IMAR: Mindful Walking

IMAR: Mindful Walking

Search the internet for instructions or techniques for mindful walking or walking meditation. Try one or two 5-10 minute mindful walking sessions, following the instructions you discovered from your internet search.

Here are two suggested articles with instructions:

Mindful Walking Practice: How to Get Started (Links to an external site.)

Walk This Way (Links to an external site.)

Reflection:

Create a detailed journal entry to reflect on the following key areas:

• Describe your experience with mindful walking.
• How did this activity differ from The Raisin Exercise or The Three-Minute Breathing Space in terms of your focus and emotional regulation?
• Is this something you could imagine using again? Explain why or why not.
• What benefits might exist by incorporating an exercise such as mindful walking at an organizational level?

Resources

Readings

Gabel, S. (2012). Demoralization in mental health  organizations: Leadership and social support help. Psychiatric Quarterly, 83(4),  489-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11126-012-9217-3

Raney, A. F. (2014). Agility in adversity:  Integrating mindfulness and principles of adaptive leadership in the  administration of a community mental health center. Clinical Social Work  Journal, 42(3), 312-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10615-014-0487-0