Earthwalks for Body and Spirit

A workbook of simple walking exercises to quiet the mind, expand consciousness, and rediscover our sacred relationship with Earth.

• Foreword by Victor Sanchez, author of The Teachings of Don Carlos.

• Includes 45 walking techniques that were developed from the author's work with Huichol Indians of western Mexico.

• Explores the power of moving meditation for achieving new levels of spiritual awareness through connecting with elements of the natural world.

• Includes group and individual exercises.

In Earthwalks for Body and Spirit, a workbook of 45 simple walking exercises, author and workshop leader James Endredy shows us how the act of walking can be a catalyst for personal transformation by teaching us to develop our attention, quiet the mind, expand our consciousness, and rediscover our sacred relationship with Earth. Each of the exercises, many of which are based on the author's work with the traditional indigenous practices of the Huichol Indians of western Mexico, offers step-by-step instructions and comments that will help you to gain the most from the walk. Additionally, the author focuses each group of exercises on a different aspect of transformation-there are walks of attention and awareness; group connection; connection to the nierikas (powers) of Sun, Water, Wind, Fire, and Mother Earth; connection to the energies of animals, trees, and places of power; and finally, as a way of honoring both your new understanding of Self and your deepened relationship with Earth, walks of offering and vision.

Contains 45 walking exercises based on techniques that have been developed from the author's work with traditional indigenous practices of the Huichol Indians of western Mexico. This book teaches us how to use an easy, accessible form of movement, the surroundings of the natural world, and the magic of attention to open our hearts to a rediscovery of our sacred relationships with each other and the Earth.

James Endredy leads workshops throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada and is actively involved in preserving the world's indigenous cultures and traditional sacred sites, such as those of the Huichol Indians of western Mexico.

Victor Sanchez has dedicated his life to the preservation of the traditions of the indigenous peoples of Mexico with whom he has lived for 15 years. He is the author of The Teachings of Don Carlos and Toltecs of the New Millenium and conducts workshops worldwide. He lives in central Mexico.