Musings on the trail:
1. Thankful to Shing Shiong and Qi Gong training 11 years ago to teach me how to walk trails using a 70/30 balance of my weight. It keeps me balanced on uneven surfaces.
2. The landscape at the Getty Museum taught me to listen to the sound of water on rocks and their variations
3. Thich Nhat Hanh for teaching me about Mindful Walking
4. Buddhist monks for teaching me Mindful Eating, to slow down and savor each bite as I practice being in the here-and-now in silence and appreciation. Limiting comments to the direct experience.
5. The Santa Monica stairs! All those mornings of repetition built up my tenaciousness.
6. Decades of hiking with my brothers, Nita, Paul, Randy and others
7. "Sure and Steady is my Step" is the mantra I adopted in the Grand Canyon a couple of years ago. I was happy to revive it for these trails. No precarious edges and cliffs, but still many roots and tripping challenges for a naturally clumsy girl like me.
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