num_pages: 120
description: An introduction to mindful walking which can be done anywhere at any timeeven on a commute to work or school.The fourth book in the bestselling Mindfulness Essentials series a back-to-basics collection from world-renowned Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh that introduces everyone to the essentials of mindfulness practice.Slow concentrated walking while focusing on in- and out-breaths allows for a unique opportunity to be in the present. There is no need to arrive somewhereeach step is the arrival to concentration joy insight and the momentary enlightenment of aliveness. When your foot touches the Earth with awareness you make yourself alive and the Earth real and you forget for one minute the searching rushing and longing that rob our daily lives of awareness and cause us to sleepwalk through life.Thich Nhat Hanh shares amusing stories of the impact mindful walking has on both the walker and those who notice him and shows how mindful walking can be a technique for diminishing depression recapturing wonder and expressing gratitude. Pocket-sized with original two color illustrations by Jason DeAntonis How to Walk is a unique gift for all ages sharing a simple practice that can have a profound effect on practitioners.
language: English
title: How to Walk
publisher: Parallax Press