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Ompractice Moving Meditations – Get Outside with Reggie (10 min)

Date: March 17, 2025
Host & Guide: Reggie Hubbard (Ompractice)
Episode Focus: Walking meditation for grounding, presence, and connection

Episode Overview

In this 10-minute guided walking meditation, Reggie Hubbard leads listeners outside—whether in nature, the city, or indoors—to practice mindfulness by connecting movement, breath, and the natural world. The episode emphasizes being present with each step, tuning into the senses, and recognizing the support and connection the earth provides, especially during turbulent times.

Key Discussion Points & Guided Practice

The Purpose of Moving Meditation (00:02–01:00)

Reggie challenges traditional perceptions of meditation:
- Many think meditation is “just sitting still and having no connection to anything other than your breath” ([00:17]).
- He reframes meditation as focusing the mind on “something for an extended period of time” ([00:26]).
- Meditation is presented as a unification of “mind, body, and spirit,” fostering “a feeling of peace and connection to something larger than yourself” ([00:35]).

Mindful Walking: Mechanics & Movement (01:00–03:30)

Listeners are invited to start walking and focus on the details:
- “Begin to focus on simply putting one foot in front of the other” ([01:14]).
- Reggie unpacks the mechanics: “Extending one leg, placing the heel, ball, toe, and then noticing the cadence as you extend the next leg, heel, ball, toe” ([01:36]).
Insight: Even something “effortless” like walking is a complex act requiring balance, muscle coordination, and breath ([01:55]).
Instruction for focus:
- “When the mind drifts, bring the focus back to one foot on the ground, then the next foot on the ground” ([02:19]).
- Slow your pace if helpful: “Why you want to rush through this?” ([02:27]).

Shifting Senses: Listening to the World Around (03:30–04:30)

Expanding Awareness:
- Reggie transitions focus from movement to sound: “Begin to listen to some of the sounds in the background... birds are chirping... maybe you hear the wind, maybe you hear nothing” ([03:47]).
Mindful suggestion: “Focusing the mind on another sense. So we focused on walking…it’s a kinetic sense. Now focus on the sense of hearing” ([04:00]).
- Listeners are encouraged to “count the sounds or name them” ([04:16]).

Feeling Supported: Grounding and Mantra (04:30–08:20)

Reflection on Support:
- Reggie asks listeners to consider the ground’s role: “We tend to think about the ground as something that we walk on rather than something that supports us” ([04:33]).
- Spiritual undertone: “With every step you take, focus on the ground supporting you. And maybe even the acknowledgement of the ground is supporting me. Does that bring a sense of relaxation?” ([04:45]).
Memorable Practice & Quote:
- “Repeat to yourself every time you touch the ground: I am supported. I am connected. I am supported. I am connected.” ([05:15])
- “Allowing every step you take and every recitation…to be a gift, to be a blessing to your nervous system, to be a reminder that you are not alone…” ([06:18])
Broader perspective:
- “The solid ground allows us to build upon it. Earth feeds us. Earth allows us to bear witness to his treasures. We don’t always treat Earth the way it treats us.” ([07:00])
- Invitation to gratitude: “Offering gratitude for stable ground you are connected to and supported by in a world that often seems starving for connection and support.” ([07:27])

Returning to the Senses & Closing (08:20–09:30)

Integration:
- Listeners are encouraged to “return to an awareness of sound... birds… the breeze… other noises rounding out your meditative experience with an appreciation of the ground, your ability to walk with it, be supported by it, and all the things you hear.” ([08:43])
Final Blessing:
- “Thank you for participating in this walking meditation. Blessing and peace upon your day.” ([09:25])

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On the essence of meditation:
“The entire goal of meditation is to get the mind to focus on something outside of itself, and in so doing, allow the mind, body, and spirit to become more united and a feeling of peace and connection to something larger than yourself.” — Reggie Hubbard ([00:26])
On walking as mindfulness:
“Focusing the mind on this activity, making it a mindful activity as opposed to a mindless escape.” — Reggie Hubbard ([02:10])
On support:
“With every step you take, focus on the ground supporting you.” — Reggie Hubbard ([04:45])
Affirmation/mantra:
“I am supported. I am connected.” — Reggie Hubbard ([05:20] and several times throughout meditation)
On gratitude for Earth:
“We don’t always treat Earth the way it treats us. So in this moment, offering gratitude for stable ground that you are connected to and supported by.” — Reggie Hubbard ([07:00])

Timestamps of Key Segments

00:02 – Opening, purpose of meditation
01:00 – Mindful walking mechanics
03:30 – Transition to mindful listening
04:30 – Reflection on the ground’s support
05:15 – Introduction of support and connection mantra
07:00 – Gratitude for the Earth
08:20 – Returning to sound, closing the meditation
09:25 – Final blessing

Tone & Experience

Reggie Hubbard’s tone is gentle, caring, and grounding, blending practical mindfulness with spiritual reflection. His guidance is direct yet soothing, often pausing to invite listeners to slow down, notice, and repeat affirming mantras. The guided experience encourages not only physical presence but also emotional and spiritual support, reflecting a desire to link everyday movement with deeper awareness.

