We Walked for Peace ~ An Intentional Walk In Meditation – A Peace gathering for Earth for Humanity

There is a need for healing on a global scale. But the current problems of this world must be resolved from a greater level of consciousness than the consciousness – or unconsciousness – that created it. Each of us is part of a greater whole – including you. So when you change, the whole changes. During this guided meditation, you’ll learn to embody the energy of change. To become part of an emergent consciousness and demonstrate the very change you would love to see in the world. https://fb.watch/ncj2d3OiNU/?mibextid=K8Wfd2

2023 World Walk For Peace – as Is!!!

Saturday September 23rd at 9:45 I am – appx 1:45

Note Read to the end and see images of the day and most favorite song!!

Several of our close friends and fellow yogis gathered with us at our farm Earth•Ling Farms https://instagram.com/earthling_farms?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==for a purposeful walking meditation aimed at cultivating world peace.

Here’s a Message For You from the website – https://walkforthe.world/

We walked with intention. We’re so used to walking in what we call automatic pilot, basically being tuned out and just letting the body go. This may feel a little strange to be so intentional about walking. That’s okay. This intention that you’re bringing is a way for you to reconnect with the present moment and what you’re feeling right now.

We touched the earth with intention ::Showing love and appreciation by physically touching and connecting with the plants, rocks and Earth around us. We leave offerings of reciprocity for the Earth and the flora and fauna around us. There was an offering mantra given by Kati. We left organic of flowers.

We directed our positive energy towards a peace for our world 🌎 .

You can even try this by sending some healing thoughts towards a plant or rock!

We focused on our heart and in deep wonder, admiration and gratitude at the beauty of our world in a standing meditation.

We sincerely apologize for not including children in our event this year due to ongoing construction and safety concerns. Our property was not yet ready to accommodate children, with some potential hazards. However, we are pleased to announce that we are nearing completion of all necessary work to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for families at Earth•Ling Farms. We look forward to welcoming families in the near future and providing an environment where children can explore, learn, and connect with nature.

I also pray that we may guide our children to connect with nature and understand the interconnectedness of all living beings on this Earth. Teaching our children about peace is a journey of understanding and compassion. We must show them that peace starts from within, nurturing their own inner peace through self-reflection, gratitude, and mindfulness. We can teach them the importance of communication, empathy, and conflict resolution, guiding them to find peaceful solutions to disagreements. By exposing them to diverse cultures, traditions, and perspectives, we can help them develop an appreciation for the beauty of diversity and the power of unity. We must encourage them to stand up against injustice, discrimination, and violence, and to promote harmony and equality in their communities. Let us lead by example, showing them the strength and wisdom that comes from choosing peace in every aspect of our lives. Together, let us empower our children to become ambassadors of peace, shaping a harmonious and peaceful future for all.May their actions ripple out, creating a ripple effect of positive change for the benefit of our planet and future generations.

When we were satisfied with our offerings, prayed, mantras shared our love for each other we had healthy vegan lunch nearby a Organic Glaser Farm

~ Below I share a Walking Meditation article with instructions and is written by one of my teacher : Tara Brach, PhD

*Also included below is a Mindful Walking Transcript for anyone (practitioner or teacher, etc.) who might be interested in guiding a walk.
This is a mindful walking exercise which can be carried out in different ways.

