Overview
Different communities are practicing meditation at a large scale, nowadays. As, meditation is a great source to relief stress so, people have invented varieties of meditation techniques. These techniques make use of meditation easier. Slow walking Meditation is one of the examples of such easygoing techniques.
Introduction to Slow Walking Meditation
Walking Meditation had gained attractiveness after Buddhist’s practices. Actually, they were dedicated people, who did not want to break their concentration even during their journey. It was another problem that, they had to travel faraway places on foot. In this way, only a sitting posture for meditation was sometimes not convenient. Walking meditation brings a message that, one can get peace everywhere.
You can meditate in different walking speeds. There is another type of walking meditation which involves walking at your speed. We will concentrate on walking at a slow speed in our discussion. So, what we have to do when are going to start this type of meditation.
The most important thing while starting this method is to slow down your speed. The second important thing is to; place your foot slowly on the ground. The technique here is to; match the breaths with your walk. For example, you will place you foot on the ground while taking breaths. The purpose of carrying out this technique is bringing compatibility among inner physiological processes with focus on walk.
How you will prepare for Walking Meditation?
So the important thing is that, how you will prepare for walking meditation? This is quite simple thing to learn. The first thing is that, you will need to choose a flat ground to walk. Ups and downs during walk can produce difficulty in focusing your attention.
First stand in a way that, both of your feet are close to each other. Don’t start walk rapidly. You have to bring your concentration towards your body parts before starting walk. Take deep breaths and try to feel different sensations of your body. This practice will help you to connect to your own self. Note your current feelings and emotions. Purpose of such awareness is not to try to change any of the states rather to make you aware of your bodily sensations and spiritual state. Awareness is the first thing to take care of, if you want to bring a change in something.
Practicing Walking Meditation
The next step after preparation for walking meditation is to actually practice it. The most important thing is that you will exhale and inhale your breath with every step.
There is confusion. Mostly people do not understand whether they have to control their breathing with footsteps or, vice versa. One should remember that, he has to take footsteps with his breathing cycle.
Managing your footsteps with your breathing cycle is the crux of the technique. Now, try to set the timings of your footstep with your breath. When you are lifting your heel from the ground, this should be the time, when you are inhaling the breath.
When your foot is in the air, this should be the temporary period of breathing. And finally, when you place your foot on the ground you should be exhaling the breath again. This may be a bit difficult in the start, and you may find it irritating. When you reach at the end of the line, turn at 180 degree and start your walk again.
Experts highly recommended that taking a short break between such meditation session and routine activities. The reason behind this is that, mind enters into a peaceful state during meditation so; one should give time to mind to face hustle and bustle of the outer world. So, this is all about slow walking meditation, and in this way you should adapt this technique in your life.