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The mind narrates almost everything, all day, and it barely ever stops on its own. This 15-minute guided walking meditation quiets the commentary by giving you something incompatible to do instead, which is to receive sound rather than go out and get it. You land in the one place the mind cannot narrate its way out of, because sound only ever happens right now.
Safety note: Keep your eyes open and stay aware of your surroundings. Your safety always comes first. Follow the audio only as far as it's safe to do so.
What you'll explore:
- Why receiving and narrating cannot really run at the same time, which is what makes listening such a reliable exit.
- A widening sweep from your own footsteps out to the faintest thing at the edge of your hearing.
- The small silences between sounds, treated as worth attending to in their own right.
How to get the most out of this walk:
- Resist labelling and sorting what you hear, and let harsh sounds be sound rather than problems.
- When the inner voice starts up again, treat it as one more sound and return to the world outside it.
Step Into Calm is a daily walking meditation podcast where each episode is a short guided meditation to help you build mindfulness, ease stress, and find calm, clarity, and focus in just 10 to 15 minutes a day.
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