Walking With the Wind

A Meditative Drawing Exercise

Description

Let nature become your guide in a meditative drawing exercise. Use walking as a metaphor and path-making as a practice in harmony.

Required Tools

  • Long sheet of paper or a scroll or tape together several sheets
  • A soft pencil or pen
  • Natural objects (leaf, twig, feather) for texture or tracing

Participants

2-3 (can be done silently in a group)

Time

8-12 minutes

Instructions

  1. Start at the bottom-left corner of the paper. Imagine your pencil is walking.
  2. Close your eyes for a few seconds. Breathe in and imagine a natural force (wind, stream, roots).
  3. Begin to draw a continuous path across the page. If you feel tension or a break in flow, pause and either:
    • Introduce a natural motif (like a leaf shape, water ripple, or mountain)
    • Change your direction
  4. If your line crosses another, it must slow down add visual detail or symbolic markings like pebbles, footprints, or moss.
  5. Continue "walking" until the page feels full or balanced.
  6. Title your drawing based on a word that came to mind during the process.
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