Re: [at-l] HIking as Meditation?

[RussDade@aol.com]

I get very relaxed when I hike too. I can pretty much wipe out any thoughts 
of 
my day, or any problems I have and relax.
Of course that is only if I am alone, with someone else around, I talk too 
much.

Russ


In a message dated 04/03/2000 7:39:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
hikester@mindspring.com writes:

<< The other day I was talking with a friend about meditation -- how to do it,
 what you get from it, that sort of stuff.
 
 After listening to her response, it occurred to me that, for me, hiking *is*
 a form of meditation.  Whenever I'm out there, just walking along, I can
 clear other thoughts from my mind, and I get lost in the walking aspect of
 it, just watching the world go by at, of course, a very low speed.
 Sometimes it's like the walking creates a hypnotic trance.
 
 Anybody else out there have this sort of response to hiking?
 
 
  >>
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