This Step Home
Simple Guide to Walking Meditation
Walking meditation has been practiced for centuries in many parts of the world. Some practices are strict and ritualized, others more free and easy.
In This Step Home, writing directly from his half-century of meditation practice, Jeff Falconer provides step-by-step (get it?) instruction in a simple and accessible style of walking meditation. The everyday act of walking, along with a relaxed awareness of one’s breath, one’s body in motion, and one’s surroundings, can quickly reward the mindful walker with deep calm, clarity and renewed connection with the natural world. Walking meditation can be enjoyed in a single room, on a mountain trail, or a busy city street. Cultivating this easy discipline can transform such common tasks as walking the aisles of a store, walking the halls at work, or standing in line at the bank.
Inspired at every turn of his meditative path to simplify and distill his practice down to the essentials, Falconer has developed a non-denominational approach, wherein no new beliefs need to be added and no existing beliefs shed. While many beneficial forms of meditation are connected to larger systems of religious or philosophical thought, it is Falconer’s experience that meditation can be quite satisfying with no such affiliations.
Short and sweet, this booklet can be read in a day, or opened at random to a page or paragraph for inspiration. It will fit easily into pocket, purse or backpack, and is an excellent companion for any ambulatory adventure. For both beginning and experienced meditators, This Step Home will provide valuable insight and encouragement, in a friendly voice free of dogma or hierarchy.
This Step Home is intended to be a breath of fresh air, and it is.
Praise for This Step Home
I recommend This Step Home to anyone who likes to walk and to meditate, or who would like to do both but hasn’t gotten round to doing them. The writing is clear, easy to understand and free of jargon. Whether you’re a Buddhist or a Hindu, a pagan or a Christian—no matter what your spiritual practice—This Step Home will bring you closer to your heart and your true self.
-Jonah Raskin, author of A Terrible Beauty: The Wilderness of American Literature.
Jeff Falconer has led Mindful Hikes at Jack London State Park for several years, to appreciative audiences anxious to know when he will lead his next one! Thanks to this lovely booklet, we all can all benefit from Jeff’s shared lessons that so many have found helpful.
Deborah Large
Community Engagement and Communications Manager
Jack London State Historic Park
Glen Ellen, CA
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This Timeless Breath
Simple Guide to Sitting Meditation
This Timeless Breath is the distillation of lessons learned over a half-century of meditation practice. Jeff Falconer’s abiding passion through many interesting and colorful phases of spiritual exploration, (none of which he regrets), has been refining his practice down to the essentials.
Developing a non-denominational approach to meditation, where no new beliefs need be adopted and no existing beliefs need be shed, simply reflects Falconer’s conviction that while many forms of meditation are connected to larger systems of religious or philosophical thought, the practice of meditation can be quite satisfying without such affiliations.
The pure and direct enjoyment of the energy of life, via relaxed mindfulness on the breath, the body, and the many gifts of human awareness, can reward the meditator with new calm, clarity, and connection with life in all its forms.
This Timeless Breath is not intended as a revolutionary departure from existing forms of meditation, which have countless satisfied adherents, but rather as a breath of fresh air and hint of possibilities for individuals who may want the liberating benefits of mindfulness without external trappings or promises of undying loyalty. The writing is joyous, intimate, and free of hierarchy. The techniques of the practice are clearly presented in step-by-step fashion, with attention paid to potential pitfalls as well as pleasures. There’s even a joke or two. This booklet will fit easily into pocket, purse or backpack, and can be read in a day, or opened at random to a page or paragraph for inspiration.
For both the beginning meditator and the seasoned practitioner, as well as folks who are simply curious and considering giving meditation a try, This Timeless Breath will provide a valuable enhancement to anyone’s inner journey.
Praise for This Timeless Breath
This Timeless Breath is a very sweet and accessible guide to meditation. It's like having a wise and dear friend in your pocket, explaining how you can better enjoy your life. May it be onward leading....
Wes “Scoop” Nisker- Meditation Teacher
Author:The Essential Crazy Wisdom, The Buddha’s Nature.
The meditation practices that are shared in this new book by Jeff Falconer are practical and rooted in years of experiential practice. There is a joyousness and lightheartedness in his writing that is compelling. But don't let that fool you - the insights that he offers are pure gold. This Timeless Breath is sure to be of benefit to meditators at all levels.
Minor Lile
Teacher- Executive Director
Indralaya- Orcas Island, Washington
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