528 thoughts on “Walking in Presence and Without Pain”

1. It was great to read this sharing again as I’ve been having some back/spine issues for the past three weeks. And you have just reminded me the difference when I walk in a hurry/drive, then my body reminds me to slow down. How interesting that we are in this perpetuating cycle, and it sometimes require our bodies to take us out of this cycle.

   I love how our bodies constantly communicate to us, it doesn’t always have to be in pain, but to appreciate the relationship we can have with it from the very start.

2. This statement is so important to our everyday life, “I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything!” In that you are not checking out and not being aware of what is around you.

   Around the world people walk oblivious to what is in front of them and all it requires to see and feel is that God is with us all the time. It is that simple.

   1. I noted something I was doing when I was going for walks and that was to phone a friend whilst I walked. And as much as that it is a great time to catch up with someone, it defeated the purpose of my walk and that was to walk with my body. Just to feel where it was at, but also to appreciate every part of it as it serves us well as we grow and continue to live on with our lives.

      1. A very good point Shushila. I had started listening to recordings whilst walking and while I love to listen I am finding it can be distracting from how I am walking.

3. Anne, I love what you have shared here – the way we walk, the way we move is flavoured strongly by our thoughts and what energy we are choosing. As you have said if the movement is motivated by losing weight or getting fit etc etc, then it does not leave space for the body simply to be and express in all its beautiful ways. This is actually very constrictive, and as a result, the body will constrict itself too and present in various ailments, unavoidably so. Thank you Anne for sharing this and spelling it out – it is a great reminder for me to let my body guide the movement rather than trying to theme it unconsciously so.

   1. Henrietta, I used to walk around wanting to loose weight and you are correct in that when we move without any personal intentions or gains, then our body feels much different. It is worth experimenting with these movements just to feel for yourself the difference it has on the body. We can either be moved or move with a purpose.

4. Sometimes when all we are feeling is pain it can be hard to stay ‘positive’ and connected, but when we allow ourselves to connect to a gentleness deep within, it can make all the difference in how we can handle the pain.

5. When we really let ourselves see the magic of God around us it really can fill us with wonder and appreciation of all that is here in this world to support us.

6. “When I started to walk again I could still feel the stillness and the glow, and it felt like I was taking that radiance with me and spreading it to all I met. I discovered that I was really enjoying connecting with the people I met on my walk, and that I was really enjoying being with my body walking, and being with ‘me’, in connection with all of myself.” I love this Anne. Staying present, as you go on to say, makes such a huge difference to our experience of how we live – and others feel that reflection.

7. As each generation learn to move in such a way and understand the magic as you have shared Anne, we will all be more understanding of what true movement is all about and thus walking in connection with our essences, will become a part of the magic that we feel as we re-turn to our origins.

8. The magic of God is all around us reminding us that we are a part of the magic.

9. Anne how beautifull.

10. I find the same Anne, if I’m walking and I am separated from myself and from my body thinking and/or emotional then I experience pain and stiffness, often quite quickly and in a large area (usually my leg and my hip), as soon as I focus and reconnect to me and the quality of my movement it eases away.

11. Walking in presence allows us not just a deeper connection with ourselves but also nature and those we meet on the way – what a beautiful gift for all.

    1. Walking and staying present with ourselves as we walk has many benefits, ‘I realise now that I had never really walked staying present with my body; in other words, I had never truly walked ‘me’.’

       1. The magic of God is always there for us, and then we share that joy, ‘I could feel the stillness inside my body: it felt like a warmth, a glow. I could feel the warm glow in my whole body, but especially around the area of my heart. When I started to walk again I could still feel the stillness and the glow, and it felt like I was taking that radiance with me and spreading it to all I met. ‘

12. Walking the ‘real you’, being present and connected with our body – we make this into a challenge, when what is being asked of us should be a very simplest, natural, effortless thing for us. We must be putting so much effort for it not to be felt that way.

13. What you shared almost turns what I had understood about walking with you on its head, because to stay present in your body you needed to connect to what was around you as well. We think of ourselves as isolated humans but we are not are we? We are connected beings and nature is such a wonderful reflection of that connection and flow.

    1. There is actually so much to take in in any moment, in nature or at work or with family – anywhere really and so we can feel overwhelmed if we are not with ourselves and our body to support with processing all that we are feeling. Being with the body and feeling all around us does allow us to feel how connected we all are.

14. I am only really just beginning to truly realise how much we influence each other in daily life. Everything we do can have an uplifting, a healing effect or it can leave the other feeling less than before, even retreating into themselves or reacting outwardly wth some form of emotion. What an awesome responsibility – it’s like the song I remember from long ago “he’s got the whole world in his hands, he’s got the whole wide world in his hands, his got the whole world in his hands” This was referring to God but we are equal to Him in this respect are we not?

    1. Indeed we are equal to God, Elaine. I often forget this! I love the awareness that God is always holding us.

15. Clearer it cannot be – when we walk from within and with the body, without drive and push, magic happens and the body repairs what is physically and physiologically possible.

    1. Yes the body is given the space to heal when we allow it.

16. When we get out of the way and let the body be, miracles do happen.

    1. They sure do! Being present enables miracles to occur.

17. Trying is a sure way to not stay present with your body when you walk. It adds a false overlay on top of something simple and natural like walking.

    1. And we can walk anywhere, and everywhere, ‘I also know that walking ‘me’ (in presence/stillness) affects everyone I meet on the walk, so that maybe they too are inspired to walk with themselves – in a loving way for their bodies.’

18. Walking in a way that is connected to the whole body rather than led by the mind and its detours can heal many conditions – we just need to get out of the way, in short. The body knows best.

    1. A simple truth – the body knows best. The biggest challenge is indeed convincing the mind of this matter.

19. What a beautiful moment in time Anne, one that obviously changed not only the way you walked, but also how you allowed yourself to really observe and appreciate all, the magic, that was happening around you. Another wonderful example of how, when we move in harmony with our body, that it doesn’t take long for our body to say thank you

    1. I agree Ingrid, there is a deep appreciation that can be felt from the body when we move in connection with it rather than disconnected and the awareness of the difference needs to be physical rather than mental.

       1. I love what you have said here Lucy – “the difference has to be physical rather than mental”. Yes, our movements, and the quality of them, are only ever felt in our body, you definitely cant’ think how they feel. If you try to think, you instantly disconnect from your body and the power of the movement is lost.

20. Always so lovely to read this Anne. I noticed recently when I get caught up in thinking if something in nature happens and I stop to focus on it, even for a small moment, it cuts the thinking and I come back to my presence and body. It’s quite a healing and change for something that is so brief. I’ve also experienced how my inner stillness can support pain reduction as when I used to get a painful back if I focused on my gentle breath (as per the Gentle Breath Meditation) and connected to my stillness the pain would ease and the length of time being in pain would also remarkably reduce. Our stillness and inner true presence is an enormous healing for the body, and living without it is not supportive for our health and well-being.

21. I love walking, it is time for me to connect more deeply to myself and to process and let go of anything that no longer supports me. We can feel so much when we are present in our bodies and this gives us an opportunity to change our movements if we are not walking who we truly are.

    1. Walking is always a great time to connect with our bodies, ‘I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything!’

22. Walking is such a powerful and overlooked thing we do. I always saw it as getting from a to b, or else to keep fit, but what I know now is how I walk is vital to my body and my connection with me.

23. After many years of walking and being move by a push to get things done to achieve and outcome it is deeply exquisite to feel the flow, the grace and power to move and be moved by a quality that is impulsed by my connection to my essence, my Soul. Granted that this is not with any perfection, or mastered in full, yet the more I focus on the quality of my movements than more it feels like I glide through the day with presence, power and the joy of the lightness of being and enjoy the reflection that this brings to my living day.

24. There is an ocean of difference between me walking and walking me, until such time when me walking is only walking me because there is nothing else.

    1. And that takes a commitment to practice walking me till such time as it is simply what we know as walking.

25. Anne your love for life and the miracles that are possible is infectious. What an incredible transformation – we have no idea what is possible if we commit to being present every moment.

26. Walking had always seemed like a pointless exercise to me. Frankly it took too long and didn’t give enough results. But now life has changed and on my walks I have time to enjoy the movement of my body, feel how I am feeling, get some outdoors fresh air, and best of all, walk.

    1. Ha! I love your honesty, Heather. There are many who don’t consider walking to be exercise. I used to be an exercise instructor in a gym and when interviewing new members I would ask what exercise they were doing currently -quite a few said ‘none’ and later in the discussion they said they walked for an hour a day! Yet Hippocrates said, ‘walking is the best medicine’.

    2. Yeh I remember feeling the same and wondering why so many people went on walks and what the point of it was, but I’ve discovered that a walk can actually change my whole day, it can change how I feel, my commitment, my willingness to embrace life… yep I definitely underestimated what was possible in a walk.

27. I find walking the ‘real me’ isn’t just about being present with my body. Walking the ‘real me’ means accepting every part of me and allowing it to shine out. This brings so much lightness and joy as I walk free of the ‘shoulds’ I have conformed to all my life.

    1. I loved your comment Fiona -to be true to yourself you do indeed need to accept every part of you, including your weight and shape (which has been tricky for me).

    2. Very true Fiona, in acceptance of all of me I am then not afraid of being in my power and authority.

    3. That is a powerful acceptance walk Fiona shining all of you, and the walk itself is a great way to accept and express all we are in readiness for living it across all parts of life.

28. I felt today how taking notice of how we walk, how we sit, and how we move in general helps us to feel more aware of exactly where we’re at, and what is going on around us. I actually felt how lifting my toes when I push off with each step changed my whole walk, and my whole body, to be lighter, more joyful and more open. If it seems a little wild that such a seemingly tiny change can have a huge effect on our mood, thoughts and whole body movement – try it.

29. It is so true when we feel connected to ourselves we naturally want to connect to others and while sometimes this is not always appreciated by others, I am learning to not allow the reactions of others to impact the relationship I have with myself and the connection to my body.

    1. Absolutely Caroline. I have found that most people simply love me connecting to them -really meeting them for who they are inside, and maybe they have experienced that for the first time.

    2. When we make ourselves dependent on what other people think, wish or expect, we stagnate and say yes to being put in a box of their making.

    3. Yes, not taking things so personally makes a huge difference. Staying connected and knowing who we are and what we bring, then it matters not how others feel about us.

30. Being present with oneself opens the door to miracles.

31. Revealing to us that we often have walked without being present in our walk and noticing our breath within ourselves. Setting a new normal by sharing that there is another way – walking with you.

32. As soon as we ‘try’ we lose our connection to ourselves. I know because I have tried 🙂

33. Having pain can be distressing but if we acknowledge the pain and appreciate it for what it is showing us, could the relationship, and our perception of the pain change?

34. I hurt my back earlier in the week, and I noticed how pain is incredible at bringing you back to your body, you have to carefully and purposefully choose every step – it’s a great lesson in bringing it back to us and not constantly living in our heads or our thoughts.

    1. That is so true Meg. It is a reminder to be present with our whole body -not just with our brain! Seeing pain from this angle is much more freeing, instead of going into how awful the pain is and wishing we didn’t have it.

       1. Yeh it’s interesting how having a different approach to things can completely transform our day-to-day experience of it.

    2. This happens to me when I bump myself, I find the pain, even if subtle, is like a stop moment to come out of the thinking and back to my body and be more present.

       1. Yeh you can’t NOT be present with pain – it’s there every moment reminding you of what has occurred and what is happening as a result.

35. Walking is a very potent medicine that either cements old unhealthy patterns or paves the way for the next steps to come.

36. This is beautiful, Anne. Even just reading about how a flock of birds flying in formation brings a moment of connection, and there I can feel how I am given an opportunity to start breathing and moving in a way that feels in harmony with the quality I am recognising, or disregard and dismiss it as ‘cannot be’ and swiftly go back to my habitual way of moving. It feels like it is too easy and too available for the spirit’s liking.

37. There is such a difference in walking with ourselves and with no need to get anywhere, rather than having an investment to want to get somewhere with no attention to our movements. When I walk in presence, I receive a communication from my body of where I am at and how I feel. It is a constant development if I am willing to listen. A very powerful live and learn experience.

38. We cannot underestimate how powerful our walking can be, the Walking Therapies taught by Serge Benhayon are life changing and deeply healing on many levels, we are so blessed to have access to this modality.

39. To stay present with our bodies is to not let thoughts take us off into meanderings of the mind. To stay present means that we are with ourselves and our capacity to feel and to sense and our awareness is heightened. Living this way we are able to connect with what is around us with less and less interference from outside influences and we can reconnect to our own Divinity.

40. A great reminder that there is far more going on around us than meets the eye and that nature provides a great reflection of that for us which in the same process can also bring us much joy and much learning.

41. I realise that there are times when I am so focused on my body that I am actually disconnected from it by thinking about it without feeling it and also my surroundings. Thank you for what your have shared Anne about the gorgeousness of true connection with the body and the interaction with world around. This I will be more aware of when I next walk with me.

42. It’s amazing how much the way we walk and the kind of relationship that we have with ourself and our body has an impact on the way we are with everyone we meet, either inspiring another to be more connected with themself or in the opposite to be less connected, depending on how we are…

43. A magical moment .. the magic of nature .. the magic of God .. and the magic of being present within our body ✨

44. Another miracle, to be able to walk in presence and without pain, to feel the difference it makes to us and everyone and everything around. This has since then been expanded into the modality of Walking Therapies, making it crystal clear that habitual movements without presence end up like cement in the body, making it feel tight and stiff.

45. How gorgeous to feel the stillness in movement. Presence with the body as it moves allows space to see and feel the magic all around. Lovely Anne.

