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Almost everything outdoors is keeping time: wind through the leaves, a bird calling and answering, water somewhere out of sight. This 12-minute walking meditation has you pick one steady sound out of all that and let your stride drift into time with it. You end up moving with the world for a while instead of only through it, which is a noticeably slower way to travel.
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:
- How to pull one repeating sound out of the general noise and hold on to it.
- The difference between forcing your pace onto a beat and drifting into one.
- Why nothing outdoors is ever in a hurry, and what borrowing that tempo does to a rushed day.
How to get the most out of this walk:
- Choose somewhere with trees, water or open sky, since a car park has very little rhythm to offer.
- Let your breath join the pattern once your feet have found it, rather than organizing all three at once.
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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