Walking Meditation Instructions

Meditation is a practice of presence that you can bring alive in all settings and activities. The formal training in walking meditation can be particularly valuable for helping you to cultivate an awareness of your embodied experience in each moment, allowing you to bring your body, heart, and mind together as you move through life.
Begin by choosing a place – an indoor or outside walking path about 10-30 paces long. Start by standing still and sensing the weight of your body at your feet, feeling your muscles supporting and stabilizing you. Your hands can be in whatever position is most comfortable – resting easily at your sides, folded gently in front of you, or at your back. In the stillness, remain relaxed and alert.
As you begin walking, start at a slower pace than usual, paying particular attention to the sensations in your feet and legs: heaviness, lightness, pressure, tingling, energy, even pain if it’s present. For the walking practice, this play of sensations – rather than the breath or another anchor – is often the home base for our attention.
Be mindful of the sensations of lifting your feet and of placing them back down on the floor or earth. Sense each step fully as you walk in a relaxed and natural way to the end of your chosen path. When you arrive, stop and pause for a moment. Feel your whole body standing, allowing all your senses be awake, then slowly and mindfully – with intention – turn to face in the other direction. Before you begin walking, pause again to collect and center yourself. If it helps, you can even close your eyes during these standing pauses, often called “standing meditation.”
As you’re walking, it’s quite natural for your mind to wander. Whenever it does, you might mentally pause, perhaps noting inwardly the fact of thinking, or even where your mind went: planning, worrying, fantasizing, judging. Then, gently return your attention to the sensations of the next step. No matter how long you’ve spent lost in thought, you can always arrive right here, bringing presence and care to the moment-to-moment sensations of walking.
During the walking period you might alter your pace, seeking a speed that allows you to be most mindful of your experience. In this way, you’ll move back and forth on your pathway, discovering that you are not really going anywhere, but are arriving again and again in the aliveness that is right here. As Thich Nhat Hanh teaches, “The miracle is not to walk on water. It is to walk on this earth with awareness.”

Common questions:

What do I do if a strong experience arises – the grip of fear, awe or wonder in natural beauty, a wave of grief? It’s good to pause in these moments and acknowledge the experience that is calling your attention. Stand still and bring the wings of awareness – mindful presence and a gentle, kind heart – to whatever is here. You might mentally note with a soft whisper—fear, awe, sorrow. When the experience is no longer is compelling, resume your walking practice with a clear, present attentiveness.

Can I follow my breath as I walk?

What about listening to the sounds around me? Taking in the sights? Ultimately, the purpose of walking meditation is to calm the mind and cultivate an embodied awareness as you move. There are many styles or ways to practice. If coordinating the breath with your steps helps you to feel more collected, that’s fine. If opening all your senses—including sounds, images, sensations throughout the body—allows you to be full present as you move, then that too is skillful.
Even if your primary anchor is sensations in the feet and legs, when other strong experiences arise—sounds, images, feelings—include them in mindfulness. If they are strong, allow them to be in the foreground until they are no longer compelling, then resume by again resting your attention on the sensations in the feet and legs.
My mind is so distracted, I can’t keep my attention on sensations.

What do I do?

Just as with sitting meditation, we have strong conditioning to be lost in thought. Most importantly, please don’t judge. If you’ve wandered and returned to bodily sensations 1,000 times, you will have engaged in a significant training of presence! Each time you return, try to notice the difference between being in thoughts, and being aware of the experience of walking.
That being said, there are ways to support quieting the mind. Some people find that mentally noting “lifting, placing” with their steps helps collect their attention. It’s fine to experiment with this – with the breath, with opening all the senses. Discover whatever allows you to be most embodied, relaxed, and awake as you walk.

What if I want to go for a walk, rather than go back and forth on a short pathway?

The purpose of walking a short pathway during formal practice is that it helps free you from the notion that you’re trying to get somewhere else. But this doesn’t mean you can’t take this practice anywhere!

When you go for a walk, begin with the intention to be awake in your senses rather than lost in thought. Choose an anchor you feel will best support you – sensations in the feet and legs, sensations through the whole body, sounds, or some combination. Then, when the mind wanders, gently come back again and again to the world of your senses.

* Here is a Transcript for Practitioners: Mindful Walking
This is a mindful walking exercise which can be carried out in different ways. For example, you can try to be mindful of your walking as you go about your business at a normal walking pace. On the other hand, you can also intentionally slow down your pace of walking, sometimes very slowly at about one step for every 20 to 40 seconds. While that may sound quite odd, it can be a very interesting experience, worth trying at least once. Walking – something many of us take for granted, just like breathing – has many aspects to it, which makes it a great activity for practicing mindfulness. The goal of this mindfulness practice is to increase your ability to be in the present moment and to do so without judgment.