46. When we are aware of the magic of God it brings us back to our Divinity within.

47. Connecting to ourselves in movement; connecting to our movements is the main learning ground about our beauty ever.

48. Bringing our minds in union with our bodies is different than training it to focus our attention.

49. Awesome Anne . Walking is the most powerful therapy. It represents how we are in life.

50. To walk totally in presence is such an amazing way to support our bodies. And I love what you share here about your response to pain being to connect to your body more, rather than to numb out.

51. What amazing feedback from your body Anne. So often we walk with an ‘energetic fuel’ running through our body that creates harm and eventually pain or tension. That fuel can be negative or critical thoughts about your weight, feeling not good enough or that you have too much to do. To just allow yourself to be as you are and open up to all around you is a relief and joy for the body.

52. We cannot ‘try to be present, we are either present or not but walking offers us an opportunity to connect by the way we walk. And your sharing shows us how the support of the universe is always there for us to be all that we are, the magic of God reminds us of our true origin and to bring this when we walk on this earth.

53. AMAZING and gorgeous .. the magic of God in supporting and being there for you to connect. I really felt this when reading about the flock of birds.

54. Walking is an awesome opportunity, well any movement is, to re-connect with our body and feel how we are going. I find when I’m in my head my toes go numb or I bump myself.

55. When we’re aware of the bigger picture and that we’re a part of that, suddenly life opens up and we become at one and in rhythm with it, and we see and feel the magic of it all.

56. Our bodies are so amazing, and it is empowering to realise that we are constantly magnifying through our bodies the quality of energy we align to. And so, when we align, surrender or connect to the quality of our essence, the vibration of love, our Soul it is this quality that we magnify with our every move, through which our awareness is also magnified, as is the feeling of joy as our bodies become imbued with the Soulfulness of who we really are.

57. Walk with presence, embody all that we are and connected to people and nature we emanate our loving essence as we move.

58. I love how our bodies communicate to us when we are putting them under pressure in some way – like a drive to get to some destination, practical or mental task/accomplishment; rather than appreciate we have already arrived and can enjoy being an integral part of the world by simply being.

59. There are so many ways our bodies are able to share with us that how we are living or just walking at that moment is not good for us. I know the groin pain and it does makes walking really hard and to me it always feels like that it occurs when I am pushing myself and am trying to walk faster than my body naturally would.

    1. So true Lieke – our bodies offer us great insight to how we are living and if the quality of our choices are truly supporting us to live all that we naturally are.

60. Walking is either therapeutic or a time when we ingrain our not so great movement patterns further into the body, into our ankles, knees, hips and shoulders. What affects one horizontal plane in the body ends up affecting them all and eventually the whole body.

61. I’ll admit that I had this belief that walking just for me / with me, could only happen if I was on a walk with no aim other than to walk. So then what about all the walking I do as a waitress? It’s been driven and pushy and because theres an end goal or a task to complete that has taken over the focus rather than being with me wherever I am needed. Theres a constant projection and focus of the task completing which is beyond me. I am constantly living outside of myself rather than being with myself, wow! Something to explore further when I next go to work.

    1. Leigh, be your soulful self as you work. You’re offered an amazing opportunity to express a different quality of walk as you wait on tables. Wow, I agree this is something to explore further. Enjoy.

    2. It is very interesting how we think that ‘walking for me/with me’ is not doable in our work situations. A place where the quality we bring with our presence is lacking so much. I walk a few kilometres per shift on the ward of a nursing home, imagine I walk them all in presence of the love that I am. From experience I know I get less tired and caught up in the pressure of what needs to be done, I feel the joy as I am in connection with my body and I bring this to the patients I have to care for.

       1. It’s a beautiful comment Annelies, and it highlights the simplicity of moving with our love throughout life and the blessing it brings to ourselves and others.

62. There is a loveliness to walking with presence, even if at the time my body feels achy or tense. I love to feel each part of my body as I move.

63. How often do we get the feeling that someone is fully connected to themselves and not off in their minds on some daydream or going over a problem in their mind? Probably not that often, so what has been written here is huge, as in being connected as we walk and throughout our day, can affect others.

64. It is the surrender to our presence when we move that takes the tension away and we feel the natural grace and flow of our rhythm, that is the true key for change and I find how effortless my movements become and any little pain or discomfort goes even from the smallest shift in movement.

65. Staying aware of ourselves as we walk, watching if our mind comes in and takes us off at a tangent is an interesting exercise, staying present and feeling our body is worth the perseverance.

66. That is miraculous Anne and shows you / us the power of walking and acceptance of how we are connected to all within and with out.

67. It’s always such a practical reminder to be with the body, and part of my basic foundation for life. It’s still easy fir me to get caught up in thoughts but the quality of my thoughts and whole day is better when I’m connected to my body.

68. Walking in presence means that the tension that is usually held in the body is no longer there and there is much more free flow. When we are present in and with our body it is like we are giving our body the recognition and respect that it deserves and it responds, we are giving it permission to return to a harmonious way of being.

69. From walking to talking, if we’re consciously connected to ourselves, the result over time is an ease with life and the world – a preparedness and acceptance.

70. I love how you were effortlessly staying present with your body, and ‘I could feel the stillness inside my body: it felt like a warmth, a glow. I could feel the warm glow in my whole body, but especially around the area of my heart.’

71. Such a beautiful way to have confirmed the connection of you to the all. Walking with no drive or push is something that my body asks, which I listen to other wise its painful. Thanks for the inspiration to hold in absolute equalness my awareness to my body and everything around me.

72. It can be eye opening to see how much our mind is thinking about anything but our body and what we are doing in the present when we bring our awareness to it! And to bring the mind back to our movements and whole body in what we’re doing is a step towards re-gathering and helping us be more connected with ourselves and those around us as we do what we do.

73. Thank you for presenting the quality that comes out of being connected with yourself. This is truly beautiful and so simple. The more I choose to be present in the body, the more I am aware of each and every movement and the quality of that movement.

74. I have been paying attention to the way I walk recently. Some days I get stiffness and pain in my back and legs, and on other days my body is pain free and walking feels light and effortless. How I walk and the energy that’s driving my motion is what I’m now seeing makes all the difference.

75. Actually being in presence with our body we connect to more than the three dimensional world we may think life’s about. Actually we then connect to the Universal Mind, that wisdom and knowledge that is there for us to reconnect to and with that to our divine origins and with the understanding that we are the Ones and way beyond the little self we experience when we wander off into our limited mind.

76. This is beautiful Anne, when we are connected with ourselves, we allow the light of God to flow through us and touch all we meet.

77. There was something power full in this blog that I had to read it again….I observed after reading it for the first time my body had responded so differently to before. When I attended the gym, I saw everything so clearly, the gym, the people, the ward I work at to the many things I had to do that day.

    I had experienced a true connection to my body that I hadn’t felt before and it was so gorgeous to be with and feel but also gorgeous to share with others whether they wanted or not.

    I can feel I will be referring to this blog from time to time as it provided me with a great marker, thank you Anne.

78. This is so appropriate with me returning to the gym after many years. I am re-imprinting many things I have inherited that do not belong within my body and its trueness.

    This ‘trying’ is tiring and heavy. I loved how you described the dance of the flock of birds and being aware of everything around you.

    Every time I read a blog, I learn something more about my self, thank you.

79. ‘the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me’ … so important Anne, we are part of the all, and when we embrace that we flow with life.

80. By developing a relationship with our body and how it feels – exercise becomes a paramount part of keeping healthy and energetically stable. Without going for a walk or giving the body some space to heal it starts to feel heavy very quickly and I feel less equipped to walk in a lightness of being.

81. There is such a great joy in simply being ourselves and walking in a way that is totally connected with ourselves. When we do this our step lightens up and there is purpose in what we are doing.

82. When we are connected to ourselves our presence is astute and at one with the flow of the universe.

83. I have found the more we try to do something the less successful we are, because we have already given ourselves a goal or expectation to be able to do something which takes us further away from our body, yet when we connect to our innermost it is easier to allow a natural unfolding, and we discover that it is more about our connection with ourselves than trying to do something from outside of ourselves.

84. So often we walk to get from A to B – but what you present here is a whole other level of being with our bodies no matter what. I have also done this exercise and it is very powerful. I bring myself back and it simply sets a foundation of how my body is. Very supportive for me.

85. Presence quenches the thirst we create from getting caught up in chaos.

86. I notice when I focus on the pain it makes the pain louder, when I connect to and focus on what’s underneath the pain, the feeling of my inner-heart then the tension causing the pain starts to release. But sometimes I can’t (choose not to) connect to it within me first but then I cannot deny the support from God in that nature has a way of reminding me to pay attention to that which is within me. Be that like a certain bird like a parakeet flying by when I feel more shy and withdrawn, telling me I can’t hide away. Or if I am feeling connected and bold that same bird can be a confirmation that it’s totally ok to be me and let everyone know it (those birds aren’t exactly quiet!)

87. Anne you highlight some great points about walking with presence and connection with the body rather than being caught up in the mind and pushing the body to walk. Recently I have been aware of the drive I can have in my walk at times and stopping to reconnect to me brings a different quality and flow that my body enjoys and appreciates much more.

88. Perfect blog for me to read today…. I notice when I am walking how much I am in my thoughts, it is an old pattern of mine and at the moment, there is a lot of change happening in my life, eg, new job, new relationship, a move coming up, etc, so I am doing a lot more thinking, when actually all I need to do is stay in my body and stay present and let it all unfold naturally!

    1. Those pesky thoughts can certainly come in jaqmcfadden04! I notice that my face and body tense up, so I lose the freedom I feel when I walk with conscious presence, i.e. when any thoughts I do have are simply about my body and how it feels walking…

    2. I find in those heavy thinking moments that stopping and taking a breath before my next step helps, it’s as if the stop switches off the thoughts in the mind. And if not something like gently stroking the back of my hand with my fingertips helps to calm a crazy mind as well. The power is in how we move our body and not what the mind produces, that comes from what the body gives the mind in the first place.

89. Appreciating that walking in presence and stillness affects everyone; including ourselves; and comes with a responsibility to do just that, walk/move in presence and stillness, no matter where we are or what we are doing. Thank you Anne, I love what you have shared.

90. It has taken me a long time to come to know the power of my walk and how that power comes from “walking in presence”, being with me in every step and being conscious of what energy I am walking in; am I being responsible for the quality of energy I leave behind me for someone else to walk through? Do I choose to leave a trail of love or am I simply dumping my current emotions behind me? With every single step my walk is my responsibility and that is no longer a burden but a joy.

91. That is a miracle indeed and what a beautifull sharing of the magic of God .. I felt the true beauty, love and grace in the moment you shared with the birds. You know it is funny (or not) we all walk in the day everyday and yet do not know how to truly do this, walking can bring us back to ourselves and is incredibly healing, as you have experienced. I, and I know many many others are in deep appreciation to Serge Benhayon for living and teaching this.

92. Recently, during a presentation I was giving, I had a deep sense of just being me and how easy this was for those listening to connect to. It was a ‘light-bulb moment’ revealing that being ourselves is our primary responsibility in life – not trying to be something we are not, not trying to impress or seek attention. I could feel how my body relaxed and those around me responded to this. The presentation was a success, not because of what I said but because of who I was being. ‘Walking me’ is the same thing and as Anne shares here – affects everyone we meet.

93. Physical pain is important because it tells us where we are at, what we are holding and how we are living. So to have an ache in the leg can be regarded as a blessing. Personally I would prefer to have the pain and therefore know what needs to change rather than to be in no pain, thinking that everything is alright but actually living in illusion and disharmony.

94. ‘the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body…’ – Thanks for sharing this – and how simply we can reintroduce presence into our walk. I watch my infant trying to walk and all her focus is on that one thing – she is a teacher to me to come back to my body and to want to feel everything that is on offer.

95. Anne, what a beautiful ‘Magic of God’ moment you share here. Being aware of nature is a great way to bring more awareness to being with the body in full. In my experience, ppreciating the connection between the two confirms this deeper.
    “I looked up and saw a flock of birds (swallows or godwits) flying in formation. As I stopped to watch, they fanned out and, just for a brief moment, came into a heart shape in the sky. I felt the magic of God in that moment, and it felt so beauty-full. Then they did some more amazing displays for me – once they went high and spread out; then floated down like a huge fireworks display”.

96. It’s become normal to walk around and believe pain in our body is normal and we have to put up with it, I used to have pain in my knees every time I walked! But why should we live with pain? Why should pain be normal?

    1. True and living with any level of pain, be that slight or severe, is something that many in humanity have come to accept as the new normal. We have set the standard far from the truth of wellness and harmony that is our body/s natural state when we are living in accord to the truth we are.

97. Anne, this is amazing to read and so helpful for me. I have had a very similar experience recently, but with my right knee. My knee was getting so painful that it was getting hard to move about, and so I was left with little choice but to experiment with how I could move without pain, what I discovered was that I had been moving in a jarring way that felt like I was trying to get somewhere and I was not walking in a light, delicate way, I began to feel more the female qualities of my legs and started to move with presence and grace rather than in a clunky way, this has enabled me to move without pain – this has been a very interesting experiment.

    1. Thank you for sharing your experience with your knee, Rebecca. I loved how you allowed yourself to feel the female qualities of your legs -this, in turn, has helped me, as I often feel my right leg is very present and solid, but my left leg doesn’t seem to be there! So on my new walk I will be practising feeling my grace, delicateness and sacredness (i..e. my female qualities) as I walk.

98. Walking and moving in connection to our bodies when lived consistently allows us to connect to something grander than the dimension we live in, it is only then we realize we are all connected and equally part of the universe.

99. Thankyou Anne, it’s truly a lovey blog and I’ve enjoyed reading it a few times now. When beautiful things happen in nature and we are moved by them we are most likely moved back to ourselves!

