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Mindful Thoughts for Walkers

Footnotes on the zen path
By Adam Ford
Series: Mindful Thoughts
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Mindful Thoughts for Walkers by Adam Ford explores the practice of mindful walking as a way to engage with life's big questions. With 25 concise meditations, it guides readers through breathing techniques, finding walking rhythms, heightened awareness of surroundings, and different walking experiences including night walks, riverside strolls, and urban explorations. Suitable for both casual walkers and avid hikers, the book encourages conscious living through the simple act of walking.
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This book is ideal for walkers of all levels who are interested in enhancing their experience with mindfulness. It appeals to those seeking calm, clarity, and a deeper connection to their surroundings during walks in both rural and urban settings.

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Mindful Thoughts for Walkers explores through a series of succinct meditations, how walking is an opportunity to deepen our levels of physical, and spiritual awareness.

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Mindful walking can help us face the existential questions of 'Who am I?', 'Where have I come from?', 'What am I doing here?' and 'Where am I going?' Through a series of 25 succinct meditations on walking, Adam Ford presents an enlightening guide to how mindfulness and walking can help us improve our conscious living, including:

  • Taking time to breathe
  • Finding your rhythm
  • Being aware of your surroundings
  • Long-distance walking
  • Walking with others
  • Walking by night, by rivers and canals, and exploring the city

From a gentle daily stroll to a brisk hike across the mountaintops, Mindful Thoughts for Walkers is a powerful reading companion for rural and urban walker alike.

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"Most walkers know it's the perfect opportunity to clear the mind, and this little book takes the idea one step further. The author, a retired ordained priest and Buddhism specialist, offers mindful guidance, whether on a daily stroll in the city or a challenging hike in the country."

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ISBN: 9781782404842

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 March 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Leaping Hare Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 135.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Adam Ford is an ordained Anglican priest, now retired. He has an MA in Indian religions and regularly lectures on Buddhism and Hinduism. He is the author of The Art of Mindful Walking (2011), Seeking Silence in a Noisy World (2011), Mindfulness & the Art of Urban Living (2013), and Galileo & The Art of Ageing Mindfully (2015).

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