We hike in Marin, an outdoor paradise; where every hike may become your new favorite hike. With over 600 miles of trails, it's a hikers dream and local to the San Francisco Bay Area. An informative description of hikes will be posted when scheduled. Many hikes are chosen from "Hiking Marin" by Don and Kathy Martin.
"Marin Hiking Meditation" is a hiking group in Marin California that combines hiking with meditation. Some of us have meditated for years, but most of us have little or no experience with meditation. Before each hike begins, our organizer Devi Somers CMI certified meditation instructor, will teach the basics of hiking meditation, along with more advanced methods, the psychology and stages of hiking meditation, emphasis will vary. www.devisomers.com
The Exotic Movable Feast
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This feast idea was the inspiration of Mindful Hiker Andrew Di Genova. Here is how it works. We all bring something for ourselves to eat and something to share. I encourage you to bring foods that are unique to your culture or individual tastes. At the midway point in our hike, in a beautiful location, we prepare for our “Exotic Movable Feast”. Then we all share the wonderful exotic foods that each of us brought.
There is a $10.00 donation requested for the teaching and for the extra care that goes into planning each hike. Plus on many occasions there is a parking fee to enter the parks, this fee varies. Carpooling is encouraged to be environmentally conscious, to lesson the impact on parking lots and to share the entrance fee. No one is turned away due to a lack of ability to pay.
Typical Hike Outline:
*Meet and carpool to trail head
*Teaching on Hiking Meditation-emphasis will vary
*Hike-organized for silence and for visiting, with some stops for teachings
*The Exotic Movable Feast
*Hike-organized for silence and for visiting, with some stops for teachings
Hikes take place on random weekdays and Saturdays, please check the schedule.
"Walking Meditation" and "Hiking Meditation" are the same thing. We walk, we hike, with a mindful awareness. It's whole-hearted, concentration in motion. It’s suspending all judgmental thinking and letting words, ideas, images and thoughts pass by without getting involved in them. Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in hilly, mountainous or other scenic terrain areas.
Marin provides the visual splendor and abundant trails which pass through groves of eucalyptus, redwood, oak and fern by creeks and waterfalls, flowers and vistas beautiful as any place on earth. Mindful Hikers, we provide our attention. In hiking meditation we use the experience of hiking as our focus. We become fully mindful of our experience while hiking. We try to keep our awareness involved with the experience of stepping, breath, sight or sound. We are aware of emotions and thoughts while not being carried away by them.
This group is best suited for hikers with some hiking experience or people who are in fair to good condition.
Participants release all initiators and other participants from all liability and each hiker is responsible for their own actions. Our organizer Devi Somers is not a professional hiking guide.
To learn more about Devi Somers go to www.devisomers.com
Sample checklist of what to bring:
Adequate Fluids
Layers of clothes
Sunscreen
Whistle
Hat
Small towel to sit on
Lunch and Snacks
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