100. Anne I love your description of how the stillness felt in your body. To feel stillness as we move feels both amazing and very precious – what a reflection, in that moment, we are offering the universe.

101. Serge Benhayon has brought a massive healing tool into many peoples lives by offering a way to walk in presence. Who would have thought that one can heal just by walking. Not only do we offer it to ourselves we offer healing to all. We are a point of light that continues to offer reflection.

     1. Yes absolutely Kim, the Walking Therapies by Serge Benhayon have been deeply healing and supportive for everyone who has attended one. My whole walk changed after one session, I could feel all the areas in my body I was holding tension or was locked up, this has begun to shift and change my movements to be much lighter and more free.

102. Beautiful to read how your pain transformed as you walked with all of you Anne. When I don’t rush, hold my self and my posture and walk feeling my quality I feel the grace of my walk. That then feels amazing.

103. It feels like after all your devotion to yourself, to your care and attention with yourself in your walking and the presence that you were able to bring to your body you were blessed with a healing, not a healing that just happened but one that you were part and parcel of in the responsibility you brought to the process. A lovely sharing, thank you

104. Walking in presence I have noticed that the body responds differently and aches and pains which could be a daily occurrence just disappear – things like achy hips, knee pains, sore feet. The body feels lighter and going up the stairs becomes effortless and we have more energy…. now who wouldn’t want that.

105. Walking with me- body and mind together, and being aware of my surroundings is such a great way to feel confident, empowered, and not feel exhausted at the end of the day.
     Before learning to walk this way I used to bump into things, trip over, walk in nervous energy trying to do too many things or walk in a driven fashion and end up with low blood sugar and therefore crave sugar and coffee to keep me going.

106. Simply being able to ‘walk you’ no matter what is going on or what is happening around you is something that gives me a great level of ease. So often we can look to everything else for what to do and yet inside is the true gauge or place to find the answers, the answers to everything.

107. A couple of years ago I went through a process of tattoo removal – far more painful than actually getting one done. What I eventually learnt to do was connect with my essence, the stillness underneath the pain I was feeling. I in no way mastered it but there was a significant change in my ability to be with the process over time. Deep connection, be it with the body or with the soul, leads to significant shifts within us – at the physical level, and more.

     1. Thank you Victoria, that is fascinating to read, your comment would make a very interesting blog. I have noticed when I am connected to my soul quite profound changes happen to how I feel physically and often quite quickly.

     2. I have had a similar experience with pain Victoria L, when I did not react or resist the pain and stayed present and connected with my body I was not affected as I may have expected.

108. Walking in presence is simple but it does take some practice, and can have some dramatic effects on our physical aches and pains. In the past I suffered severe lower back pain and had difficulty walking up the stairs, but when I focused on each step being gentle my movements became easier, pain was reduced and I could easily, but slowly walk up the stairs.

109. Reading this, I realise that the pain I have been having in my left shoulder/arm is also a physical manifestation of the pain of not being myself. We all have different ways to manage not being ourselves – by adopting an ideal/belief, holding back, going into protection, withdrawing, checking out… it all has a different affect on our body. I would love a book on the energetic anatomy explained according to esoteric medicine so that we can get greater understanding on what we experience as the aches/pain/illness/disease in our body and make the best of it as an opportunity to heal.

110. I love your realisation that presence is not about fast or slow but that it simply is the way how we are with our bodies and everybody else and the awareness we allow.

111. Anne, I love the realisation you share, that to be present with you is to be aware of all around you – that is beautiful. We are a part of everything and everything is a part of us. How grand.

112. We can all walk with presence and we need not compare one to another. What is walking with presence and how does it look? We are all at different levels of awareness at different points and if your walk isn’t up to a level you feel it can be then walk for where you are at, always bringing awareness to the fact there is possibly more. I enjoyed this article and what it presents while at the same time seeing we need not push to walk a certain way. Walking with yourself for where you are at to the best of your ability is needed and then the openness and flexibility that there maybe more. We are growing or expanding back to something we already know, confused? It just means from this presence or connection we know we are more but it’s not something to achieve more something to unfold back to from this knowing. Walk for where you are at and that is you, not perfect and possibly not to all you can feel but use this as a reflection to make your next step and keep building that awareness from there. Appreciation of yourself and where you are is important in growing the awareness of what is next.

     1. This is a stunning reminder Ray, of holding ourselves with love in all we do and every step of the way, where ever that may be. Thank you

113. I am constantly in awe of how incredible our bodies are, when we support and allow the space for them to be moved by the quality that they are designed to be moved by – love. Again here with what you have shared Anne, I can feel the power of simply allowing our connection to our stillness within, our essence, our Soul to be what moves us, through which our mind, body and Soul is in union and as such work together to be a greater and far more honoring expression of our true selves.

114. Connection and presence with ourselves is only a choice.

115. I can so relate to the joy of walking without pain after many years of walking with it and it has all come about by choosing to be present as I place each foot on the ground and to feel each movement throughout my body. It was not easy to do to begin with, and there are still times I drift away from me, but these days it is so much easier to come back to “walking in presence” as it is simply making the choice to walk with all of me; my body and mind in union.

116. To be conscious present with our bodies stops our wondering mind and makes us to become aware of that other part in us, our inner heart, that is constantly radiating that godliness we are to whoever we meet and be with.

117. It’s so interesting to read about so many people’s experiences of pain just disappearing once they change their movements, and/or bring more awareness to themselves and the way they are living. All this often without medical intervention. There is something to be said about the power of one connecting more to themselves, because the proof is in the pudding and it’s inspiring to read about such miracles.

118. The simpleness of ‘being aware of our surroundings’. What does this say about the current way we live in our world today, constantly in a rush or literally hanging out for the moment we can check out of our days with, alcohol, drugs, TV or other screens.
     Could it say we are not aware of what is around us, nore do we even begin to conceive that when we feel our surroundings we are fully present in our bodies, filling them with our essence, fireing our cells with our presence. What a powerful experience walking this way is, as God so definitely confirmed.

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120. It’s like when we are lost in thoughts it’s more common to bump into a table corner or piece of furniture than it is when we are present with our bodies. Or if we aren’t present when driving we can miss road signs, traffic lights or run over curbs – the quality of our driving is less basically. I have found over the last few years for example that my toes used to make a clicking sound whenever I walked. Being more present with my body I noticed my walk changed and gone was the clicking. This shows me how presence brings quality to our lives.

     1. Thats a really interesting observation Leigh, the presence you speak of really allows us to be our own scientific experiment, with how we move something that we can bring quality to that affects us on a physiological level. This would be an incredible thing to be taught and accepted in life, I imagine a packed London underground as one example where everyone was bringing this quality to their movement, with everyone aware of everything around them, and considerate of everyone, it would be incredible to witness.

121. Walking provides a permanent occasion to learn about ourselves, our bodies, life and, to heal if we are open to play with it.

     1. Sure Eduardo, I too experience walking as something very special to me. Walking is not only a means to move from A to B, it is much more as when we walk we either ingrain patterns that do not belong in our bodies or we can choose to walk in a way in which we connect, deepen and amplify the godliness we are.

122. I have noticed that when I choose to focus on my legs in particular as I walk, I naturally have a slightly slower pace and the rush is taken out of each stride. I have been practicing this, especially when I walk to and from work. This focus has also led to my head having less busy thoughts as I have occupied it with my walking.

123. This blog is so cool, we put so much effort and trying into life, and trying to be who we are, but when we connect to everything around us it’s effortlessly all there without even trying. You really provide a quantum shift in how we understand the world here.

124. The most simplest of activities such as walking can be the most effective in eliminating stress and anxiety.

125. Walking in connection with our bodies is true medicine, it is the subtle changes and attention to details that allow us to release what does not belong in our bodies restoring true movement in connection with our hearts.

126. Walking with the connection you speak, as you experienced, can be deeply beautiful…and the healing a gorgeous confirmation of the power of presence. It is a therapy in its own right that can be embraced in all our movements.

127. It is easy to walk from A to B and not pay attention to your steps because you are focused either on what happened at point A and what is going to happen at point B. The point being in doing this we miss the opportunity and potential that the steps in between bring to us.

128. Its a huge realisation isn’t it, to realise we haven’t walked as who we truly are, we have been walking stuck in our heads, which doesnt allow the beauty of the body to be felt. I love developing the ability to feel my own body, its awesome, so simple and like a faithful companion, has always been there, waiting for us to reconnect to it.

129. I have noticed that I actually feel a whole lot less needy when I am present with my body. Its incredibly powerful what a difference it makes, and well worth working on, daily.

130. I used to think I had to walk slowly to be present with myself, and that walking fast pace would just tire me. How wrong was I! Every morning I walk about a half hour to a bus stop, and even though I might have got up feeling vital and ready for the day, plus my ‘walking with presence’, I noticed sometimes I might be feeling tired and actually drained by the time I got to the bus stop. What I have realised is that my slow walk was actually setting my body against what my day was bringing to me, and my ‘being present’ was disconnecting me from the world – so it was sedating my body instead of activating. No wonder it was not working.

131. Its fascinating how that whole scenario played out for you. i am deeply impressed by how you turned a ‘pain’ from being a hindrance into a blessing. I love how the pain went away when you addressed the underlying issues and not from you wanting the pain to be gone. There is so much we can all learn from this,

132. Great sharing Anne, there are many elements of this blog we can take into our own lives and build that connection and relationship with our bodies as well.

133. Hello Anne and a great walk to share with us thank you. It gives us a different look at pain and in place of overriding it to function or suppressing it so we don’t feel it’s there. What about listening to it as a point to make a change to how we are or the quality we are in. As you are saying and showing here pain is just a point to feel and make a change from. The next time I am doing anything like walking I will use this as a guide and read what the pain is about.

134. Walking is an activity where we can learn a lot about life and ourselves and one in which we can work on ourselves as well. Yet, since we resort to walking as part of a linear way of living life, we tend to totally miss its potential.

135. Walking can be such a healing process as you’ve highlighted in your blog. Walking with no purpose other than to be with yourself, to feel your feet or hands, to connect to how your feeling…it’s such a supportive way to walk.

136. Walking for me, and I would say for many people as well, is usually all about time: we travel to get some where and walking tends to be based on the amount of time it will take to go from A to B. Serge Benhayon has recently shared a lot about time and about space. And what I am finding by exploring these teachings, is how much space there is when there is not the pressure of time put on to the walking that I do. So even though I still do need to travel from A to B, I am learning not to ignore or forego the journey it takes to get there, this makes every step much more in appreciation.

137. Anne, I love the way you came to an understanding that when you make it about everything and not just you then you can more clearly support yourself in how you walk … ‘the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me’. That’s a great insight to know and understand that we are part of everything and everything is part of us.

138. I love walking and always have. To do so in presence adds so much to it, not only the feelings inside, but the stronger connection to nature, and if there is someone else there.. them too.

139. Walking with presence turns a simple movement into a therapy and huge opportunity for self-observation and ever more awareness. What a great tool to have!

140. It is interesting that we hardly say that walking is to be with oneself, to bring onself for a walk (a positive feeling). We tend to use walking to feel better (relief).

141. I love the connection that you bring here that it is always about everything as we are part of everything (universe). And the more we allow ourselves to be the part that we are in this everything the more we can feel and actually naturally fill this space. It is like settling into the spot that is ours in a puzzle and with that contributing to the whole of the picture and at the same time knowing this whole of a picture, by the simple fact of sitting in the right spot.

142. I am not such a fan of walking but your awesome story inspired me to give this “walking-thing” a go.

143. “I realise now that I had never really walked staying present with my body; in other words, I had never truly walked ‘me’.” I could so relate to this, I am always thinking of conversations I haven’t had, conversations I have had with people, what i need to do that day, what I need to do anytime other than being present with me. It has been a really great reminder to what in my authority, to allow space when walking to just be with me.

144. If I am walking with me I am much more aware of everyone and everything else around me. But if my focus is first on whats around me it does the complete opposite, in focusing on a task I need to do at work it’s like I loose site of everything else that needs to be done. I forget about everything and everyone else when my focus is outside of me because that narrows life down into a small view whereas being with me I get to be aware of everything around me. This belief and way of living that focuses on everything around us is not actually focused on everything around us, it only has a very limited focus and cannot be aware of or hold everything in consideration at one time. The more I am with myself the more I can feel that I can be aware of the all in a single moment and reading this blog again really highlighted this to me, Thank you Anne.

145. Beautiful to re-read your blog Anne. “I found that I could keep this stillness and presence even if I walked faster, as long as there was no ‘drive’ or rush.” This sentence stood out for me today. As soon as I rush I find I disconnect and am no longer present with me but am focussed on where I am trying to get to. I used to live all of my life like that – never being present with what I was doing!

146. I love walking and feeling everything around me, it feels like I’m not only present in my body, but my presence is there in the world and I’m a part of something amazing.

147. This is great Anne – a very simple way in which we can just be aware of every movement – which brings us back to the moment. I love your sharing of now walking with you – and really feeling the difference in your body. Beautiful.

148. Amazing Anne, the power of true connection.

149. Being present when walking (or anything else in life) seems to bring an awareness that is not possible without being fully there with what it is that is being performed at that time. I used to check out with headphones when I ran or walked, and now I treasure the time of having some space to really be with me.

150. The beauty of our presence supports the presence around us and everyone in that too. Awesome thank you Anne.

151. We are always in a rush to get somewhere, and be something. It is little wonder that we lose connection with the true meaning of stillness and the joy and sense of timelessness that is there to be found at its centre.

