What changes when an ordinary walk becomes a practice of breath, movement, and awareness?

Drs. Jacques MoraMarco and Yun Kim join Mark V. Wiley to explore mindful walking as a daily practice for vitality, balance, and self-directed wellness. Drawing on their book, Walking Your Way to Vitality, they discuss how East Asian medicine, tai chi, breathwork, and meditation come together through the simple act of walking.

In this episode, we explore:

• How walking becomes a mindfulness practice
• Connecting breath, movement, and intention
• Tai chi animal walks and dynamic balance
• Proprioception—sensing the body's position and movement
• What slowing down reveals about attention and coordination
• Walking meditation and the influence of Thich Nhat Hanh
• Starting where you are and building consistency
• Bringing the qualities of practice into everyday life

The conversation returns to a central question: how does what we practice become part of how we live?

About the guests:
Dr. Jacques MoraMarco and Dr. Yun Kim are practitioners of traditional East Asian medicine and lineage holders of Sun Tai Chi. They coauthored Walking Your Way to Vitality: Integrating Walking, Breathwork, and Mindfulness Into Your Daily Exercise.

Explore Inner Life with Mark V. Wiley:
https://innerlifewithmarkwiley.com/

Explore the book:
https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510784727/walking-your-way-to-vitality/