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Walking meditation

Compared in the reviewR9 · 17 full-text papers, 2 abstract-only

At least one paper behind this review states what this option was measured against. That is not a ranking, and this option carries no evidence profile of its own.

Requirements it fills
  • movement-based contemplation
    Contemplative Practice · 6 papers put it here (5 stated, 1 inferred)
  • body-based awareness
    Contemplative Practice · 2 papers put it here
  • open monitoring
    Contemplative Practice · 1 paper put it here (inferred by the extraction, not stated in the paper)
  • focused attention
    Contemplative Practice · 1 paper put it here
How it is performed
  • Focus on feet in contact with the earth to ground in the present moment.

    C. Behan (2020) · Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine · 10.1017/ipm.2020.38
    The benefits of meditation and mindfulness practices during times of crisis such as COVID-19
  • Not specifically described in terms of posture or object of attention.

    Rita Untari, Maharso Adhi Nugroho, Siwi Hastuti (2025) · Jurnal Terapi Wicara dan Bahasa · 10.59686/jtwb.v4i1.253
    Dampak Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) terhadap Stress Ibu yang Mengasuh Anak Berkebutuhan Khusus (ABK)
  • Focus on steps while walking on a treadmill, saying "Budd" and "Dha" in coordination with foot movement. Focus on specific actions like lifting and placing the foot, with increasing detail in stages.

    Felipe Montalva-Valenzuela, Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz, G. Ferrari, J. Adsuar, Natalia Escobar Ruiz, A. Castillo-Paredes (2025) · Psychiatry International · 10.3390/psychiatryint6040122
    Effects of Buddhist Walking Meditation, Walking Meditation or Mindful Walking on the Health of Adults and Older Adults: A Systematic Review
  • Participants walked slowly, focusing on the sensation of each step, often with eyes cast slightly downward.

    C. Robins, S. Keng, A. Ekblad, J. Brantley (2012) · Journal of Clinical Psychology · 10.1002/jclp.20857
    Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on emotional experience and expression: a randomized controlled trial.
Dose

Measured in duration — derived from the review's own dose_and_time prose.

Dose and time, as the papers state it
  • 2 hours

    Gustavo G. Diez, Ignacio Martin-Subero, R. M. Zangri et al. (2023) · PLoS ONE · 10.1371/journal.pone.0283169
    Epigenetic, psychological, and EEG changes after a 1-week retreat based on mindfulness and compassion for stress reduction in healthy adults: Study protocol of a cross-over randomized controlled trial
Equipment

Equipment is a property of the movement and is authored, never derived from the evidence corpus (docs/research/round2/ROUND2_KNOWN_CORRECTIONS.md §1). This option resolves to no catalogue exercise, so nothing has authored it yet.

Level and prerequisites

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Progression and regression

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Who should not do this

The papers behind this option report nothing on contraindications, which is not the same as saying there are none.

Setting, as the studies used it

No row describes the setting.

What the papers compared it with

A paper measuring one option against another does not make the two interchangeable, and it does not say which to choose. These are listed as what the papers did, and nothing here proposes a substitution.

Walking meditation