152. Thank you Anne, it’s truly a wonderful experience you have had in nature and with our body. We tend to think what we need to be successful or healthy in life will come from information we read or are told in some way, but as you show in your story, life itself and the presence of God we are all held in can teach us something every day. Living what we learn is a truly beautiful way of life.

153. “walking ‘me’ (in presence/stillness) affects everyone I meet” And we ‘walk’ everywhere we go, whether it is walking in nature, around the shops, around the home or at work.

154. My body has been so bashed by my misadventures it is such a pleasure to walk without pain.

155. Walking has to be one of the best medicines we can take, I find when I am out of balance that walking is the thing that will return me to myself and that many a problem can be blown away by getting moving and tuning into the body and being aware of each step we take. It is something we all share, an ability to walk, a medicine we can all choose if we so decide.

156. I like how you describe walking with yourself, that it is not about walking in a ‘bubble’ where all the focus is on you but walking simply feeling your body and enjoying the movements and at the same time being aware of and staying connected with things around.

157. Dear Anne,
     Your sharing of the experience of Gods presence in the birds, nature and the people you met. This really is the sum total of living the joy of life.

158. Connect and walk, lets say into the classroom, could this be a way to share a true connection with children so they stay present in the class room? I know for me when I connect to my walking how amazing that feels. After 12 years of being a Student of The Livingness there are still elements that I can expand on in my walking program!

159. “I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything!” The awareness you speak of that is what brings you to the real you, connecting with the details that are around you is what allows the space for that connection. I am just learning myself about detail, being more aware of details, these being the doorway to being able to appreciate that awareness and connection with myself.

160. Walking is well and truly underrated in the world of “get fit at all costs”. It provides connection to self (if walking in presence), it provides cardio-vascular benefits, and its a great excuse to get outdoors.

161. This is a miricale. Being able to be present in your body and this taking the pain away is truly a miracle. What an awesome discovery and another excellent reason for staying present.

162. Walking me in connection with my body has been such a healing it rejuvenates my body and allows me a level of clarity and connection to a quality of stillness and tenderness within me I never thought it would be possible and this is just the beginning!

     1. Absolutely a ‘beginning’ with no end that leads to a forever deepening of how much I can appreciate my body and the ‘tenderness’ my body is! As my awareness has expanded over the last 12years of being an Esoteric student walking and all it brings as a movement is forever unfolding for me!

163. Very true Anne, when I go walking I stop to feel if I am walking me or walking my mind feeling distracted and disconnected. When I walk with me the walk is very different it feels simple, light and joyful – it becomes my daily medicine.

164. It is huge the impact that simply being present has on the body – Anne what you share here is an amazing sharing of how we have a choice of how we are with the simple but hugely important things.

165. Thank you Anne. Being in presence is communicating with our body – the greatest first relationship we can have!

166. It is amazing how quickly something can shift in your body when you allow yourself to feel the truth. I have had this experience myself.

167. Such a grounding blog. Simply walking and appreciating what and who you are while having the confirmation of nature all around. A very cool story.

168. Walking is an elixir for life and our connection with our bodies allows us the space to be aware of everything in and around us. A beautifully inspiring blog thank you Anne.

169. Anne, it’s very beautiful to feel how connecting to everything around allows us to connect to us in our bodies, I feel the majesty of what you speak of and how with that magic and majesty of God felt and on hand we naturally get to feel us as part of God and so it’s absolutely natural to express and walk that beauty. Thank you for your insights, I will take this with me on my next walk.

170. Thank you Anne, this is a great confirmation that your body is showing you. The ability to know what it is saying and respecting it enough to change. This is a great reminder of working with the intelligence of your body not against it.

171. Wow. Amazing story. There is such a ginormous difference between the two walks that you describe. I am still constantly exploring it. It’s incredible to have such precise science at our fingertips. That’s what I love about it. All the info we need about how we are living and how we could change things, is available to us. Simply down to our choice as to whether we want to listen and make the moves.

172. Thank you for sharing your magic of God moment with the birds and how this supported you to walk with the awareness of everything around you whilst staying connected to your body rather than allowing your mind to run the show which I can really relate to. For me it has been life-changing to recognise that it is my choice and at any moment I can re-connect to my body and feel the deeper connection to everything around me and then walk forward in life in the knowing that support is always there.

173. ‘I realise now that I had never really walked staying present with my body; in other words, I had never truly walked ‘me’. Same here Anne. My right leg is still throbbing because last night (early evening) I walked home fairly quickly because it was so cold, and last night and this morning I am paying the consequences of not being fully present in my body or in my steps! A big lesson, and at the same time, I can feel my body supporting me to realise that I can no longer walk in my ‘old’ footsteps of disconnection. Time to walk all of me not just now and again but in every moment I breathe.

174. Thank you Anne, learning to walk me and not my head has been such a powerful healing as it has allowed me to connect to the tenderness in my body and confirm that that is who I am, it has been a process but one that has helped me to accept and surrender to what is presented in life.

175. Perfect time for me to read this blog Anne, as I have much pain in my right lower leg at this moment and for some time now. My leg feels very very hard, which is a reflection of choosing hardness, and then moving in that hardness, so as not to feel that which I did not want to feel. My leg started to soften this morning when I realised and chose to be super gentle, sweet and loving with myself, which is the opposite of hardness. My leg has improved but not completely better, as I now have to be consistent in my self-love, self-adoration and definitely no more self-bashing – for it is too painful!

176. Today I watched while a tiny child was fascinated by all that was around her. She was totally present and everything had equal value and interest. It was beautiful to watch and to be a part of. We get distracted by what we think we are supposed to be doing but there is so much joy to be had in the surrender to the present. It is such a relief to my body when I am present in the moment. I’m not rushing or feeling like there is anywhere else to be. There were many decisions I made today and the best one was to go with exactly how I felt.

177. Walking tells us a lot about ourselves -whether we’re racy, distracted and otherwise absorbed or still, aware and connected to what is going on with our bodies and how they are feeling. Going for a walk that provides space for appreciation of the self is one of the most supportive things we can do to ensure the mind is in tune with the body.

178. In my work, I get to walk a lot each day and I get to practice walking in presence. It is one of the most beautiful things to do as I get to be with me and feel how I am that day. The more I do it the more expanded I feel.

179. I love the honesty in your blog and how you allowed yourself to feel the presence of being connected to the all and such a beauty-full confirmation seeing the birds in a heart shape. Wow. This is so amazing and inspiring. Thank You for sharing.

180. And the very best thing about walking is that it is free and is something we actually do all day everyday as we move from place to place, experience to experience. When we start to consider walking as a tool that can reconnect us back to ourselves anytime anywhere we realise there are a phenomenal amount of opportunities in our day for us to actually use each of our steps as a tool to reconnect us back to ourselves.

181. So true Brendan and as I read your comment I am aware that walking in presence is in many ways a resuscitation to provide the time out, the space to allow the clarity and understanding of what is going around us and bring us back to the reality of our life and the world around us.

182. I totally agree Brendan, when walking with presence it is much easier to move your body and go with the flow – rejuvenating is a great way to describe it.

183. The movement of walking with presence is a great way to help us unwind our excessive mental activity, reconnect to our bodies and support us to feel where we are at by bringing clarity and understanding to what is actually going on in our lives. In so many different ways walking is great medicine.

184. That ‘rejuvenation’ feels lovely Brendan, and is so far away from the feeling of fatigue that we can get when we push ourselves.

185. I completely agree Brendan. There is a beautiful lightness and joy in my body when I walk ‘with me’.

186. I am constantly amazed at the power of presence and being aware and truly in our bodies all of the time. It is actually super simple and very healing but also one of the least common practices in our world today

     1. Yes, and this is perhaps because most of us were not taught this either by our parents or at school -simply because our parents and teachers were also not taught this!.

        1. So true Anne. Such basic and simple self love should be part of our education system from day one as the benefits are life long and are for us all

187. A very supportive comment thank you Brendan. I can relate to this from the effects of chronic exhaustion, though different to pain it’s the same in the sense of limitation and a possible reaction of anger, frustration or other emotions. A great tip about the benefits of quality of presence on providing a foundation for dealing with the physical issue.

188. Dear Anne, I had a beautiful experience reading your blog. I connected to a warmth inside me, like the glow you described, and it flooded out from my heart area into my body including down my legs. It’s going on again as I write and boy does it feel yummy!

     1. Ooh, that feels awesome Melinda. Isn’t it amazing how super simple it can be to feel yummy inside your body -just by being connected to what you feel in your body? And vice versa -we can feel yucky in our body when we lose that connection!

189. This is the challenge to walk in constant conscious presence, and it surprises me how often I have to call myself back from thinking about something else and allowing distraction in. The same with the esoteric yoga sessions, sometimes I am not aware of what I am doing and missing some parts, which is showing me the way I still allow myself to not be present with myself during my days. At the same time I am appreciating how far I have come and how I am with my development back to true love.

     1. …yes, and that appreciation is indeed key to coming back to true love.

190. Such a simple and beautiful reminder Anne to walk with presence and acceptance of our amazing selves that supports us to truly connect with nature and everyone around us.

191. So beautiful and inspiring to read Anne, the magic of God when observed and felt brings us into connection with the divineness of our light and to walk in this, is connection to the all.

192. Beautifully inspiring , knowing that walking with us is actually walking with everything, connected to everything and confirmed by the magic of God.

193. Absolutely, when we are walking being present with ourselves (rather than lost in thought, or on a mission to get somewhere) everyone we meet feels the difference, and we cannot help but be drawn to that.. and so instant connection.

194. Thank you for this blog Anne. It confirms what I have been feeling lately in that if I focus solely on my body there is an intensity and my mind wanders. But when I open up to feeling the all that is around my focus and presence with me becomes clearer and less of a strain. ‘Me’ is grander than the body and when that awareness of me being a part of the all was experienced it’s easier to respond to what my body is communicating.

195. Walking would have to be one of the most effective tools for relaxation, stress relief and re connection to self

     1. I so agree, Joe. You can almost feel the adrenalin leaving the body!

196. Anne I can completely relate to walking with drive and rush for so long, with a very active mind. I never use to be present or connected to my body. Like you when I could feel the acceptance walk and understand the power behind it, things changed. I am more aware of my walk and more connected and constantly working on deepening the stillness with my walk. I find as I walk in this way my presence is felt by others. There is no need to rush, when we stay connected to our body with conscious presences, time expands.

     1. That is a great point, Amita -that time expands when we don’t rush. I find this when I am driving somewhere too. If I am running late and I go into drive or rush I get every traffic light red and get someone going really slowly in front of me -but when I don’t, I get green lights all the way and everyone going the speed limit -and I arrive on time!

197. This is a great insight, Brendan -that you could let go your reaction to your pain, which in turn brought you a quality of life and enabled you to address your injury. This would be so supportive for people with chronic pain especially.

198. So lovely to read Anne, thank you for sharing your experiences, transformation and wisdom.
     I can now walk without pain – a miracle? Yes! Yes indeed a miracle that occurred when you were present, still and totally with yourself; how divine.

     1. Thank you Shirl. Yes it is indeed divine to re-connect to the stillness within, and to then walk that stillness.

     2. This would be the answer to the mental illness in our society. The conscious presence gives us back the control over our own body and being with the bigger plan.

199. There is no doubt that walking is an opportunity to connect with where I am at and what my body is telling me. It can be so revealing and healing to feel the disconnect and then to return to the stillness and presence you share about Anne. A great reread!

     1. Yes, walking can certainly be revealing, Bernadette! Just by how I place my feet on the ground can tell me a lot about how I have been in my day.

200. Great to have your description here of how to ‘walk with me’ by connecting to our inner stillness. The knowing that how we choose to walk can affect others brings a real level of responsibility to an activity we normally take for granted and your experience of how your pain disappeared whilst connected to your presence when walking is most inspiring.

     1. Yes it can be a big ‘ouch’ when we understand the energetic responsibility we have with everything we do and say-and indeed, with everything we don’t do and say!

        1. It can be an ‘ouch’ but is also the inspiration to be fully alive all the time (and not just when we think we ought to).

201. Thank you for sharing Anne, I really loved your experience of being totally with your self yet connected with all nature and people around. Just beautiful, the love and joy, in the magic of God, all around us.

202. Anne what a beautiful blog. Most of the time I walk with drive or a belief that I have to walk for fitness. When I return home it feels like I have ticked a box. You have inspired me to walk in my presence, to walk with me. Thank you Anne

     1. Yes, I used to do this all the time too lindellparlour -either for fitness, or to lose weight. And the amazing thing is, when you walk in presence and with connection to your body, you still do get the fitness and weight benefits! It is the intention that is super important.

        1. I stopped going to the gym awhile ago and have noticed lately that my body wants to exercise and to re-awaken the muscles. It is interesting how something is trying to stop me from doing this. But I will go for it and I do know once I have made the step out of the comfort I am in I will be fully with it and enjoy it. It is just like something is not wanting me to get too powerful, ha, and this is the game. I will make this space and start doing regular exercise, starting this week, this is my commitment to myself and taking more care for myself. Great point to get me started. Thanks to you all here for holding this space from where we all can profit, with our connection.

203. What an incredible revelation. Such a beautiful blog. Thank you Anne.

204. This is so beautifully expressed.. ” l realise now that I had never really walked staying present with my body; in other words, I had never truly walked ‘me’”..l have not seen walking myself like this before. l think l have been in denial of my existence on the planet for far too long.

205. What an amazing experience for you to evolve through. It confirms everything that Universal Medicine presents to us and it is awesome when we can embody that for ourselves and heal our body, connect to everyone and God. All from simply walking consciously present.

206. Thank you Anne for a truly beautiful sharing. When I walk, most mornings, there is a opportunity to connect to and be conscious of my body and how it feels. The beauty that surrounds us also is uplifting, with a chance to appreciate the magic of God around every corner.