In Summary:
This episode is a short, accessible moving meditation that guides listeners through mindful walking, sensory awareness, and feelings of connection and support—ideal for anyone seeking calm and clarity during a walk indoors or outdoors.

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[00:03]
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Peace, health, and blessing be with you. Welcome to Walking Meditations on Om Practice. My name is Reggie Hubbard, and it is my honor to guide you in this meditative experience. Before we get started, I just want to share my theory of meditation, meaning, people think that meditation is just sitting still and having no connection to anything other than your breath. And that is an integral part of meditation. But there are also ways to focus the mind on something for an extended period of time, and that's the goal of this experience, right? So the entire goal of meditation is to get the mind to focus on something outside of itself, and in so doing, allow the mind, body, and spirit to become more united and a feeling of peace and connection to something larger than yourself to be made manifest. So in this experience, it is my hope that through walking and connecting to something bigger than yourself, you can have a good experience, not just from a physical workout, but an opportunity to connect your spirit and breath to something bigger than current circumstance. So let's begin. Hopefully, by now, you've got a good little pace going in your walk, and what I want you to do is begin to focus on simply putting one foot in front of the other. In a previous meditation, I talked about how important it is for us to focus on the mechanics of walking. So let's begin from that basis. So, extending one leg, placing the heel, ball, toe, and then noticing the cadence as you extend the next leg, heel, ball, toe. And just think of all of the ways that balance shifts. Think of the ways that arms are involved, think of the ways that breath is involved, and just become focused on the movement and allow your mind to focus on the effortless movement that seems effortless, but all of the things going along to make this happen. Again, when the mind drifts, bring the focus back to one foot on the ground, then the next foot on the ground. One foot on the ground, the next foot on the ground. And that may mean slowing your pace, because why you want to rush through this. But again, focusing on the cadence of your walk, the shifting of balance from right foot to left foot, the way that the ankles, the knees, all of the muscles and ligaments work in order to make this thing called walking happen. Focusing the mind on this activity, making it a mindful activity as opposed to a mindless escape. Now release your focus on your walking cadence and the benefit of me recording this meditation. Outside, begin to listen to some of the sounds in the background. It's the dawn of spring, so various birds are chirping. You may hear some machinery in the background, but begin to focus the mind now on what you hear. Maybe you hear the wind, maybe you hear nothing. Focusing the mind on another sense. So we focused on walking, which is a kinetic sense. Now focus on the sense of hearing. Another moment here, maybe even counting the sounds or naming them. Now that we focused on our walking mechanics and balance, shifting and sound, I now want you to focus your attention to. We tend to think about the ground as something that we walk on rather than something that supports us. So with every step you take, focus on the ground supporting you. And maybe even the acknowledgement of the ground is supporting me. Does that bring a sense of relaxation? Right. For many of us, the times are tumultuous and it seems like we have no grounding or support. The ground is supporting you now as you walk. So as you are mindful of your cadence, the shift in your balance, what you hear can you now begin to repeat to yourself every time you touch the ground. I am supported. I am connected. I am supported. I am connected. I am supported. I am connected. And again, allowing every step you take and every recitation of being supported or otherwise connected to be a gift, to be a blessing to your nervous system, to be a reminder that you are not alone, a reminder that you are supported in a world that sometimes seems like it isn't supporting you. Again with each step. I'm supported. I am connected. I am supported. I am connected. The solid ground allows us to build upon it. Earth feeds us. Earth allows us to bear witness to his treasures. We don't always treat Earth the way it treats us. So in this moment, offering gratitude for stable ground that you are connected to and supported by. In a world that often seems starving for connection and support. For the remainder of our walking meditation, returning to an awareness of sound. So maybe the birds in the background, the breeze, other noises rounding out your meditative experience with an appreciation of the ground, your ability to walk with it, be supported by it, and all the things you hear. Thank you for participating in this walking meditation. Blessing and peace upon your day.