the first walking meditation we went
down to the beach and I planned to try
to do it and I left my wife and she went
off by herself
and I been tried to stand and close my
eyes and do the walking meditation and
it was him it was very very difficult to
get balance and I couldn't concentrate
because I was too scared that I was
going to fall and walking in sand is one
of the hardest things for someone who
has MS and it's a terrible surface to
walk on and anyway I decided to sit down
and do the meditation sitting down and I
proceeded to to try and walk a little
bit when it came to the walking part and
I just was so slow and shuffling and the
same was just terrible for me and then I
tripped up on a piece of seaweed and I
thought I'll give this away so I
completed that meditation and we went
off for the rest of the day so the next
day we had walking meditation number
five and sitting out so I went down to
the beach with my wife again and I let
her go off to where she went yesterday
and I was told that I could do the
meditation on the boardwalk or the the
decking that was behind the so I didn't
have to walk in the sand and a very kind
volunteer help me walk along the path
and then they said you can go down
there's Metz on the beach and you can
stand there and do the so I went down
the ramp still on that I'm the medicine
and didn't
didn't feel safe there either so behind
me was a little area where there was a
mattress and the four-posted like a
gazebo type of thing so I just sat there
and did the meditation started the
meditation and everything was going
pretty good because I was right in the
zone and and when it came to the walking
part I didn't have the courage to get up
and walk I thought after yesterday I
wouldn't do that so I just concentrated
on the meditation and then came back
close my eyes and continued the
meditation during that meditation I was
in the blackness and and all of a sudden
I saw a bright bright white a beam of
light coming from above into my head and
not long after that I felt my knees just
jerking forward like this what's going
on here and then I heard a voice in my
head say just get up and walk and yeah
it was quite glad I think it was twice I
just get up and walk so how's it but
listen to whatever this voice is telling
me so I I took a couple of steps on the
sand and that's not too bad you know
I'll try a few more now walked a little
bit more and then I I started moving
quite easily I was going through the
thickest part of the sand
I was just started motoring through it
you know I was a little bit wonky of
course but um but I was getting up and
the fastest pace that I've walked at
four
long time I don't know I must have
walked about a hundred meters and then
what came back and walked again and came
back again and I thought I just walked
I'm the I'm the in the sand you know I I
played golf at home you know I can't
even get into the bunkers without help
for my plane partners and and get out
without help from them so walking in on
the beach was just it was unbelievable
so I went back and finished the
meditation and decided to now it's time
to go out from me I saw magnificent
sunrise straight after that and decided
to meet my wife at the time in front of
the restaurant and so I walked up the
ramp I walked up the middle of the room
didn't have to hang on to the side suit
to get support walked along there the
the ramp in the in the middle sorry I
along the the decking towards the
restaurant in the middle where I needed
to hang on to
now one neither to support me and I saw
my wife about 20 meters away and I'm
like this walking and she just started
boiling they had crying like anything
and we just embraced and kissed and I
had I had this strength in my legs that
I don't normally have and I had balance
and I just was just so amazed as we were
walking back from the restaurant I
decided I'm well my shoelace was was
undone so I laid down usually when I
have to do my shoelaces I have to lean
up against something or a watch supports
me and I just went down tied it got up
again and walked towards the bus and
then I let from the steps into the bus
without any assistance
so that was that was bizarre I think I
said at the time geez I won't know but
to do that yesterday so and that all the
people that I was gonna clap so yeah so
that's basically what's happened while
I've been here