Walking As A Meditative Practice - by Jonathon Stalls

COURSE

Walking As A Meditative Practice

With Jonathon Stalls

Throughout this 6-part course, we will expand our inner and outer connection to meditative walking (or rolling if you use a wheelchair). In addition to a simple and flexible structure, we'll move through tangible planning tips, location ideas, hosting options for pairs and groups, and a variety of add-on practices. After this course, you will expand your relationship to the benefits of walking and gain tangible next steps for nourishing a personal and shared practice. There is light music playing in the background throughout each lesson by Liborio Conti. I highly suggest slowly moving outside with a small notebook while listening to each lesson.


Meet your Teacher

Jonathon Stalls (he, his) is a multi-disciplinary "Walking Artist" with Intrinsic Paths. In 2010, he walked for 242 days across the U.S. and has continued to move alongside a wide variety of people and landscapes ever since. His creative work involves ink drawing, creative writing, the Pedestrian Dignity project, walk leader training with Walk2Connect (a program of America Walks), facilitating mindfulness practices, and more. He is the author of WALK - Slow Down, Wake Up & Connect at 1-3 Miles Per Hour (North Atlantic Books, Aug 2022). He attended the Living School for Action and Contemplation from 2015-2017 and resides in Denver, CO with his husband, Ben.

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6 Days

354 students

4.6 stars

8 min / day

Grounded

English


Lesson 1

Protect The Time

Our first lesson grounds this course in honoring an unhurried pace. It also provides guidance around making time to pre-explore possible routes, shaping your practice as a unique, independent activity, and grounding all aspects in compassion & imperfection.

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Lesson 2

Benefits & Emergence

Our second lesson focuses on expanding our personal and collective connection to the vast benefits of movement alongside a meditative practice. It also invites themes of adaptation, creativity, and nature proximity. I highly encourage listening to this one several times to allow the benefits to sink in.

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Lesson 3

Breathe, Move, Return

Our third lesson provides a flexible and spacious structure for a meditative walking practice. Themes include pre-planning, pre-movement grounding, nature connection, honoring movement, releasing thoughts, dropping into additional practices, and closing with gratitude.

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Lesson 4

Location Iteration + Visualization

Our fourth lesson provides more support for a variety of locations including visualization. It encourages both starting where you are and, if you are able, in a variety of environments (local parks, nearby sidewalks, quiet dirt roads, city streets, forest paths).

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Lesson 5

Additional Practices

Our fifth lesson invites several additional practices that can be woven into the spacious structure offered in Lesson Three. Practices include: Sacred Objects, Breathing With Trees, Nature Sees Me, Intention Stones, Flowing Water, Spirals and Color, Somatic Listening.

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Lesson 6

Pairing & Grouping

Our sixth lesson invites several ways this practice can be shared with one other or with a group. I share four iterations: The Pair - Alongside, The Pair - Shared & Solo, The Group - Together, and The Group - Release & Return. I also offer a group iteration of the the Sacred Objects practice noted in Lesson Five.

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Recent Reviews

Miranda

October 26, 2024

Great suggestions on making walking more structured and meaningful, and many which I can apply to virtual walking in visualization meditations too. Thank you for this valuable course Jonathon 🙏

Susan

August 2, 2024

For those of us more peaceful in motion. Thank you.

MaryJane

June 6, 2024

The passion and love of walking meditation comes through with every session. I’ve done walking Meditation in the past, but never in this rich way with so much variance. This series has transformed what I thought walking meditation was to being totally Immersed in a mindful experience. Thank you, Mary Jane.

Anne

June 5, 2024

Lovely course with very good exercises to ground and deepen a relationship with nature

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