Mindfulness Daily Check-In April 05
Good Morning Mindfulness Center!! 
I hope we are doing mindful.
We all walk daily. We spend good amount of time in walking. Walking has been one of the best practices to be mindful. A good way to integrate mindfulness in daily life. Sometimes, we are so busy remembering, recalling, planning and thinking so many stuffs that we forget to observe simple things of life and that's where mindfulness comes into light.
Mindfulness is about being fully present in the moment. We all naturally posess mindfulness but it becomes easier to do when we practice it daily. So, let's see how could we be mindful about our walking and practice bit of mindfulness.
1. As you start walking, notice how your body feeling?
2. While walking, be aware of what's going on around you. Notice the happenings, people, stuffs and all. Simply watch and acknowledge their presence.
3. Now notice the sounds you hear while walking. Take a moment to be aware of those sounds.
4. The idea is to be open to stuffs happening around you while walking and notice how you feeling before walk or how you feeling after walk.
Walking is a good way to have self-care or to use as a small break, distraction from the stress and thoughts racing in our minds. We're so caught up in the thoughts that we forget to simply notice these stuffs and acknowledge their presence.
What are your thoughts? Are your walks really mindful? How helpful you find walking? Please come and join me to discuss.
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As you start walking, notice how your body feeling? I can't even walk at the moment since I am in so much pain. The hot shower didn't help at all. Have ice on now and then going to heat pad.
Now notice the sounds you hear while walking. Take a moment to be aware of those sounds. Hearing the rain on the windows and roof.
What are your thoughts? Are your walks really mindful? How helpful you find walking? My thoughts are thank goodness I have a pain mgmt appt today and a therapist appt today. When I do take walks they feel good.
@DanaMH sorry you are not able to walk. Mindful movement can be done in a chair or on a bed. It can be just moving hands or fingers
I really enjoy this check-in! Taking a walk is one of my favourite mindfulness practices: it is so nice to be out in the open, in nature, and free :) I feel like it is really easy to practice mindfulness while taking a walk because there are so many things to be aware of. I think about the five senses and try to spot as many as I can while walking.
@peppermintlove yes me to ! Nice taking a walk!
@ASilentObserver
Wlaking mindfully is always good. Far too often I walk somewhere and get there and dont even remember the walk there!
Spring is here I hope, its sunny the birds are singing busy making nests and courting and there are buds on trees and blossom is starting to bud too.
Smelling the wet grass and the dampness of the tree bark, a woody smell.
Thanks Obs, my walk was now so much nicer!
@ASilentObserver thanks for posting this. I am finding moving to be a very joyous experience. In Tai Chi class we learn to walk mindfully and in balanced way.
Walking while practicing mindfulness has helped me focus better. The warmth of the sun and the clouds in the sky help me focus in a positive way.
@sail46 sounds delightful. Those kinds of days are very uplifting
@ASilentObserver
Hia Silent great great check in today
I was walking in my mind and noticing all these things. Im still stuck on starting my day, but a wonderful walk today with kids sounds good. Maybe Ill take the dogs too
I'm here πππππ!!
Mindfully made friends with a couple of domestic felines on my mindfulness walk today.