Walking the dog mindfully ???

[Gareth]

Agreed. Watching the moon and the beautiful sky is mindfulness. Your attention cannot be divided. Whether you are watching the dog or watching the moon, you are walking the dog mindfully.

[larorra]

YES ! thats right. I am never on auto-pilot walking the dog these days as I appreciate nature and my surroundings so much. I just decided it was time to notice the dog too!

[Metaphysical Me]

Cool - I'm glad that other dog-walkers here have found some mindfulness moments in their dog walks!

I've realised that the mindfulness approach I need to use is the "turning towards difficulties" meditation.

Our dog being a former stray, the walks just ARE too difficult, challenging, stressful, intense... There's truly no time or attention that I can divert for focussing on other stuff, like noticing nature, the weather, my sensations, etc...



This is basically a diagram of our walks... Chaos...

And I need to be mindful that our dog *is* a stray, and that for a stray, he's doing great...