Extreme slow walking reveals subtle bodily energies normally masked

Evidence

The challenge for this exercise is that no matter how slow you are walking, you can always go much slower. … The purpose of the exercise is to challenge your normal pattern or rhythm of walking so that you can learn to reconnect with very subtle energies in the body as the weight shifts from side to side in an extremely slow walk. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 235

Categorization

• SEED: Angles toward a practice essay on very slow walking as a way to feel bodily flow states.
• XREF: Connects to tai chi and sensory awareness methods that slow movement to expose subtle proprioceptive cues. — connects to: Attending closely to movement reveals a whole vivid soundscape within walking — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 431; In near-total silence a person may hear the mechanics of their own body — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 578; Focused attention to one’s own motion unlocks awareness of its auditory environment — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 431 (+6 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 235

Broader Connections

• Proprioceptive focus can make an energy field between the palms perceptible #corroborates (0.85) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 164
• Attending closely to movement reveals a whole vivid soundscape within walking #expands (0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 431
• Focused attention to one’s own motion unlocks awareness of its auditory environment #expands (0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 431
• In near-total silence a person may hear the mechanics of their own body #expands (0.70) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 578