Every step can be nourishing and every step can be healing. Aware of our five senses, we know we have arrived in the present moment.
We can open our ears to the sounds around us, and lift up our eyes to enjoy the trees, or the horizon, or the people around us. We can relax any tension in our shoulders or arms, and feel what a miracle it is to be walking on Earth. It will depend on your lungs and the natural rhythm of your steps.Īs we continue walking, synchronising our breathing and our steps, we become aware of our whole body walking. We may take two or three steps as we breathe in, and then three or four steps as we breathe out. And we begin harmonise our steps with our breathing. We become aware of the contact between our feet and the ground. There’s an art to finding creative ways to generate the energy of mindfulness, peace, and happiness in everyday life.Īnd when we practice mindfulness together with others in community, as we do in Plum Village, we generate a powerful collective energy that can help bring healing and transformation to ourselves and the world. It’s very pleasant and relaxing, and we don’t need extra time to do it. We can be mindful while standing, walking or lying down while speaking, listening, working, playing and cooking. The energy of mindfulness helps us touch life deeply throughout the day, whether we’re brushing our teeth, washing the dishes, walking to work, eating a meal, or driving the car. We become aware of our breathing and come home to our body, fully present for ourselves and whatever we are doing. Mindfulness is a kind of energy that we generate when we bring our mind back to our body and get in touch with what is going on in the present moment, within us and around us.
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