Welcome to this meditation on mindfulness of walking with Peter Radcliffe.
Okay the walking meditation is very very simple mindfulness of walking all we do is we pick two points that are eight paces apart or you don't have to have points and then we walk as slowly as possible eight steps towards one point and then when we get there we turn around in eight steps so we move our one foot 45 degrees then the other foot then move to 90 degrees in the other foot and then 135 and then 180 around and then we do eight paces back again so it's eight paces in one direction turn around in eight paces and then eight paces back the other direction and we keep doing this for the period of the meditation and the idea is to be as acutely aware as possible of the walking motion of your legs but also to be aware generally so I suggest you spend like 80% of your concentration is on the feeling of your feet and your legs as they move in the eight paces and then 20% of your attention is more focused outward just being aware of the no coolness of the air on your face or the sounds around you now there's absolutely no rush because as soon as you finish the eight paces you've just got to turn around again so there's no going anywhere you don't need to be in a rush and this is so different to what we normally are doing a day to day we're always rushing to get somewhere it's a chance to really enjoy the experience and the idea is if you can enjoy doing this walking meditation then why not make the rest of your life or whenever you're going from A to B to be as enjoyable as this meditation so I hope you like this meditation
