Insights on Mindfulness and the Dal Lake Walk
Below is a link to a post published in August 2006 on my
Jane's Mindfulness Journal
The full post is an introductory post on Mindfulness which you may find interesting or informative and the walk described in the previous post here was one of the inspirations for my studies in Mindfulness. A short exerpt from the Mindfulness post follows: If you want to read the full post, go to the link at the end and enjoy.
…I remember my walks in the mountains which I usually did alone, and did not truly appreciate the pleasure of these walks until I started walking with other people. It seemed that everyone who went walking, was walking in order to get somewhere! The walking was goal orientated and they didn’t begin to experience the day until they “got” where they were “going”. I found this all very upsetting, as they walked at a brisk pace, totally unaware of their surroundings, talking about inconsequential things, never once experiencing the walk itself. It was only after several walks like this that I began to understand the beauty of my isolated walks…I would sometimes walk fast, but mostly just move with the flow of the surroundings. I would look around, hear my footsteps and the noises of the forest, notice the color of the undergrowth, hear the far away ripple of a brook, see the sun shining through the trees…as a matter of fact, I will post right after this a Journal entry I wrote describing one of these walks…which in itself becomes a kind of Mindfulness Meditation. An exercise in BEING in the NOW!
Mindfulness-Living in the Moment
Jane's Mindfulness Journal
The full post is an introductory post on Mindfulness which you may find interesting or informative and the walk described in the previous post here was one of the inspirations for my studies in Mindfulness. A short exerpt from the Mindfulness post follows: If you want to read the full post, go to the link at the end and enjoy.
…I remember my walks in the mountains which I usually did alone, and did not truly appreciate the pleasure of these walks until I started walking with other people. It seemed that everyone who went walking, was walking in order to get somewhere! The walking was goal orientated and they didn’t begin to experience the day until they “got” where they were “going”. I found this all very upsetting, as they walked at a brisk pace, totally unaware of their surroundings, talking about inconsequential things, never once experiencing the walk itself. It was only after several walks like this that I began to understand the beauty of my isolated walks…I would sometimes walk fast, but mostly just move with the flow of the surroundings. I would look around, hear my footsteps and the noises of the forest, notice the color of the undergrowth, hear the far away ripple of a brook, see the sun shining through the trees…as a matter of fact, I will post right after this a Journal entry I wrote describing one of these walks…which in itself becomes a kind of Mindfulness Meditation. An exercise in BEING in the NOW!
Mindfulness-Living in the Moment
posted by Jane @ 3:31 PM
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