Plan A Walking Meditation
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Do you rush through your day like it’s one long to-do list, moving from item to item with little thought? Are you really experiencing your life as you live it?
Plan a walking meditation for tomorrow. You can even set a reminder or schedule time in your calendar with the link for this post.
The goal for the time you set aside to do this is to turn off your autopilot and create a heightened awareness of your mental and physical states to gain greater control over your thoughts, feelings, and actions. This will help you learn to respond to negative thoughts and emotions in more constructive ways.
Follow these steps:
Or try a walking meditation from Headspace! All HNHN members have access to a free trial of Headspace. Here are a few to try if you’re already signed up:
Or browse through our more traditional meditation resources:
Let us know how your meditation goes here or reply to us on Twitter, in our private Facebook group or Instagram. Remember to tag us with #healthynurse!
Missed day 2? Catch up here. Join us on day 4.
Plan a walking meditation for tomorrow. You can even set a reminder or schedule time in your calendar with the link for this post.
The goal for the time you set aside to do this is to turn off your autopilot and create a heightened awareness of your mental and physical states to gain greater control over your thoughts, feelings, and actions. This will help you learn to respond to negative thoughts and emotions in more constructive ways.
Follow these steps:
- Find a quiet, peaceful place to walk. It can be indoors or outdoors.
- Walk 10-15 steps, then pause and take a deep breath. Turn and walk another 10-15 steps in the opposite direction, then take another breath.
- As you walk, pay attention to the lifting of your foot; the moving of your foot forward; placing your foot on the floor; and the shifting of your weight forward.
- Focus your thoughts on the sensations you feel, such as your movement, your breath, or nearby sounds.
- If you notice your mind wandering, try to bring it back to the sensations you feel, see, and hear.
- Repeat these steps as many times as you’d like.
Or try a walking meditation from Headspace! All HNHN members have access to a free trial of Headspace. Here are a few to try if you’re already signed up:
Or browse through our more traditional meditation resources:
Let us know how your meditation goes here or reply to us on Twitter, in our private Facebook group or Instagram. Remember to tag us with #healthynurse!
Missed day 2? Catch up here. Join us on day 4.
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