Mindful Walk
Join us for a monthly mindful community walk. After a short circle greeting and mindful sharing, we walk for about half an hour in a park, and we finish with a short sharing and closing.
When: Unless otherwise noted, 9:30am, Second Friday of each month
Where: Please email [email protected] for this month's location if you would like to join us.
Rain Date: If it's raining, plan to meet us the following Friday!
For updates or help finding the meeting location, please call or text Alan at 704-608-8339 prior to the start time.
Where: Please email [email protected] for this month's location if you would like to join us.
Rain Date: If it's raining, plan to meet us the following Friday!
For updates or help finding the meeting location, please call or text Alan at 704-608-8339 prior to the start time.
From Thich Nhat Hanh on walking mindfully:
We can train ourselves to walk with reverence. Wherever we walk, whether it’s the railway station or the supermarket, we are walking on the earth and so we are in a holy sanctuary. If we remember to walk like that, we can be nourished and find solidity with each step.
To walk in this way, we have to notice each step. Each step made in mindfulness can bring us back to the here and the now. Go slowly. Mindfulness lights our way. We don’t rush. With each breath we may take just one step. We may have run all our life, but now we don’t have to run anymore. This is the time to stop running. To be grounded in the earth is to feel its solidity with each step and know that we are right where we are supposed to be.
We can train ourselves to walk with reverence. Wherever we walk, whether it’s the railway station or the supermarket, we are walking on the earth and so we are in a holy sanctuary. If we remember to walk like that, we can be nourished and find solidity with each step.
To walk in this way, we have to notice each step. Each step made in mindfulness can bring us back to the here and the now. Go slowly. Mindfulness lights our way. We don’t rush. With each breath we may take just one step. We may have run all our life, but now we don’t have to run anymore. This is the time to stop running. To be grounded in the earth is to feel its solidity with each step and know that we are right where we are supposed to be.