Walking Meditation

General discussion of issues related to Theravada Meditation, e.g. meditation postures, developing a regular sitting practice, skillfully relating to difficulties and hindrances, etc.
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Ceisiwr
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Walking Meditation

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Hey

Does anyone know of a good site or book that gives good instruction on walking meditation. I have only started to incorporate it into my practice so any tips would be very helpful.

Many thanks :smile:

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Greetings clw_uk,

I'm not sure what the rest of your practise is. Ajahn Brahm covers it in Mindfulness, Bliss and Beyond from an Ajahn Chah sort of approach.

There's plenty about walking using the Mahasi approach on the following sites, but if you don't use that approach is might seem overly complex.
http://aimwell.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.buddhanet.net/insight.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This is a quick introduction:
http://www.buddhanet.net/imol/vipcours.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That's my main practise. I do equal periods of walking and sitting, walking first.

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My current practice involves 40-45 minutes of meditation in the evening, but i dont use Mahasi method i tried before but didnt suite me well.
Thanks for the links :smile:

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here are a few links
I do practice but don't know how to explain it other than just watch the steps

http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/ ... ation.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.bswa.org/modules/icontent/index.php?page=67" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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