To begin this practice, stand for a moment. Feel the breath moving in and out of your body. Notice your feet making contact with the ground, the ground supporting your feet and your legs supporting the rest of your body.

And when you’re ready, begin by lifting one leg up and moving it forward to begin walking. If you can walk a bit slower than your normal pace, it may help you attend to the many sensations involved in walking.

With each new step, notice where your foot first makes contact with the ground. What part of your foot first makes contact with the ground?

Notice how more of the foot gradually makes contact with the ground over time.

Be aware of how the weight shifts from one part of the foot to many areas of the foot.

Over time, as your body moves forward, the weight begins to shift away from the back foot onto the front of the foot.

What part of the back foot first leaves the ground?

Pay attention to the process of your foot leaving the ground.

Notice how the weight shifts from one part of the foot to another and then, as you step with the other foot, the process of taking your weight from one foot to another.

There may be sensations such as stretching, bending, tensing, and relaxing at different times. With each step notice all the sensations in your feet as you walk.

As is likely, your mind will wander. You may start thinking about things you see, smell, feel, or hear. You may have memories or thoughts about the future. As those come up, notice them and then, with kindness to yourself, bring your attention back to the physical sensations of walking.

Next bring your attention to your legs. Notice the bending in your knees with each step that you take and then gradually a straightening of the leg at the knee. Spend some time noticing the bending that occurs at the hips with each step that you take.

Notice the muscles that work to pull and push your legs forward. Notice your leg lifting and being put down with each step. While you continue walking for the next minute or so, notice the changes in your legs as you take each step; and notice any other physical sensations you have as you walk.

Now bring your attention to your whole body as you walk. Notice any shifting or turning in your hips. If walking at a more normal pace, notice your arms as they swing back and forth as you walk.

Notice any slight changes in your body, maybe in the shoulders, neck, or head. Really feel what it is like to walk by keeping your attention on all the physical sensations occurring.

You may continue this practice for as long as you would like while you’re walking. You can expand your awareness to your other senses, what do you see, smell, hear, feel, or taste?

Try to stick with what is happening right now as you walk and, when your mind wanders, bring your attention back to any of these physical sensations.

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Enjoy!

Namaste, debielee♥️🌎❤️‍🩹

Enjoy this beautiful song by Pink

Here’s lyrics …It’s my new most favorite Song by Pinkhttps://youtu.be/Sr3X0DCXI-M?si=ECJuSKhdOwUZfXLd

I close my eyes and I can see
A world that’s waiting up for me
That I call my own
Through the dark, through the door
Through where no one’s been before
But it feels like home

They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy
They can say, they can say I’ve lost my mind
I don’t care, I don’t care, if they call me crazy
We can live in a world that we design

‘Cause every night, I lie in bed
The brightest colors fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
I think of what the world could be
A vision of the one I see
A million dreams is all it’s gonna take
Oh, a million dreams for the world we’re gonna make

There’s a house we can build
Every room inside is filled with things from far away
Special things I compile
Each one there to make you smile on a rainy day

They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy
They can say, they can say we’ve lost our minds
See, I don’t care, I don’t care if they call us crazy
Run away to a world that we design

‘Cause every night, I lie in bed
The brightest colors fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
I think of what the world could be
A vision of the one I see
A million dreams is all it’s gonna take
Oh, a million dreams for the world we’re gonna make

However big, however small
Let me be part of it all
Share your dreams with me
We may be right, we may be wrong
But I wanna bring you along to the world I see
To the world we close our eyes to see
We close our eyes to see

Every night, I lie in bed
The brightest colors fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
I think of what the world could be
A vision of the one I see
A million dreams is all it’s gonna take
A million dreams for the world we’re gonna make.