Today let's take yourself for a walk.
Leave your job or whatever it is that you are doing and allow yourself to take this moment for a mindful break.
You may choose to walk inside your house,
Your office,
Or outside in the street,
On the basement.
If possible,
Choose to go on your bare feet or with a flat pair of shoes.
You don't have to avoid traffic or choose a place where there are nobody.
The most important thing in this practice is to become aware of your own walking movements and every time your feet touches the floor of the crowd,
You feel even more connected to the Mother Earth.
Let your breathing be normal,
Natural.
As you walk,
The body breathes itself for you.
All you have to do is to relax.
So quickly check the muscles on your face,
See if there is any tension you are still holding,
Any thought,
Any emotion.
Let the morn go with your exhale.
Yes.
And gently bring an inner smile to your face.
You might gaze down to avoid the distractions from the background for a short while as you start to create this connectedness in every step that you made.
Let your hand be loose alongside your body.
Notice that you don't hunch your back or confine your body when you walk.
You don't lean to the front or at the back.
That your walking be so elegantly,
Gracefully and easily for you.
To do this,
You may want to reduce the speed of your walking to half of its normal speed so that you can easily become aware of every step that you made.
Your attention will be in your body movement as you walk.
There is a movement on the left side,
Transitioning to the movement of the right side.
Whenever your feet touch the ground or the floor,
You feel the little bounce back from the earth.
And the more gently you walk,
The lighter you feel in every step.
If it's easy for you,
You can silently,
Silently label every time your feet touches the ground or the floor.
Left,
Right,
Left,
Right.
Yes,
Gradually get yourself into the base of mindful walking when every step is like a rhythm and your whole body become attuned with it.
Yes,
Maybe you still notice that every now and then a thought comes and goes.
You are distracted by the noises in the background or by your own thoughts.
You lose touch with your step on the crowded floor.
You miss labeling the left and the right.
This is very normal.
It's just the way our body is and our mind is.
So simply let go and return to the step.
You may want to change the label.
Here,
Now,
Here,
Now.
Every time your feet touches the ground or the floor.
Yes,
You become more and more easy if you can relax.
And now,
As you have created disconnectedness in your step,
You might look up and allow yourself to become aware of your surroundings.
Become aware of the noises in the background,
Of the images of people or objects in your distance.
You might become aware of the plants in the trees or the flowers along the side,
Of anything that has bright colors that catches your attention.
It's very interesting,
Isn't it?
Every little detail,
How can you miss?
They've always been there,
All of these living,
Happening,
Already there.
But sometimes,
Because you are being caught in your own world of doing,
You skip them,
You don't notice them.
So this is like a refreshing walk.
Allow yourself to skip your thoughts,
But become curious with the things that you can see in your background,
In front of you,
Maybe around you,
Maybe above and beneath you.
Let your senses be your guide.
Whatever catches your senses,
Let it become the object of your awareness.
It's very interesting how body movement in a relaxed and open manner can help us not only become more open,
But also more creative to our own situation.
As you walk,
Your energy flows.
As you are connected to the earth,
You are connected with the life that's happening around you.
You started to see,
To hear,
To feel.
Whatever it is that has always been there.
And from this open awareness,
Certain things that have been missing in your knowing of the situation become clear.
You don't have to expect that it will happen because it couldn't come with expectation or tension or force.
Creativity,
Solution comes on its own.
All you have to do is to be connected to the intention of having this clarity of mind,
Of seeing things with full awareness.
If you have this kind of clarity as intention,
You help yourself,
You support yourself,
And give yourself the time to calm down,
To become connected to this present moment,
To let go of the entanglement of thoughts and emotions that capture you in the future or in the past.
So enjoy your mindful walk.
Don't get caught in the thoughts,
Always return to your step and let it be your anchor from where you can see,
From where you can feel,
And from where this open awareness of what's happening reveals itself to you.
May you be well,
May you be healthy and strong,
May you be loved,
And may you always take care of yourself.
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