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= The concept =  
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Walking is kind of unique, in that it offers a variety of opportunities to exercise your awareness and perception.
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|Nutshell=suggests that Walking is kind of unique, in that it offers a variety of opportunities to exercise your awareness and perception.
= Movement =
|Content=Many of us spend quite a bit of time walking from one place to another, and often we spend that time lost in thoughts that provide no benefit, and often create additional stress and anxietyBy incorporating meditative practices into our walking, we can shift to enjoying our walks while at the same time gaining new insights and greater peace.
* Conveyor belt - Shift your perception to the sense that you are standing still, and the world is moving.  Perhaps the world is a treadmill, and you are merely "keeping up" with its motionOr perhaps you are standing still and the world is morphing or warping in a way that brings things closer to you or farther from you.
|Landmark1=Simple Mindfulness While Walking
* Timeless walking - Notice a fixed marker such as a light pole, and as you walk towards it, shift your perception to the sense that you are in fact not walking at all, because without any "time" beyond the now, you will simply always be as close to that marker as you are, and there is no change in that distance, because each moment exists independently, and each "new now" simply exists with its own facts about reality.
|Landmark2=Perceiving Parts as a Whole
 
|Landmark3=Explore Presence While Walking
= Connected Systems =
|Landmark4=Try Headlessness While Walking
Walking is an opportunity to observe and experience [[Connected Systems]].
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= Headlessness =
Walking is a perfect time to perform [[The Headless Way|Headless Exercises]].
 
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