207. Hi Anne – if for any reason I feel some agitation in my body all I have to do is to take a walk with me, staying connected and breathing and the return to me is swift. It’s so true that – ‘I also know that walking ‘me’ (in presence/stillness) affects everyone I meet on the walk, so that maybe they too are inspired to walk with themselves – in a loving way for their bodies’ – everyone benefits when we walk in presence and stillness.

208. Thank you Anne for reminding me that being in my presence affects all areas of life. I love walking but I’m often distracted by what goes on around me. Connecting deeply to my body will bring me back to my presence.

     1. And doesn’t it reward us back in so many ways, if we choose this conscious presence in our body? All I can say and describe it that is a DIVINE feeling, that cannot be replaced with anything.

209. As soon as I start walking I feel completely at one – my mind and my body working together in harmony. I become super-aware of all around me and can feel the magic of God being reflected in all the nature I see. I feel my power and how strong and steady I am in my essence. I feel my beauty, my sexiness, my tenderness, my grace. Pretty awesome for something so simple.

     1. That was really beautiful to read. Isn’t it amazing that we can feel all those amazing things and moments all from simply choosing to walk being connected to the all.

        1. It is divine how we can be with our connection and knowingly being with the ageless wisdom and with heaven and with god. This is the best feeling ever.

     2. Love this Lucy – proof that life does not need to be complicated, and that feeling wonderful can be the simplest thing in the world.

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211. Feeling the beauty and stillness that we all are deep inside our bodies and confirming this simply by walking ourselves, i.e. walking without any effort, goal or expectation how we should be or walk. Giving us the space to express from our innermost and realising to what fascinating depths we can walk.

     1. I can feel my internal yumminess in just being with this feeling. It is like I even don’t have to walk feeling this in my body. But I agree the body needs this experience of moving all the muscles and cells to feel alive in line with the divine feeling inside.

212. Walking in nature for me just brings back a connection and stillness and whatever has been worrying me is no longer there.

     1. This is true for me also. Feeling the still of the morning air, the birds, the quiet and the opportunity to connect to my body is a very special moment and sets up a loving rhythm to build on throughout the day.

213. I have found walking to be one of the most therapeutic activities I can do for myself, which helps me de stress and relieve anxiety

     1. I have found this too, often if I have an issue or something bothering me, taking it out for a walk helps when I intend to walk with understanding and/or appreication and value of myself.

        1. Yes Leigh, this helps me as well and not being so focussed on the issue helps me, when something wants to take me out of myself. I do go for a walk or cleaning is great as well, to have the focus on something different, with conscious presence and willing to allow the bigger picture to be felt and as well reading the situation and why it has arisen and for what learning. Once I have come to a clarity I can let go and move on.

     2. I agree Joe, but what is beauty-full about this blog is that it shows walking is much more than being beneficial by function, it’s something that can a engage the whole person (the inner being and physical) and all that we are part of and when it does there can be a tremendous healing. By connecting to the truth that we are more than physical and that the world is more than physical, miracles can happen.

214. How much of life do we do we just go through, unaware, switched off to the grace of life and ourselves…until we receive such a message that we cannot miss it. A sore leg is a blessing, the body communicating its superb wisdom to its restless mind. That your mind listened is a testament to that love you live.

     1. I love how you shared the sore leg was a blessing. Sometimes we can feel pain is such a hindrance and a punishment. I was once told, ‘pain is good’. I never fully understood this until I realised that the pain was communicating a deeper wisdom that was important to feel and evolve through. I’ve learnt and grown so much from listening to the pains my body speaks to me and never dismiss the messages that are being loudly spoken.

        1. I agree Tracy, what Rachel has shared is that pain is like a stop moment, and the stop is to remind us to open to more grace and love. Looking at it this way feels pretty amazing.

        2. …and this ‘pain is good’ is so far removed form what most of us ‘think’ about pain -that it si something to be avoided at all costs!

        3. Isn’t it awful that the message of pain that communicates so much to us, at so many levels and layers, has degenerated into “no pain, no gain”…where pain is something to ignore and push through to get…something.

     2. Yes and all our ills and hurts are a blessing – giving us the space and opportunity to rethink our life and what we have lived up to this sore leg. Our body has to bring up a big stop sign after not taking in the little signs that it is constantly sending to us, as a warning. So yes we get a blessing that we cannot ignore any longer the unloving actions to ourselves and to our body.

        1. Yes indeed Monika, it is very unloving to neglect and abuse our bodies, and I have the blessing on this moment for my leg is so painful that I have had to stop and ask for support (I had a connective tissue session)- and so the insights came as well as the healing….

     3. Thank you, Rachel. I find my body tells me instantly now when I am not walking in presence and this gives me a great opportunity to change the way I am moving. How blessed we are to have such an intelligent body!

     4. Yes the message of pain has degenerated into ‘no pain no gain’ -you still see this up on the wall in some gyms (!), and it appears to me that it is very much in the mindset of many in the fitness industry -which is one of the reasons I stopped attending fitness conventions/workshops. It just didn’t feel okay to me.

215. When I am walking with me I am open to everything around me and the world expands in magical ways. My body feels light and flowing. So when I am not connected I have the awareness to stop and simply connect back again with loving acceptance.

216. This is celebratory Anne, thank you for sharing your revelation as I can feel the power in what connecting to our stillness and bringing that presence to every step brings – so inspiring!

     1. It is amazing how inspiring it is yet so simple. That’s what I just love so much about everything presented by Universal Medicine, always so profound yet so simple.

        1. Yes me too, very profound and the simplicity of everything makes so much sense. I love this way of living without getting involved in the mess, and at the same time I can feel how huge every little act is affecting the all. In staying myself in all I have to do it is getting easier when I keep it simple and life is just pure joy in this way of living.

217. Walking is one of the best ways for me to get honest about where my body is at. I can really feel my feet, my legs, my hips all working , where there is pressure or pushing, driving or not claiming each step. This is the beauty of walking and assessing how I am moving me in my every day.

     1. So true Lee, walking will let it become obvious where I am truly at and at the same time be the chance to stop and walk in a different way, the way back to myself and with myself again.

        1. I also found that walking in presence is that powerful as it connects me instantly to my body and tells me in all honesty where I am at. It is then up to me, my mind, if I acknowledge this feeling and the information that is given or not, but when I do, the confirmation I get or the changes I can make is amazing.

        2. I find the same Michael, when I begin to walk with conscious presence, I can feel all of my body, where I am holding things, tight shoulders, hips not swaying in their natural rhythm, feet not fully embracing the ground. Its a wonderful opportunity I can give myself to reconnect back to myself and allow my body to let go of any tensions.

        3. And I go for a walk now, too. Thanks for your inspiration, Michael.

        4. Yes, it can be so simple if we allow ourselves to listen and respond to what our bodies are telling us.

218. I love miracles Anne – thank you so much for sharing your miracle. I found it very inspirational what you wrote: “I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything!” Now I am looking forward to my next walk . . .

219. “I can now walk without pain – a miracle? Yes!“ Amazing blog thank you for sharing Anne.

220. Anne this is a great revelation for all, no trying to connect and no trying in stillness, just sharing all of us from our innermost, be it in a walk or other activity. I also relate to the warmth and the glow. The word that came to me regarding not having leg pain anymore was harmony. Harmony that comes from stillness in motion, re-integrates and heals us, right down to the physical level.

221. Thank you Anne for sharing your beautiful discovery of walking with presence and connecting with nature and everyone else around you. I look forward to my walk this morning and bringing a greater awareness to truly walking ‘me’.

222. Yes thank you Anne- I agree, I have huge appreciation also for Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine for showing me the way. Thank you for reminding me about the intention of our walk, and that a drive or rush does not allow us to be in the equilibrium of flow in our bodies.

223. Anne thanks for sharing your experience of relearning to walk with presence and what feels like appreciation of everything around you,

224. Anne it’s important what you describe: that when we walk ‘with ourselves’ we are in connection not only with ourselves but with all other people and in fact with everything. The joy, beauty and stillness in that, the sense of harmony, is something that has to be experienced to be appreciated. I feel that most people would not even believe it possible from such a simple activity as ‘walking with yourself’. Miracles are amazing, and they come thick and fast when committed to being a ‘student of oneself’ and increasing conscious presence and awareness of everything. But the truth is that it is all miracles, if only we open up and let ourselves know it!

225. It was beautiful how my body became very present and still whilst reading your amazing blog Anne and your experiences of reconnecting to nature and to yourself. Starting to walk with you and with out any pain.

226. Anne, this is a miracle, and a miracle of everyday life.
     It’s amazing to feel what feeling connected to your heart and to your body has brought you – essentially the removal of pain. Had you not received this marker through your choices and learnings with Universal Medicine you may not have even looked to see the birds that day, and felt confirmed in how that love is equally in you. This opportunity for connection and healing is available to all, and it starts with connection to our innermost.

227. I can so relate to this blog. I never really realised I walked until I met Serge Benhayon and learned about the importance of being present with yourself at all times. At first it was a struggle and a trying, like you share too Anne. This was not always enjoyable. Now I have a whole other way of walking with me, really feeling my feet on the ground and enjoying the movement of walking in my whole body. It is now a moment for me to enjoy and connect with my body and myself. I really appreciate my walks.

228. Anne, I like what you have described here. “the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything”. Thanks for sharing your walking experience.

229. Staying present with my body when I go for my walk every day, connects me to how I’m feeling and gets me out of my head and thoughts about future or past events. So my thoughts are in alignment with the action of walking, and not planning my day. It brings me a level of honesty that I can avoid if I’m thinking to much and not feeling my body.

230. I love how you describe the birds – your connection to you and the magic of God can be felt.

231. While I was reading your blog Anne, I could even more connect to stillness. You captured the moment of stillness very well and how it feels, when we really connected and then life and everything around us is just amazing.

232. Yes I agree since Serge Benhayon has presented on walking and how this can be a modality in itself to support us, my relationship with me and my walk has changed. It now feels like when I go for a walk I hear, see and feel the world in stereo as I connect with me and my body and feel God all around. The key is building this level of awareness and quality into the rest of the day. I love reading this Anne and could feel the stillness and magic as you shared your walk – thank you.

233. It is beautiful to feel how something so simple can have such a powerful impact on how we are in life. Walking has been one of my number one go to tools in supporting myself to be with my body. This has been made possible having been presented the way by Serge Benhayon. I have gone from attempting to walk invisibly down the street, to walking me, open and in step with my own rhythm – and wow! does the world ever open up.

234. This has been very revealing for me to read this morning. It is something I have been aware of in my body for awhile now – a clicking in my hip – sometimes it is there and sometimes not, and what I can feel from reading this is that I have been ‘trying’ to walk in a way that will make it go away rather than truly connecting to me and to my body. “I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything!” Thank you for sharing Anne – very inspiring.

235. Walking with ourselves and staying present and connected with our body does not disconnect us from others, but on the contrary is so very inspirational that others do open up instead of closing themselves away.

236. I sense so much joy from you Anne in having had this experience of walking You and all that that entails.

     1. I agree Suzanne. The joy Anne is feeling was great to read. I find walking is a grew form of medicine. When I am out I feel the heaviness in my feet. When I just let go and walk me the lightness in my feet returns and i feel like I am walking and wearing a light pair of slippers.

237. Walking in presence is something that i have been practicing also, but not only walking, but presence in general. Our walk can certainly support in how we then are in all aspects of our day. I find when I bring that awareness into how i walk in between meetings at work, how I walk anywhere it helps with my expression, my focus and being present when talking with people. It can be a great marker too and support our everyday life.

238. Thank you Anne, I really loved your blog, I know about the trying, I was trying to keep present with my body, keeping connected to me, I realised that my trying prevented me from looking around and taking in all that was presented to me, and feeling the magic of God, and the joy of sharing me with those I met. A great timely reminder.

239. I used to walk and attempt to be only focusing on ‘me’ I couldn’t seem to stop the anxiousness in my body and I was thinking about multiple things at one time to avoid what I was feeling. But learning to walk in presence has meant that I have a marker of stillness in my body and that walking is in fact an expression. So if I am walking i am either expressing one of two things and that is power and joy or holding back and contraction. Walking in power and joy has an aliveness to it. It is a choice and it has really made a difference for me. It was scary for me to walk in that knowingness when approaching others and I could feel how I was in a pattern of not accepting who I am when people and I are approaching. But it has been really empowering to accept the stillness that is in me, accept the power and accept that I’m different in this situation (in truth im only different because I would usually hold back)

240. There is so much in what you write. First the magic of how God set everything up just for you just as He does for all of us if we choose to see – that in itself is a miracle. Then the power and blessing of walking with yourself which I too have experienced. Also you mention Stillness quite a few times and I was just very moved by some great free audio and quotes on Stillness which can be found here: http://www.unimedliving.com/unimedpedia/word-index/unimedpedia-stillness.html

241. A beautiful description of walking with presence. I find it very illuminating and deepening of my understanding of what that means.

242. I love the way you maintained the joyful moment of the swallows as you continued your walk Anne. I also love walking in nature and the birds are always singing about Joy or flying to remind me to be light with my footsteps.

     1. I love that, Bernadette -that the birds can remind us to be light in our footsteps. I have had a lot of birds flying around me lately while out walking -time to be lighter!

243. I was very touched to read your experience of the swallows forming a heart shape. I love swallows and they always lighten my heart when I see them. Nature is amazing how it can instantly remind us of our beauty, lightness and divinity. It reflects the just how much beauty and magic there is to stay present with.

     1. Birds in a heart shape what a blessing…. With the frantic pace of modern day life to distract us the magic of nature is something we all don’t appreciate nearly enough.

