Coaching practices for Walking Meetings
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- The one-on-ones I do across a desk feel stiff, and the honest stuff and the good ideas never quite come out face to face
- Around mid-afternoon my mood and focus just crater and I keep grinding at the desk trying to push through the fog
- I go for walks but I spend the whole time lost in my own head
- I can never find a separate block of time to practice, but I walk to the car and the train and to lunch every day on total autopilot
- Plain walking has gotten too easy to feel like much of a workout, but I don’t have time for the gym on top of it
Practices that may help
- Walking meetings and conversations
Move one-on-ones and brainstorms onto a walk instead of a table.
Walking for Creativity - Use short walking bouts for energy and mood
Take brief walks to lift energy and mood, not only to hit a step count.
Micro-Workouts (Exercise Snacks), Honestly Explained - Take a weekly awe walk
Walk with the explicit intention of seeking something vast or wondrous — shifting your attention outward rather than inward.
Awe and Well-Being, Made Practical - Everyday integration — using commute and errand walks as practice
Transform a portion of routine walking into meditation by choosing one formal practice element to maintain for the duration.
Walking Meditation, Made Practical - Add load to walks (rucking) for strength and caloric benefit
Carrying a weighted pack while walking multiplies the strength and metabolic demand of each step.
Walking 10,000 Steps: What the Research Actually Shows - Walking kinhin in ordinary settings
Practice the kinhin quality of attention during any walk — commuting, corridors, yard.
Kinhin: Zen Walking Meditation - Batch all meetings onto meeting days
Route all collaboration, calls, and meetings into dedicated days so they don’t fragment the rest.
Theme Days, Made Practical - The awe walk
Take a regular walk with attention deliberately turned outward toward the vast and the wondrous.
Awe Walks, and the Science of Wonder - Walking at a noticing pace
Take a slow walk with attention on the senses rather than on getting somewhere.
Slow Living, Made Practical - Walking snacks throughout the day
Break up prolonged sitting with short 5–10 minute walks every hour to counteract the metabolic harm of sedentary time.
Walking 10,000 Steps: What the Research Actually Shows
Related concerns
- Mindful Walking In Daily Life
Anchor attention to one or two specific sensory channels — foot contact, sounds, or peripheral vision — as a steady returning point.
Grounding through sensory anchors while walking
- Walking For Wellbeing
Walking with intentional attention to vast, novel, or beautiful elements generates awe — which compounds the mood benefits of movement.
Design awe walks that amplify the psychological return of outdoor movement
- Farmer Walk Exercise
Walking with heavy weights in each hand builds grip, core stability, and cardiovascular fitness simultaneously.
Farmer carries for functional grip and total-body strength
- Mindful Walking Practice
Anchor attention to one or two specific sensory channels — foot contact, sounds, or peripheral vision — as a steady returning point.
- Morning Outdoor Walk
Take a regular walk with attention deliberately turned outward toward the vast and the wondrous.
The awe walk
- Phone Free Walk
Leave the phone behind during workouts by using a standalone player or smartwatch — the gym should be a phone-free zone.
Use a dedicated music player or GPS watch during exercise
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