A Quick Guide to Walking Meditation (aka Mindful Walking) - [ Ссылка ]

Walking meditation is a form of meditation where you put your entire awareness on walking. In this article, we’ll explore the roots of walking meditation and how you can master this wonderful mindfulness technique.

Satipatthana Sutta, a widely studied discourse in Theraveda Buddhism, lays the foundation of mindfulness meditation practice. In this Sutta, Buddha identifies four domains to be mindful of: body (kaya), sensations/feelings (vedana), mind (chitta), and elements of Buddhist teachings (dhamma).

In Kaya Sutta, walking is one of the postures to be mindful of along with sitting, standing, and lying down. The Buddha offers four practices of mindful postures:

A monk knows, when he is walking;
‘I am walking’;
he knows, when he is standing;
‘I am standing’;
he knows, when he is sitting;
‘I am sitting’;
he knows, when he is lying down;
‘I am lying down’;
or just as his body is disposed
so he knows it.

In the practice of mindful walking, you place your entire awareness in the process of walking. Many of us walk to get from one place to the next. We feel pressured to move ahead, to arrive at the destination as soon as possible. But in the practice of walking meditation, we go for a stroll. We have no destination in mind. The purpose of walking meditation is walking meditation itself. We enjoy the process of walking, not arriving at our destination.

This video explores the origins of walking meditation and explains steps to practice walking meditation.

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