244. An amazing tool this walking thing is! And we do it all the time: Getting up in the morning and walking to the bathroom, walking around the kitchen while I cook, walking to my car, to the train station and so on and so on. So many opportunities to reconnect, to enjoy me in my body.

245. Anne I loved reading this blog. I have experienced the joy of connecting to my body as I walk but your blog inspires me to take my walks with myself to a whole new level of love.

246. Such a beautiful reminder Anne of the magic that is possible when we take all of us for a walk, or in fact, to anything we do.

247. It is absolutely amazing how important it is in which energy we walk. I have the experience also, that when I change the energy, which might be , closed to other people or in contraction, my walk changes and with that everything! My thoughts, my actions…
     It is a true miracle, yet so simple and profound.

248. Anne I have always enjoyed walking, but like you I now walk with more presence and purpose. I love any opportunity to walk, in the supermarket, along the lane or the shoreline, it is an opportunity to connect with myself and whatever is around me.

249. Anne I can relate to the way you have learned to walk , by being conscious of everything around you and not allowing the mind free reign. I have enjoyed walking most morning for many years, firstly with my dogs and now just myself as my dogs have passed over. The wonder of God is all around and some days I know I am not as connected as others but I thoroughly enjoy watching the birds and wild ducks near the river and saying hello to friendly humans and their dogs, but mostly I enjoy being connected to the beauty in me.

     1. I love how you have said you enjoy connecting to the beauty in you when you walk, Roslyn…a great reminder that we are just as beautiful as nature! So, how important is it to appreciate the beauty inside us as well as the beauty in nature…

250. This bit was really awesome Anne ‘I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything!’ a lot of insight there.. A lot of the time I get distracted by thoughts or what’s going on in my head, I have found too though that the more I’m aware of what’s going on around me the more I am aware of me and how I am in it… Rather then just staying in my own little head bubble.

251. It seem you body is communicating loud and clear: it’s painful to walk with drive or push. But to walk with gentleness, presence and appreciation time slows down, you feel the stillness, your body responds with a warm glow. Your body tells you this is the natural way it likes to move all the time. I must thank you Anne for taking the time to describe your experience clearly.

     1. Thank you Bernard. This is the natural way our bodies like to move all the time -I am aware the quality of my every movement is not as great as when I am walking -this is a work lovingly in progress!

252. I find going for a walk very therapeutic and a very effective way to destress

253. Something simple as walking is an art in itself, a reflection of where we are at and how we move through life. I just went for a walk and just like you, I can register when I drift off in thoughts. I choose to connect to my fingers, feet and breath again. Yes, it is so simple, yet what a daily practice. Especially when I know this is it, presence in the body. No rocket science, but walking science!

     1. I love this, Caroline -‘walking science’!

254. Walking in presence has allowed me to connect deeply to my body, I love the simplicity and the physicality of it. It also allows me to tap into the stillness within me and claim it at any given time.

     1. Yes, I agree, Francisco; the stillness within is always there -even (and perhaps, especially) while walking -almost an ‘inactivity’ in the activity! Walking can give me the space to feel that stillness when I have lost it on the surface.

255. Walking is an amazing tool to connect back to myself if I feel stressed and all but myself.

     1. I agree michaelkremer2212. I love to walk when I feel stressed or worried about something -as long as I don’t take what/who stressed or worried me with me on my walk!

256. A true miracle indeed! Humanity has still to tap into the amazingness of walking oneself.

     1. It is a true miracle indeed that simply walking can give us such healing, revelation and insight in life.

     2. There is a science to walking that everyone can discover for themselves when done with awareness, feeling oneself, exploring the sensations and messages of the body and playing with different styles of walking. I definitely have learned a lot about myself while walking and as well as transformed issues shown by the body, pondered on and processed during walking.

        1. Yes I have experienced this too, Alex. If I get a sore hip whilst walking now, I stop and ponder on what I had been thinking, or whether I was in a rush or drive -then I let that go…and my pain also goes.

257. This is such a beautiful sharing. The power and beauty of your experience of walking deeply connected with you, is a healing for all who reads it.

258. I know what you mean Anne, by walking in presence. It’s a bit like playing a musical instrument. When you try to think where you have to put your fingers you can’t play fast enough because your brain just can’t respond fast enough. You have to turn off your brain and let your body move your fingers and if you have practiced the piece then viola your body takes over and plays the music perfectly. Walking in presence is when you disconnect the brain and let your legs do the walking all by themselves.

     1. Beautifully expressed Nicholas. I love the analogy you use of playing a musical instrument. This will stay with me. As will this: ‘Walking in presence is when you disconnect the brain and let your legs do the walking all by themselves’.

     2. Beautiful Nicholas I couldn’t agree more. Switching off our brains and let our legs do the walking. Love it thank you.

     3. I love this, Nicholas! Disconnecting the brain (and hence the myriad of little thoughts) and letting your legs walk by themselves…and feeling your legs as they do the action.

259. The awesomeness of just walking in presence is nearly indescribable. I am blessed to read it written in such a beautiful way, Anne. To me that’s plain joy, better than the best movie, disneyland, Christmas and birthday together.

     1. Thank you, Felix. I love the way you describe walking in presence being better than the best movie, Disneyland, Christmas and birthdays -so true! There is nothing that distracts us or makes us feel emotional.

260. The way we walk is so simple, yet overlooked by many. I love Anne how you show how effortless walking with connection and presence can be. When I walk this way, it feels like great medicine to me.

     1. Walking being considered medicine – love it.

261. I once read a buddhistic saying: “Our problem is that when we sit, we actually already stand, when we stand, we actually already walk, and when we walk, we actually are already there.” That’s truly how I was. And the beauty to me in walking me is that I do not have to recollect myself when I arrive where I was going because I’m constantly present with me. So the way I walk effects how I act after arrival.

     1. Beautiful how you describe what affects our movements beforehand have. I absolutely agree- every action leads to another action.

        1. Lovely Steffi. Same as not acting or being passive. That as well leads to another “action”. It’s as well a choice to not do anything.

     2. That is very beautiful what you share here Christinahecke. It’s true, it is not about the recollecting of yourself when we arrive, but all the way to that arrival. And that how we walked to that (so called ‘end’ point) tells us everything about the quality of our next movement. Pretty amazing !

262. Walking changed for me too- how I place my feet now on the ground and how my mind is with my body changed completely. To observe everything around me and connect to nature always feels like medicine.

     1. I can very well relate to that steffihenn. I never would have guessed that this seemingly slight difference between absorbing or observing what is around me would in fact change my life. Staying with me has does make life so much simpler and more joyful every day :o)

263. A miracle YES Anne, it is incredible what the body is capable of when we are truly connected not just ‘trying’ as you discovered.

264. My intent to walk has changed considerably since meeting Serge Benhayon. I would walk to lose weight or to keep fit. I never enjoyed walking I just looked forward to it being finished. Now I love to walk as it is time I can be with me in nature, observe the magic of God all around me and bask in the glory of the day.

265. “I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me.” This is very true Anne. I know when I go walking, if I am not with me, I have completed the walk, got back home and could remember hardly any of the walk. Staying with me when walking brings a better quality to the walk and actually energises me.

266. I recognise the drive and push I once had when I walked, focussed on what was ahead and constantly in my head. I was never with myself as I walked. Learning to walk with me and connect to all around me brings joy to walking.

     1. Yes I can agree to that. It is that when I walk myself I feel joy and love in my body and all around me. This is beautiful.

267. I really enjoyed reading how you can change a walk to be about presence and no end goal.
     I have recently started to feel more as I walk around, and my body has a lot to say. It is fantastic to start to be aware of this.

268. ‘I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything!’ This is great, and Carolien Braakenburg’s comment about being aware of ourselves and where we are at, allowing for continuing deepening honesty with ourselves is a beautiful addition to this.

269. Isn’t it amazing the things we can put on our selves? The pressure expectations and impositions on our body? Wether they are beliefs about being fit, or slim, or walking in the ‘right’ way ..i even found that walking ‘being present’ is a pressure i put on myself that keeps me from that lovely deep connection in which we can feel and connect with all there is at the same time.

270. Anne, thank you for bringing my awareness to everything around me as I walk. I love walking and very often I am so focused on the connection with myself and whether I am in my head that I pay little attention to that which is going on around me. It is beautiful to feel this equality and the timing is perfect as I am about to go for a walk.

271. Thanks Anne, that was a beautiful blog.

272. Wow…This is true confirmation of walking with presence in your body.

273. A couple of years back I had a similar experience when I had sciatica and couldn’t get up the stairs, I would become very present and climb the stairs gently and found I could climb with ease and pain free. It does seem that if we take the push and the drive out of our walking there is an ease within the body and that there is more energy with less effort.

274. Thank you Anne – what a treasured moment witnessing the beautiful bird display. “walking ‘me’ (in presence/stillness) affects everyone I meet on the walk”, so true and not just on the walk, we are affecting those around us all the time in every moment everywhere we are.

     1. Anne I agree with you…it would of been gorgeous to see the bird display…magic of god. It’s everywhere. I loved what you said about how we are affecting people around us all the time…so true.

275. This is so cool, thank you for sharing the quote by Hippocrates. The simple truths are the most profound.

276. What a magical display those lovely birdies put on for you Anne. The magic of God is indeed present always, if only we took more notice. I feel inspired to pay more attention to everything when walking, rather than staring at my feet ‘trying’ to be present.

277. This is beautiful to read I felt like I was walking with you Anne. I also find that when I walk with full awareness I can feel the magic of God all around me and my walk is effortless, it really is like stillness in motion.

278. Anna what a lovely sharing, nature is always a wonderful reflection for us all and offers so much when we choose to be aware of its magic, which is the magic of God.

279. This is beautiful Anne and I love the way you described the stillness that you felt. It feels so beautiful to go about our day with a connection to our bodies rather than trapped away in the mind with the body on auto pilot. It gives me a very warm and yummy feeling inside when I choose to walk and move with presence.

     1. Beautifully said Bianca and oh so true.

280. What a beautiful walk. I am inspired.

281. Anne I love the fact that while being truly connected to yourself you may inspire others around you to be in their own presence as well. Beautiful.

282. Thank you for writing this. It is so true, and it explains why and how things occur while exercising, even though we are doing something ‘healthy, to stay fit’! It is gorgeous that even with this in mind it is still very important how we are exercising – walking, fitness training, flying or standing still and stretching legs. I love how it is all coming back to our body – and the relationship we have with it. Time for more presence while I do my exercise – the whole and real me, with my mind on what I am moving (body wise). Cool read!

283. Thank you Anne. Walking in conscious presence with acceptance of all that you are while enjoying nature all around and meeting people is so much more than a walk.

284. who would settle for walking with pain when you can walk with acceptance like you are describing here in your blog Anne!? It can be an easy pick

285. Feeling myself and the magic of what is around while walking is stunning. I cant stand it when I am caught up in my head and not feeling when I am walking anymore! It is such a tangible difference. I have loved learning how to reconnect with my body and with life through Universal Medicine, the beauty I was missing or do miss if I am just thinking is incredible.

286. There is so much healing that can occur when we choose to be with our body.

287. It has taken me some time to really stay consciously present with myself when walking rather than off somewhere else in my head entirely missing the great beauty around me, and in me. Pain in my hips or legs also showed me “not the right way J” especially when walking with an agenda or drive. Its amazing how you can free yourself from pain with these simple tools and an awareness of the body. Great blog Anne, thanks.

288. Beautiful and wise sharing Anne. I love how the simplicity of how feeling our body and keeping our mind with what our body is doing is us healing ourselves and being all we are.

289. Thank you Anne for sharing the beauty of simply being present in the body and walking all of you as one with yourself and all that is around you. A wonderful way to feel the love of God everywhere.

290. Thanks Anne, walking with me and being aware of everything that’s around me allows me to fully connect to my body but also to something bigger than me and in that I can feel how everything is interconnected to the same source, so the quality that I choose to move my body in has a direct impact on the whole, that is powerful.

291. A great confirmation that when we walk with presence we are more connected to everything around us. Walking with myself to the train station yesterday, brought an awareness of the beautiful birdsong that accompanied me on my walk.

292. Wow, great sharing that shows how much truth lies in connection and body presence. Very awesome.

293. It is such a wonderful yet natural experience when we actually feel our own presence and the beauty and warmth it brings. Thank you for sharing Anne.

294. Great sharing of the power walking present with ourselves and from there the world.

295. Conscious presence while walking can change the world indeed. Great sharing.

296. Well said Anne and thank you for an inspirational blog. A lovely reminder of walking in presence.

297. Very inspiring Anne and a great reminder that as I walk to stay present and connected to my body. Thank you.

298. A great article a great lesson for all to share.

299. As Chris pointed out, Hippocrates’ “Walking is man’s best medicine”, makes so much sense, as when we connect to our bodies and walk we connect to God and the all.

300. I have always loved walking Anne, and being in nature or observing life, but Serge Benhayon has taken this simple daily ritual to a deeper level of awareness for me, and now I am feeling how supportive and beneficial it is for my well-being, how precious are stillness and harmony.

301. This is a remarkable sharing Anne miraculous yes!

302. It is great to appreciate the magic of God has no boundaries and how that outside us can be one with that within. Thank you Anne for sharing this it feels important and something that can be practical and lived.

303. I really enjoyed your explanation on the ripple effect of inspiration. From your one choice to ‘walk with yourself’, and you suggested may inspire someone else to do the same and enjoy all the benefits you have described… well isn’t that the magic of God also.

