Sense and Savor Walk

The Sense and Savour Walk, an exercise from the MSC Program, helps cultivate happiness through focused awareness of pleasant experiences using our senses

Transcript

I invite you to do this exercise in a beautiful and natural environment for the first time.

You can also do it indoors.

Just take in the pleasant,

Beautiful surroundings and your experience.

So the purpose of this activity is to notice as many pleasurable,

Delightful things that come into your awareness,

Slowly,

One after the other.

I invite you to use all of your senses,

Sight,

Smell,

Sound,

Touch,

Maybe even taste.

How many happy,

Beautiful,

Inspiring things can you notice in your environment?

And while you're walking slowly from one place to another.

Do you enjoy the fresh air?

The warmth of the sun?

The cool breeze?

A beautiful leaf?

The shape of a stone?

The song of a bird?

Or the feeling of the earth under your feet?

When you find something delightful or pleasant,

Let yourself go to it.

Really enjoy it.

Feel the touch of a tender leaf.

The texture of bark,

If you like.

Give yourself over to the experience as if it's the only thing that existed in the world.

And when you're ready to discover something new,

Let it go and wait until you discover something else that is pleasurable and delightful to you.

It may be in the intimate,

Small details,

A crack in the stone.

Or awe in the vastness of the canopy of a tree in the sky beyond.

Be like a honeybee going from one flower,

Full of nectar,

To another.

And when you have drunk your nectar,

Go to another.

Take your time and enjoy.

Reviews

Enjoyed looking at the small things we usually take for granted 👍

Short and sweet. I could listen to this beautiful, calming voice all day. I love all your meditations. Thank you

Lovely and gentle. inI'm currentcurrently in the park listeninlistening to it and you've helped ofme to "drink my nectar". Thanks.

When I take a brief walk at work this is so calming & restorative. Very pleasant! Thank you! Namaste.

Nicely guided, pleasant voice.

Short but sweet!!

Beautiful and very calming. Thank you Joe xxx

Perfect for spring walks

Perfect ! Thank you🌈

Helps focus and reset. Thank you.

Great way to relieve stress fast. Thank you.

Short, sweet and lovely...

I like the reminder to experience and savor the small details. Thank you🙏

Helps me notice my environment more closely and appreciate it.

Wonderful walking meditation

Great to do if you haven't done so before. A reminder to 'take in the good'.

I like the honey bee approach to the things that delight us in nature. Three Cheers!

100% awereness. Great tips for mindfull walking. Leave your phone and earbuds at home.

I love doing this 😊

Lovely for sleeping but a little short! In all it is great!