Slow walking meditation attunes awareness to the present environment
Evidence
A slow walk is a form of meditation. Participants are invited to notice their breathing, to place their feet gently on the ground, to move slowly from foot to foot and to appreciate the “beingness” of things along the path. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 430
Categorization
- DEFINE: Concisely defines the slow walk as a meditation practice centered on breathing, placement, and beingness.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 430
- XREF: connects to: Attending closely to movement reveals a whole vivid soundscape within walking — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 431; The act of attentive listening actively enlivens the surrounding environment — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 347; Distant wind can be heard across intervening stillness without being felt — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 79 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Attending closely to movement reveals a whole vivid soundscape within walking
#corroborates(0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 431 - The act of attentive listening actively enlivens the surrounding environment
#expands(0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 347 - Distant wind can be heard across intervening stillness without being felt
#exemplifies(0.55) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 79 - Energy exercises restore depleted bodies and calm mental activity before listening
#corroborates(0.50) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 166 - Conscious attention to breath can calm the mind and emotions
#complicates(0.40) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 172