Walking Meditation: The Dance that Saves All Beings – Lion’s Roar
Richard Kahn examines the practice, history, and delicate dance of walking meditation — a practice that connects us to ourselves, each other, and the multitude of motion in our everyday lives.
Photo by David Gabriel Fischer.
Walking meditation in Zen practice is simple, which is no doubt why I needed decades to figure it out. Once an opportunity to stretch and look around, to wander and rove, I now see walking meditation as a pilgrimage, a holy waltz, a march to save all beings. I just needed lots of practice and—critically—others to share the walk with. It took me a while, but eventually, I found my focused, meditative a…….