swing legs swiftly plant heels firmly hold the mind within each stride attend. feel grit underfoot feel each lift feel shin and calf tug to hold you steady as heel rises as foot lifts from sandy path feel hamstrings bend the knee and thigh pull leg in forward flick. step slowly buttocks back abdomen chest and shoulders arms and neck and breath drawn in let out with footfalls all work in shifting harmony whole body walks a counterpoint of many voices. walk slows mind grows quiet dwell in the stillness within that motion. eyes cast earthward sense on arms each passing tree-trunk you see not, nor touch though they touch you. in that stillness all boundaries gone.