Motor Imagery Walking For Multiple Sclerosis

Meditation using motor imagery (MI) to help with walking speed and endurance for people with MS. Use this track in order to allow yourself to feel a sense of relief and effortless mobility at any moment throughout the day.

Transcript

Make sure you are sitting in a quiet place without distractions.

Now close your eyes and breathe normally.

Sit in an upright position and relax your shoulders.

You should avoid tightening your muscles or moving during this exercise.

For this exercise you should imagine yourself walking indoors down a long hallway.

On each step you will take a long stride.

Raise the front of your foot and your knee and swing your foot forward.

Touch the ground with your heel first,

Roll your foot on the ground and feel your body weight on your sole.

Walk effortlessly,

Almost as if you were floating.

Now,

With the music,

Imagine yourself walking.

Left,

Right,

Step,

Step,

Left,

Right,

Step,

Step,

Step,

Step.

Raise the front of your foot and your knee as you swing your foot forward.

Left,

Right,

Left,

Right,

Left,

Right,

Step,

Step,

Step,

Step.

Left,

Right,

Left,

Right.

Touch the ground with your heel first,

Roll your foot on the ground and feel your body weight on your sole.

Left,

Right,

Step,

Step,

Left,

Right,

Step,

Step.

Walk effortlessly,

Almost as if you were floating.

Left,

Right,

Left,

Right,

Step,

Step,

Step,

Step.

Left,

Right,

Left,

Right.

And now you have reached the end of the hallway.

Take a deep breath in and out and gently open your eyes.

Reviews

I’d love more!

I also find that I forget, in my mind, how to walk properly. By slowing down and visualizing each step it helps to remember.
Thank you!🧘‍♀️💕

Wonderful for other mobility conditions as well. I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a connective tissue disorder due to faulty collagen, which - among other things in my case - has led to joint instability requiring the use of knee and other body-wide bracing at times, probation, and poor proprioception (awareness of body location in space). I study biomechanics to help keep my body aligned and moving/functioning properly in addition to strengthening exercises. Ido virtual racing (walking) and at least once a year I do a group road race. I generally am all braced up and utilizing my Nordic poles for support but even then, my gait and foot placement gets iffy at times. This track is lovely - not only can I do this without actually walking (a nice break) but it helps me remember what a good step feels like, the mechanics of it and all. I have bookmarked and downloaded this track and will utilize it often moving forward, I think. Thank you for sharing this with me and the world. I see the light in you. 🤲❤️🤲 Happy walking! 🚶😊

It is good to visualization “normal” motor function. I realize am beginning to forget how I once moved. This walking pace was pretty fast 😬but even if I can not move at this pace now I can still pre-visualize what I will do again one day 😃. Thank for this reminder!

Thank you sweet soul sibling! 💛💚💙💜
Namaste
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