Colour meditation walks

Give your brain a break and dive into colour...

Hello you!

As I walked the dog recently, I decided to do a colour meditation walk.

This is a really easy way to give yourself some headspace - the aim being that you spend less time with all the petty thoughts and worries and to do list for the day swimming around your head – and more time being present and noticing what’s around you. It’s a great way to set yourself up for a calm day of creativity, positivity and getting sh*t done :)

The way to do it is is simple. Pick a colour and for the length of your walk, focus on that colour and try to spot as many things as you can that are that colour or include it in some way. I always photograph the things I find as to me, taking the time to do this is part of the meditation, I look at the things I am photographing more, appreciate the subtle differences between the colours etc.

Obviously I live in a rural area which on the one hand is very pretty but on the other hand presents challenges – it would be hard for me to do blue for example! Lots of sky! So I tend to pick red, white, brown, green, yellow etc. But in urban areas, whilst they may seem less attractive, there is a lot more scope for colour in signage, clothing, shop fronts, buildings, doors, cars, bikes – you get the idea.

I did pink once when in a town in Croatia and also yellow in London – there is SO much yellow in a city when you start to look!

This time, I picked red. I found that in trying to find red, taking the photos and thinking about the colours, richness of shades, textures, light etc I don’t think about anything else really at all on my walk. And when I got to my office to start the day I felt calm and relaxed.

I have done them at other times of the day too, it’s just something to consider whenever you are walking somewhere, so that could be school runs, the commute, between meetings etc.

You could also turn it into a family activity with younger children at the weekend, either all spotting the same colour or looking for different ones. (We often do this as a photo challenge on day trips now that my son is older, it’s a good way to stop a teen moaning on a walk!)

Here are some of my red pictures. I hope you enjoy them, they are snaps, not carefully constructed or styled images, just things as I found them but I enjoy them anyway.

I hope you decided to try this out, I am sure that you will enjoy it. Another added bonus is that in doing this type of activity you notice and appreciate your surroundings much more too and spot things you would otherwise miss.

With love,

Sarah x