304. Anne miracles happen when we are with ourselves. Being with ourselves acts like a key to anther dimension. When we are not with ourselves that dimension stays hidden and unreachable. When we bring ourselves into the now then it actually changes our experience of life. That is why we have been constantly distracted by things on the outside because it has been an attempt to keep us from knowing who we truly are. We are the field of God, no less x

305. Lovely Anne, your blog reminded me how much lighter and more spacious my body feels when I let go all of the push and drive to get things done, including going for a walk.

306. This really is amazing what you have shared here. I’ve had similar experiences with walking – there was always a drive in it or a desired outcome to ‘get fit’ or ‘lose weight’. When I bring it back to being still and present with me, the feeling of moving completely with myself is absolutely joyful.

307. I can relate to your experience. I too have / used to have a drive. I relate it both in the past and present tense, as it is far less now, but still present on occasions. Or I become aware of subtle levels of drive engrained in my body. The acceptance walk has helped me to truly walk with me, nothing to do nor go to. Just walking with no destination, time pressure – just moving the body step by step, experiencing me being with me. The walk helps me to take it into my day as a marker. Not to get caught in the drive, push, doingness and variations of these. Then walking through life becomes a deeply loving act of stillness and joy.

308. Isn’t it amazing that by just changing your approach and awareness around your daily walk, that you can actually now walk pain free? I would call that a living miracle.

     1. A true miracle indeed, I agree Jo.
        Thank-you Anne for this beautiful description. The awareness of what it is to be consciously present in one’s body has been one of the greatest gifts I have received from the teachings of Serge Benhayon and work of Universal Medicine. I love how you’ve shared that your awareness of everything around you expands also – I’ve found this too. And the way in which I do most everything in life has transformed so markedly, I find it hard to relate today to the levels of ‘push’ and nervous tension I was so used to in the past that I thought it simply ‘normal’. I never could have imagined that one day my deepening commitment and dedication to being present with ‘what I do’ and ‘how’ I do what I do, from my body, would lead to the point of feeling Joy in most every task of the day – yes, for real, and miraculous beyond words…

309. That is a good lesson for me Anne, appreciation of Nature and the magic of God helps me to connect to the stillness and presence within me and I feel like I am home again.

310. Anne, what you have expressed was so lovely as I could feel just being in the moment, not trying to be something, you were able to really walk with you. Thank you for your sharing and taking me on a most memorable walk.

311. Hello Anne, how cool is it that we can connect to ourselves just by doing something as simple as walking in the right energy

312. Anne, this blog is a lovely confirmation of the joy of being in the body. You recognized the magic of God that constellated for you in that moment. Thank you for sharing your enjoyment with us.

     1. Beautifully said Lee!
        ‘He is ever present with us in ever way’
        You are totally true in saying we are the ones who must be present in every action and in every way because if we don’t take responsibility to feel the divine love of ourselves through the quality we choose, then how can we feel God who is Love and that quality.

313. Something we learn to do with much expectation from the family – walking – becomes so known to us as we develop and grow we barely give it a second thought. Reconnecting to ourselves allows us to feel that we can be present in every action – even moving from A to B – fully aware and completely present with each step. How lovely that when we do this we are walking with God and he is ever present with us in every way.

     1. beautifully expressed Lee we are walking with God and he is ever present with us in every way’

314. That is beautiful Anne, thank you so much :).

315. Anne I have really enjoyed re-reading your blog. Walking is such a powerful tool that we can use to help us to re-connect with our body and it is a great one for that as we are always doing it. I’m bringing more and more awareness to how I am when I walk. Am I walking with drive to get somewhere? Am I walking for cardio exercise and therefore walking to achieve something? Or am I walking simply to enjoy being with me as you have described in your article? The latter is the more joyful one and deeply healing as you have shared.

316. This is a wonderful demonstration Anne, of the power of being in the present. Why do we find such a simple thing so hard to do? Yet once we surrender to the glory of the moment it’s the easiest place to be. We can all long to come back home to the simplicity of being in the body.

317. It is so true Anne the mind will continue to wonder taking us into our thoughts and away from the presence. For me, conscious presence in what I am doing with my body is vital for a harmonious life and if I get distracted from this, my body certainly lets me know!

318. It is remarkable for me to feel that I actually walk in different ways, depending on which energy I am in at that moment. I feel the stiffness, the robot-like actions and the pain that comes from moving with no connection to me, thinking about a myriad of things all at the same time. I have learnt that there is a different way of walking, one that is gentle with my body, smooth and silky, one that invites me to be with me when walking and not in my head trying to solve the many problems I think I may have. When walking with me I stand tall, I am not slouching with the weight of the world on my shoulders. In fact the world is opening up to me as I move forward. I feel what is around me and feel the joy that comes from being a part of that.

319. It is remarkable for me to feel that I actually walk in different ways, depending on which energy I am in at that moment. To feel the stiffness and robot like actions, and the pain that comes from moving with no connection to me, thinking about a myriad of things all at the same time. I have learnt that there is a different way of walking. One that is gentle with my body, smooth and silky, one that invites me to be with me when walking and not in my head trying to solve the many problems I think I may have. When walking with me I stand tall, I am not slouching with the weight of the world on my shoulders, in fact the world is opening up to me as I move forward. I feel what is around me and feel the joy that comes from being a part of that.

320. That’s awesome Anne – the interesting thing that I have noticed when I go for walks is that very often at some point during the walk I will feel wonderful within myself and really enjoy the nature around me, but I generally have found it a struggle to hold this throughout the whole walk, especially towards the end. It’s like I allow myself to get distracted with what is to come next (the preparing of lunches and school bus drop offs and then the drive to work etc etc) – it is like this all creeps in. Or at times I have experienced like a sense of dullness or sadness towards the end of my walk – what I realise now in writing this is that all too often I allow the thoughts of what is to be done after the walk to come in and take me away from the moment, and in doing so the sadness kicks in because I am ‘missing’ being in the moment with all that it brings. Something to ponder on and observe more!

321. Yes, yes yes – thank you Anne, your words are exactly what I needed to hear. I hadn’t thought of it like this before but it is true – the times I am with myself and with everybody and everything around me at the same time, are the times when I feel the most ‘me’ in life, the most joyous and light. But when I try to be connected to myself in isolation to everything else it is a real struggle to keep my body and mind aligned. This is a huge revelation and a key for me to more easily sustain my ‘conscious presence’.

322. I can relate to this Anne, when fully present in my body I not only walk with me with all that I am but I am also in connection with the beauty around me, people, nature, the magic of god and this all is reflecting to me that I am connected with everything around me, that I am not a stand alone individual, but that I am part of a grander total living that is perfectly orchestrated. Realising and allowing myself to feel being part of this grandness brings me a joy that I have never felt before.

323. Beautiful to read this Anne, I can so relate to ‘trying’ to release the tension in my body when walking. I too have found that the key is conscious presence and staying connected to my body and to nature, as well as other people, animals, the sky and everything around me. It’s about engaging and letting go. Thanks for sharing your powerful experience and how you let go of the pain without trying.

324. So simply stated, that to be in connection and presence with your body is to “to walk with themselves – in a loving way for their bodies.” A testimonial for the true benefits of walking with you.

325. Self acceptance is powerful. To feel ‘where I am at’ in terms of my body and my life and then ‘walk the real me’ allows every thing else to fall away.
     This walk is such a practical tool, I love it.
     Thanks Anne for ‘Talking your Walk’ 🙂

326. I love this too, to walk in acceptance and appreciation further deepens my awareness. Stillness with the motion is what I’m working on in walking and everyday life at the moment.

327. Anne, I love the link between having awareness in relation to stillness, which then brings a further deepened awareness. And I agree how it is amazing and medicinal going for a walk, to help bring us back to the body and our surroundings, and that this communicates how inter-connected everything is, and with us in it.

328. I am really starting to appreciate my surroundings as I walk whereas in the past I would tend to mainly walk to get exercise before moving onto the next thing I had to do in my busy day. It is a lovely experience and one I am working on deepening. Thank you Anne for sharing your experiences.

329. This is a beautiful account of what is possible when we are present, connected and walking who we are.

330. I love walking too Anne, and I have missed some days recently when it has been raining. I really notice the difference this routine makes to my day. Noticing how my body feels, and looking at the trees or waves, listening to the sounds of waves and birds, all these simple pleasures are so healing when we are consciously present and not in the “should” mode.

331. Anne, it was an amazing experience reading your blog. As you talked about the warmth, the glow and the stillness in your body, I also started to feel them – then noticed that I was not quite connected with myself and what I was feeling wasn’t quite mine. So, I connected, and continued reading. It was just amazing. Just like the walk you described. I could feel and accept more of myself, and what I was reading. Really awesome. Thank you.

332. This is a beautiful inspirational blog Anne, thank you
     I just loved the way you expressed the insight, wisdom and experience you had whilst walking;
     “I could feel the stillness inside my body: it felt like a warmth, a glow. I could feel the warm glow in my whole body, but especially around the area of my heart. When I started to walk again I could still feel the stillness and the glow, and it felt like I was taking that radiance with me and spreading it to all I met. I discovered that I was really enjoying connecting with the people I met on my walk, and that I was really enjoying being with my body walking, and being with ‘me’, in connection with all of myself”

333. I find that walking is often a great way to press the reset button if I have got a bit lost in my thoughts, it helps me return to my body and build that appreciation of all that is around me

334. This is so lovely Anne, I have been wanting to start walking again and started last week, it feels lovely to have read your blog as I’m starting to re-imprint my morning routine.

335. Great sharing. I can relate to the drive and rush which often also gets in my way of walking. What a difference when the walk is in stillness. Lovely reminder for me to feel me in full and everybody and everything around me today.

336. It’s a beautiful thing you show in this blog, it is all about being aware. And having a connection to all and everyone around us.

337. Thank you Anne. A few months ago I had the same pain, although it was radiating through my lower back and all the way down my left leg to my ankle, in the groin area and in my hip. This lasted a few months, and pretty much had me get out of my rhythm of walking. Whilst I knew that my body was trying to tell me something, I didn’t quite know what it was, especially as I know there is always something going on for my body to clear. I had some esoteric connective tissue therapy to help unlock the tension which did help and I no longer feel the intense pain, although there is still a bit of discomfort occasionally. I will be more present when I’m walking next and pay attention to how my body feels.

338. The ‘Acceptance Walk’; I did this in a group at the Esoteric Healing Level 2. I didn’t realise walking was part of our expression, I have always walked to get from A to B and mostly in a disconnected way, not present with my body at all. During the group work of doing the ‘Acceptance Walk’ it was the first time in my life I felt Joy-Full in walking. It was the first time I allowed myself to fully appreciate and feel JOY. I felt my legs getting lighter and lighter, my whole body tingling with joy from head to toe. It was like every part of my body was being activated again. I felt so amazing, the incredible lightness and joy was pulsating throughout my body, it was expanding and expanding and I thought I was going to lift off the ground! This was a marker for me, confirmation that it is safe to allow myself to feel joy and no longer have to hold back or to be afraid to fully express ‘me’.

339. Walking is a beautiful way for me to bring myself back to me and my body. I find when the busyness kicks in, if i take myself for a walk I am able to reconnect to my body and change that rhythm. Walking is so supportive and joyful.

340. A wonderful blog Anne. A miracle that you can walk without pain simply by maintaining conscious presence, and it’s beautiful the reflection we get from nature.

341. Thanks Anne great blog. walking is a beautiful way for me to check in, to walk in my rhythm is a joy to be in my body and out in the world.

342. Wow Anne, I loved reading about this magical walk you took and what you learned. I find when I have lost the connection to myself and connect to nature, to its beauty and wonder, it automatically connects me back to me. The beauty and wonder around us is a reflection of what’s within. Beauty itself is a truth, a truth we also hold within us.

343. Recently I have turned my awareness much to the way I walk at work. I have found that on the days I am pushed to be ahead of where I am at, my stride shortens, my hips lock up, and I kind of shuffle along with my arms barely moving. On the days I remain present, my walk is much more genuine, and I find my clarity is much better to handle what the day brings.

344. Inspiring to read about your walking. I recognize the wandering of the mind whilst walking. And I know how it feels when I am present with my body. The walk becomes a flow, joyful to be with me, my body and just enjoy the walk.

345. Like you Anne, I love to walk and enjoy the process of walking ‘me’, using it as my marker if I am not feeling connected with myself, and allowing the ‘acceptance’ walk to help bring me back. Also when I am consciously present it is then also I see the magic of god in my surroundings, a bird, butterfly, feather. It is so amazing to see these reflections, but so easy to miss them too. So goes the continuing unfolding each and everyday, to be with me, connect to that essence and feel that in full.

346. Inspiring article. I’ve struggled to stay connected while walking over the years but have been committed to this process. I have some lovely markers to work with. When I have been present it really is amazing how lovely my body and surroundings feel.

347. Isn’t it gorgeous how nature gives that to us in reflection.
     And yes, very hard to not let the mind wander off, even when you try so hard.

348. I enjoyed reading you blog thank you Anne. Connection to the animals, surroundings I also find helps with my own presence; this is wonderfully told in your sharing.

349. That’s so beautiful Anne what you have shared about this “miracle”…when the hurt of “not being me” ends, also the body stops hurting.

350. Walking me is an absolute joy and so much fun and I love practising it every day! Thank you Anne for sharing your Magic of God moment and your appreciation for what we have been shown with the acceptance walk.

351. A beautiful read Anne. It does feel amazing to walk in connection with yourself. I always find the connection with everything around you flows on from that – animals do amazing displays of joy & people smile at me as I walk past! Just beautiful 🙂

352. Learning to walk me and appreciating the power that comes with the me connecting to my stillness is huge, I too have gone from walking with hardness and not being able to appreciate what’s around me to walking and truly appreciating with the beauty of the world.

