You hear this all the time, how good it is for you, how it will reduce your stress, your blood pressure but sometimes just thinking about it increases your stress because you just don’t have time, you don’t know how, your mind wanders, you can’t sit still. So try this: Walk. Just walk. Around your neighborhood, your block or just around your yard in a circle at least twice. No cell phone, no ipod, no kids, no dog, no destination, no purpose other than just to walk. Notice a tree, a bush, a bench. Does it look different the second time around? The busier you are, the more you need to do this: just walk, even for just 5 minutes. You’ll be amazed at how much you notice when you are not rushing or have a cell phone in your hand.
Years ago I read that the single most important thing you can do for your health is meditate. I took it upon myself to buy books on how to meditate, to learn about it. Mind you, I never did it, just read about it, thinking I needed to know all this information before I tried it.
Forget the books, just walk. And when the days are warmer, do it barefoot. The journey is the point here, not the destination. This is meditation.
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