Holiday, friendship and “meditation retreat” (fifth post)
Last updated on 3rd April 2009
This fifth Moroccan post is written two days into the desert walk with the mindfulness practice beginning to deepen.
This is the second full day in the desert. We've been here about 48 hours. Now is post-lunch siesta time. Walking meditatively this morning was much easier than yesterday's walk. I'm not wearing a watch, but I'd guess we walked initially today for between 1½ to 2 hours. We then stopped in the shade of a tamarisk tree mound for water, nuts and raisins. The mound was a bit small to shade our whole group - there are eight of us and five Berber guides. I and the camels seem a bit more relaxed around each other after two days travelling together, so I simply sat in shade thrown by one of the resting camels. It turned its neck to look at me with intelligent, inquisitive eyes and then seemed fine having me for company.