My jiyū shūkyō walking practice

Since walking accomplishes multiple goals, I try to take daily walks as often as I can to make progress in several areas of my life. However, my most important goal when walking is to practice my jiyū shūkyō. This means that a walk is an opportunity to:

• Practice faith in my sarili. Listen to my thoughts. Reconnect with my body. Capture poems, lyrical philosophy, or inklings. Rest when necessary.
• Practice faith in my kapwa. Practice an attitude of care toward my kapwa, patience, and pagpaparaya. Practice responding to aggression with genuine care, forgiveness, and nonviolence. Greet people you encounter.
• Practice faith in a cooperative pamayanan. Respect social rules and always consider how my actions affect the many other beings I don't see during the walk.
• Practice faith in nature. Practice being in place. Show respect to animals, plants, and non-living things in nature. Take photographs when I'm called and when appropriate.

To remind me of these practices, I read my prayer before walking.

I end my walk based on steps—usually, within 5,000 to 10,000 steps.