353. Like everything in life, walking has the potential to become just an habitual exercise, it becomes the ‘doing’ rather than the ‘being’. Having re-read your blog Anne, I find this a timely reminder to stay present with myself and appreciate all the wonders of the Magic of God.

     1. Well said Tim, it is all about doing things with intent, to choose ‘being’ over ‘doing’.

354. Inspiring blog, Annne. I particularly liked your description of staying connected to yourself and by so doing, how you stay connected to everything around you. The level of healing that is there to be derived from something we take for granted and do every day is pretty magical when we have that connection.

355. Simple practical steps to stay present and enjoy everything around … from which miracles happen. Thank you Anne.

     1. A great comment Ruth and something we all deserve to know.

356. Gorgeous Anne, walking in connection with everything around, while walking you, I’ll take that awareness into my next walk. Thank you.

357. Lovely sharing Anne, thank you, this feels really supportive for me to read, ‘I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything!’

     1. It is true Rebecca and this brings about a natural enjoyment with oneself while walking which simply supports to remain present.

358. I loved re-reading your blog again Anne, and by appreciating everything around you made so much difference to your walk and to the pain in your right leg. It can be so easy to focus on the pain and forget the beauty that is all around us and how expansive and freeing this feels.

359. A lovely explanation of how you came back to being present without ‘trying’. Observing with what is around you and so becoming present naturally.

360. hi Anne, this really is a miracle! To be able to walk without pain just from staying connected with your body and everything around you. I find that when I am walking and I start to observe nature and soak it all up, all my niggles and worries melt away and I start to enjoy life again. How simple yet very profound.

     1. This is true Susan and a very profound realisation indeed. Knowing that you have the power to change how you feel in the moment is something that we all have access to and simply letting yourself be you and enjoy each moment is a very important part of living each and everyday.

361. Great practical description of how it is a real tangible feeling in our bodies when we are truly connected to our inner essence or inner heart. It is an experience which can only be suppressed or ignored but hard to deny.

     1. Correct Andrew, and to suppress this takes much energy and causes the body to become very tired so in turn, does not make logical sense to deny it.

     2. Very well said Andrew – a very practical blog.

     3. So true, Andrew. When we are connected we cannot deny that feeling in our body, but we can suppress it and numb it with choices we make, which are often even more tiring and exhausting.

362. Many times I have walked with a weight on my shoulders, feeling as if I am weighted down. This blog is a great reminder that there is so much more to feel and be aware of that is far FAR grander and magical than my seeming burdens. Something I will be aware of as I go for my walk today, thank you.

363. Great blog Anne and a lovely reminder of the acceptance walk, as we appreciate the connection to ourselves and nature, the magic Is there for all of us to feel.

364. A lovely, inspiring blog, Anne. It is a great reminder of the acceptance walk, to put aside the ‘drive’ and instead stay connected with oneself.

365. So beautiful and inspiring Anne.

     I too have had pain which often tortured me when working (in my shoulder/neck) for many years!…and have discovered that the instant I choose to re-connect to my body -get my mind present with what I’m doing and feeling- the pain goes away completely; sometimes all it takes is one gentle breath.

     When chronic pain goes away like this it is a miracle. Simple, easy and miraculous…the hard part is remembering/believing that it is easy and just making that choice to re-connect! I now understand that the pain is there to correct me; to bring me back to a more harmonious place, because if I continued on in a disconnected way I wont be living ME and it will bring my body harm.

366. A lovely blog Anne, thank you. In a world where so many people feel they have to push hard to get rid of pain it is great to read of your experience where being present with yourself and connected to your body when you were walking allowed you to walk without pain. What a great story to share in pain clinics, GP surgeries and physio clinics all over the world.

367. ‘I can now walk without pain – a miracle? Yes!’ – What an incredible turnaround Anne, thank you for sharing.

368. Anne, when you say, “I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything!” , I can really identify with this statement. Once I manage to clear my head of all unnecessary thoughts and worries, which seem always to try and present themselves and spoil my walk, everything becomes much more enjoyable.

369. Hearing, rather than listening for the birds when I am out walking is a great marker for me. When I find that I am aware of the birdsong I often feel an expansion just afterwards, as I acknowledge their presence, and then I become more aware of the beauty all around.

370. Just re-reading the blog Anne and it reminded me just how beautiful those moments of seeing the magic of God are. Embracing the moment and accepting it as a gift and truly feeling that in the body is awesome and brings about miracles. Thanks for the inspiration.

371. A beautiful blog Anne and reminder of the wonder and beauty that is around us all the time if we are open to this magic 🙂

372. I loved reading this blog again, reminding me to accept and appreciate myself more. I can still make myself wrong and/or berate myself which is a harmful judgement – just taking me further from myself. Stopping and practicing the acceptance walk is a very lovely way to reconnect and be with myself again.

373. Lovely blog Anne. I had a similar experience with birds where 30 or so pigeons flew in circles about 2 feet above my head. Knowing I had just felt the magic of God, and it was all for me, was a very precious moment and one that I will appreciate forever.

374. This is such an awesome blog. I love the attention to the little things, the detail. One thing that always brings the magic of god into my awareness is the little things. I am also SO aware of the drive and push that resides within my body. Staying present to everything around me is so vital. When I am present I truly feel like my breath is cool, clear and crisp. Like that morning you describe but all the time. I walk the streets of London everyday, and I know that my walk brings me pain that I ignore so regularly. Why? Reading this blog brings up the playfulness and enjoyment available in listening to what your walk tells you. That’s it pavement, prepare to meet “me”…

375. Thanks for the clarity in this blog. I love to walk, and there are times when I find it hard to stop my mind from wandering, and I often focus on the way my legs are moving. When I notice what is going on around me, usually some thing in nature, like a bird or butterfly, then I feel more alive, I sort of melt and feel joy. I can now see the difference of just ‘trying’ to focus on my legs which does help a little when I’m stuck in my head, or feeling stressed about something, but when I’m aware of and appreciating nature, it feels easy to be feeling my body, and not a trying.

376. Anne, ​your blog ​shows ​me​ how complicated ​I​ can make the simplest thing such as walking. How many tensions can arise when ​I ​walk with ​my​ mind elsewhere and ignore what is around ​me​​?​ You bring a new understanding about what focusing and being with ​myself​ and walking with ​myself​ means. ​I can now see that f​ocu​​sing doesn’t mean “trying” to be present!

377. I have just re-read your lovely piece Anne and it has inspired me to go out
     and just enjoy a good walk!

378. This is lovely Anne and such an inspiration to be more aware of everything around me when I walk as well as feeling me since the two reflect each other. Thanks

379. Thanks Anne I so enjoyed reading your story. I am off for my morning walk soon and I’m looking forward to it even more, now that I read your blog. I’ll be so much more aware of myself and what is around me as sometimes I lose focus and forget why I am walking in the first place.

380. I loved reading this Anne, thank you.

381. Thank you so much Anne for a formidable article. Walking with me is indeed a magical tool. Just being is enough.

382. A magical account Anne! I can just imagine how witnessing the spectacular flying
     display brought about your transformation. When nature has so much to offer, all distractions, including mobile phones,
     seem superfluous”.

383. Hi Anne, I really enjoyed reading your blog. I loved what you wrote about effortlessly staying in your body without “trying” to be present and I could feel how when we are totally present we can feel the magic in us and the ripple effect out to everyone else.

384. Thank you Anne for your blog, truly amazing!

385. I agree Ryan.

386. Hi Anne, I can totally relate to your blog as a couple of years ago I had sciatica and felt pretty sorry for myself. Every time I got up and walked around I was in agony; then one day I thought, what if I walked very gently and be very present with my walking? – so I gave it a try and the results were amazing. For the first time in weeks I could walk around and walk up the steps pain free but I had to get to the point where there was ‘no push’ and if there was a slight bit of ‘going ahead of myself’, I would feel my back twinge.

     I love the way our bodies remind us to re-connect and be present, even if it is through pain.

387. Thank you Anne for sharing. I feel in what you have written such warmth and harmony and as I do so I feel that in myself.

388. A beautiful sharing and illustration of how healing walking can be. Thank you Anne.

389. I loved reading this blog – so simple, and a beautiful reminder to both connect with me, and the magic that is all around me.

390. Awesome Anne. I relate to what you are saying. I used to think walking was something you did to get somewhere when it was too short a distance to drive in the car and as you mention it would be something I did at speed without paying too much attention to my body. I have now built a more loving relationship with walking and a more loving relationship with my body which now includes walking as a time to be with me and feel my body and appreciate not only myself but the beauty that surrounds me.

391. Yes the beauty and wonder around us at all times is a great reminder of why it is so amazing to actually be present! It is a miracle that you have no hip pain when the experiment you have done is so simple and so empowering for anyone who suffers pain. And a clearly joyful experience, a win win!

392. A great reminder of walking in presence , thank you Anne

393. Wow Anne, that is amazing, thank you for sharing this heavenly experience. I found it really helpful where you wrote that “I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything!” – beautiful!

394. Loved reading your blog Anne. I never saw the point in walking for walking sake but now walk in a nearby woods every morning before work, it sets me up for the day. Your blog was a good reminder for me, that when I started walking I used to have quite a bit of pain in one of my hips but don’t any longer. Also a miracle.

     1. There is real wonder in the stories of people whose pain has disappeared by staying present in their activities of daily living. This is the kind of news that is worthy of some study, remarkable really when we stop and think about it.

        1. Awesome and amazing that these miracles happen with so much simplicity. Connect to self, feel better.

395. I loved reading of what our presence brings us and what we take out to the world. A beautiful blog Anne

     1. Well said Stephen, recently feeling the importance of walking during a Universal Medicine event has reminded me of just how enjoyable it can be. And I love the way that Anna Scott in the blog also reminds me that it starts with the presence of me, in my walk and in what I’m doing.
        A great article I will be reading again!

396. A beautiful blog thank you Anne. I love your description of connecting with nature and everything around you which in turn connects you to the magical stillness which is within our bodies. I can deeply relate to this as the stillness of nature reflects the corresponding stillness within. So beautiful to feel thank you.

397. Anne, Thank you for this piece of writing, I really love the sweetness in your expression here.

398. This is beautiful Anne, thank you for sharing. 🙂 I’ve had similar experiences with the magic of god helping put me right back in my body and it’s an exquisite feeling!

399. Thank you Anne. I love the simplicity of your blog, and it reminds me of what an amazing tool/support walking is, as it provides us with such magnificant opportunities to connect to ourselves, our bodies, nature and God.

400. How beautiful to truly feel the magic of God in this way, through nature’s reflections and your walking with true presence.

     1. Indeed, really beautiful and and joyful. I recently had a similar experience to Anne’s with the birds. I saw a deer when I was out walking at dusk, and stopped and just looked at it, and it looked back at me, for what seemed like quite a while. I felt and acknowledged the magic of God in the presence of the deer, right there, just near my house. When I looked away, everything I could see looked so beautiful, and yet totally normal. They were ‘just’ the things that I see everyday, but all that I could see was beauty. It seemed to me that I got to see the beauty because I had taken the time to stop and connect to me through watching the deer, and by the appreciation of the beauty and magic of the moment.

401. Loved this blog Anne, a wonderful reminder of the magic we bring to ourselves and others when we stay connected and present in our bodies, thank you for sharing.

402. I love your blog thank you Anne, and I have also seen and had to stop and stare at the magic of God when walking. A few years ago, we had had a snowfall in winter, and I went out for a walk. Freshly fallen snow that no-one has trod is always special but this particular morning, the low sun was twinkling across the field, lighting up the whole ground with such a stillness that brought me to my body so I was part of the beauty itself. When I moved again, it was with such a glow, a gentleness and presence in my body. Doing the acceptance walk, walking with all of me, is the reminder of the connection of that glow within.

     1. Wow Gill, it’s no wonder that your glow didn’t melt all the snow 🙂

403. This is Beauty-Full Anne and a true miracle. I can relate to having available the never ending support of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine. The fact that you have been able to heal something that many people have difficulty with is brilliant! I will share your story with others.

404. A beautiful reminder Anne of the acceptance walk, the sheer simplicity and beauty of walking with oneself and how that has a ripple effect as Judith mentioned to all others… I could feel this when I read: “When I started to walk again I could still feel the stillness and the glow, and it felt like I was taking that radiance with me and spreading it to all I met.” Simply Beautiful.

405. I so agree with this description of walking and truly being with oneself. “I was effortlessly staying present with my body without ‘trying’ to be present: my focus was also effortless, as my mind was with what my body was doing and feeling.” This is such a precious connection to have with oneself and then to be the ALL of ourselves with every step we take and in the interactions we share with another. For me it brings to mind the picture of a pebble being tossed into the water and the ripples that go out from there. Our ‘ripples’ can be either from this deep connection from really being with ourselves or in the emptiness that we live without it.

406. Thank you everyone. Gosh, Bernadette, what a lovely insight you gave me that feeling the magic of the birds connected me to my magic. Wow. Thank you. I have had so many other amazing things following on from being able to walk ‘me’. For example, my weight has started to drop off (without changing anything else). As Serge Benhayon presents, when you walk with your real self your body will find its natural shape. Now I have experience of what that means!

407. Thank you Anne, this is deeply inspiring.

408. Simply beautiful and an awesome sharing Anne. Thank you.

409. Thank you Anne, I could feel the magic as you described the birds flying and how that connected you to the magic of who you are too.

410. Hi Anne, I loved reading your blog, especially this part: “I know now that, for me, the key to walking ‘me’ is to stay aware of everything around me, which in turn brings me the awareness of being connected to my body – to the ‘real me’ – which in turn increases my awareness of everything!” Super awesome. Thank you for sharing.

411. Beautiful Anne! Thank you so much for sharing.

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