I love the idea of Domains vs. Goals and will be adding this in to my 2026 planning, thank you! I am a very fast walker and often miss engaging with whatever is on my path. Practicing presence to create the conditions for engagement is something I've been experimenting with in Mexico while here on my first solo vacation.
Being open and available to people and the world as a solo traveller has brought so many new people into my path that I would never have encountered. Thanks for sharing you're lived experiences, they are really resonating and I'm so grateful for your presence in the world Jeffrey!
I am noticing that I did not see the ravens in the photo when I first opened the post. I saw the only the path and the trees; I did not see the ravens until you pointed them out. And I notice that they are beside the path, not on it. Thank you for sharing this, Jeffrey.
I love the idea of Domains vs. Goals and will be adding this in to my 2026 planning, thank you! I am a very fast walker and often miss engaging with whatever is on my path. Practicing presence to create the conditions for engagement is something I've been experimenting with in Mexico while here on my first solo vacation.
Being open and available to people and the world as a solo traveller has brought so many new people into my path that I would never have encountered. Thanks for sharing you're lived experiences, they are really resonating and I'm so grateful for your presence in the world Jeffrey!
Thank you for sharing this, Chantal. This is the essence of what led me to contemplative walking, as I have always been a fast walker.
Perhaps at its heart is the difference between walking toward a goal and walking as an extension of embodied, internal deepening.
I am noticing that I did not see the ravens in the photo when I first opened the post. I saw the only the path and the trees; I did not see the ravens until you pointed them out. And I notice that they are beside the path, not on it. Thank you for sharing this, Jeffrey.
That is exactly where I was at first. Settling into this mantra helped sensitize me to seeing what may otherwise be easily missed.
I can only wonder what may await us today in the same manner?