708 Walking Meditation to Release Distracting Thoughts
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2016
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Be guided in a walking meditation to release negative thoughts. In this meditation you'll focus on the distractions in your environment. This may seem counterintuitive, however, when you *allow* distractions, research shows that you are able to put closure on them. Throughout this week's series you'll learn how to do meditation techniques to manage distracting thoughts. This is part 7 of a 7-Part Stop Distracting Thoughts Series, Episodes 703-709.
As always, you don't have to do the meditation techniques -- they are simply there to help you transition from your busy day to a state of stillness. The techniques also help to calm "monkey mind," when your thoughts continuously interrupt your meditation.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I'm a meditation teacher who shares different meditation techniques on the podcast. |
| 0:12.3 | And if you're here, I honor you for giving yourself permission to slow down and connect to the best part of who you are. And in today's |
| 0:28.5 | meditation, you're going to be guided in a walking meditation. Every single week we have a theme |
| 0:36.1 | here at the podcast. And our theme this week that we've been exploring every day this week, this happens to be the final day of the theme. |
| 0:47.5 | Of course, you don't have to follow these episodes in any kind of sequence, but if you have been following this, then this is the final |
| 0:56.5 | episode in a seven-part series. Each week, we offer a different technique customized around |
| 1:03.8 | the theme. So you have seven meditations every week customized around a weekly theme. |
| 1:10.5 | Well, our theme this week has been about one of the main questions that I receive from |
| 1:17.8 | listeners around the world who tell me that they struggle with distracting thoughts as they |
| 1:25.9 | sit down to meditate. |
| 1:37.3 | And so what can you do to manage distracting thoughts not only when you're meditating, but also as you go about your day, distracting thoughts can keep you from doing the things you want to do with your life |
| 1:47.0 | and so you're going to be guided today in a walking meditation to help you manage |
| 1:56.0 | those distracting thoughts so we'll begin this meditation the same way as we begin every meditation, |
| 2:03.9 | and that is with you taking a few minutes to relax the different areas of your body |
| 2:11.5 | where you are likely to hold tension. Now this is episode 7009 and you don't have to do this meditation walking. |
| 2:25.2 | You can certainly sit down and do this meditation. And I also encourage you if you are seated |
| 2:33.0 | inside, I know it's not always easy to get outside to go for a |
| 2:38.4 | walking meditation but if you are inside I recommend that you open a window or door and let your |
| 2:47.5 | environment your outside environment, in. |
| 2:51.6 | So into your space. |
| 2:54.6 | So you can feel like you're connecting with the environment |
| 2:59.6 | all around you outdoors. |
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