolkdharma.com/2018/01/walking-meditation/
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