It helps to have beautiful or interesting places to explore. I’ve always loved walkabouts. But when I moved to where I am now I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the forests and hills, so much bigger than where I grew up.
I find any walk where I’m actively being mindful of interesting or new surroundings really takes me out of myself though. Favorite kind of meditation and, yeah, exercise too!
Walking is such great exercise, hopefully the pain and discomfort reduce and this will help it become more enjoyable. I know I’ve found that as I’ve lost weight the easier it has become, then as stamina builds so the time/distance increases.
I decided to stop drinking about a month after I started training for my first long distance walk. The two things weren’t related but as a result walking has been a big part of my sober journey. It gave me a reason to not drink on the weekend (got to be up early to walk). It gave me lots of opportunities to move and be out in nature which are really important for health and wellbeing. I was doing meditation every day and it gave me the chance to put those lessons into practice. It helped me focus on something positive that I was making happen.
In terms of waiting for it to end… When I am feeling uncomfortable then yes I get that. The right clothes, shoes and snacks help! I find my mind is usually busy when I start a walk. Usually clears anything from 20 minutes to 2 hours in.
I can appreciate how that might be helpful, unfortunately I live in a very flat city area. I do have a river not far from me, that I could walk alongside for hours before it would eventually lead me to a place where there are some big lakes to walk around. I’d really like to be able to do that. I could also drive out of town to some different places once I’m able and have built my confidence up. Thank you for your reply. Keep enjoying the forests and hills 
Hey, thank you for replying. I totally get that moving and nature can be great for wellbeing, I know for sure I’ll benefit a great deal from doing more and more of it. It’s a slow journey, all this healing, and I get frustrated with slow progress/not seeing fast results. I guess I need to meditate more, it had been a few days since I’ve used my Calm app, I’ll get on that tonight. Thank you for the push and the hope that things will get better 
Hey, that’s alright. A good city walk can be great too! Places to trot, people to watch. 
This was actually a bike (to the beach), hike (beach and dunes), and bike (back home) so not sure it qualifies… Posting anyway. It was such a nice day.
Loving this thread. I love walking. I need to get back into it now that I am sober. I’ve been reading about walking meditation…now just need to find a safe place to walk.
Not sure where you’re from friend, I know it can be hard in the USA to find safe places to walk. They are there though. Hope you’ll find some. Walking is meditation in itself yes.
Not really a hike but walked to Lady’s agility class today, about 3.5 miles. All cold and crisp with frost on the ground but blue sky and sunshine too. Perfect walking weather. There’s something so wonderful and pure about taking a really deep breath of really cold air 
Took advantage of a day off and decent weather and went in search of a ruined settlement I had heard about. Took me hours and multiple attempts to follow a poorly hand-drawn map, but I finally found it!
Wow that looks really nice! Great find.
