Djalkiri Footprints Walks
During this meditative and expansive Walkshops we explore and encourage the clients to experience, create .observe the intrinsic value of walking. We will look at the dynamics of walking and the depth of knowledge you have of the ground while respecting different cultures, beliefs and walking together in the footsteps of their knowledge. We will discover and catch the unknown aspects of our own walk and how to make the difference in these basic movements. You will have the opportunity to explore how your current state is expressed in walking and how this will function as the building blocks for a fitness regime that builds power and agility .The workshop structure is informed by principles of body, mind, movement, and will help you find new joy in your movement practise through exploration and play .This walking practise purpose is also to give the participant a comprehensive introduction into the practise of centring while walking.This is a way of opening oneself to a movement practise that seeks to go beyond concepts ,words and images. It’s a consent to be truly present within .
Walking meditation is a way of simplifying what we’re doing when we’re doing it. We’re bringing the mind to the "here and now", being one with walking when walking. We are simplifying everything, quieting the mind by just knowing feeling as it’s arising and passing away It’s the practise that actively lets go of thoughts and feelings that support the false self-system. It embraces painful emotions experiences in the body rather than avoiding them or trying to suppress them. It does not embrace the suffering as such but the presence of the walk and it’s the full acceptance of the content of the present moment.
The practice firstly is to develop Samadhi, and that takes focussed effort. The Pali Word “Samadhi “ means focussing the mind, developing the mind to one-pointedness by gradual degrees of mindfulness and concentration. To focus the mind, one has to be diligent and determined. This firstly requires a degree of physical as well as mental composure. One begins composing oneself by clasping the hands in front. Composing the body helps to compose the mind. Having thus composed the body, one should then stand still and bring awareness and attention to the body. Then raise one’s hands together in a�jali, a gesture of respect, and with one’s eyes shut and reflect for a few minutes .