Walking Meditation

Walking meditation is a type of dynamic or activeVipassana Meditation, which was introduced by
meditation, which means meditation in action.Gautama Buddha. Walking in Vipassana requires
Walking meditation is a type of meditationthe mediators to pay attention to the contact of
exercise where the meditators slowly walk a seteach foot as it touches the ground. Other
path and observe the entire act of walking withobstacles such as thoughts or traffic faced in the
complete awareness of the whole body and eachcourse of meditation are simply to be noticed and
step taken along with maintaining a link withobserved, and then the mediators can redirect
breathing. It is recommended to choose a fixedtheir attention gently to the walk. Walking in
walking path that can be circular or quadrangularVipassana is similar to sitting Vipassana meditation
so that meditators do not have to worry aboutbut the movement is helpful for some and can be
where they are going and can give completea welcome change.
attention to on the act of walking.Walking meditation creates awareness among the
The focus in walking meditation is to becomemeditators regarding outside objects such as
aware and mindful of the entire experience ofobjects they might trip over or other people that
walking. The several different types of walkingthey might walk into. Other external influences
meditations are based on the way in whichsuch as wind, sun, rain, and the sounds of nature,
walking meditators meditate. The most popularhumans and machines also help increase the
and effective walking meditation is whereawareness of surroundings and the Self. Walking
meditators watch all their movements frame bymeditation is also more effective as it is easier
frame and as closely as a camera would capturefor most people to be more intensely and more
them. Another way of carrying out a walkingeasily aware of their bodies while walking, as
meditation is to practice it as a variation ofcompared to sitting.