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The Moderate Voice
The Moderate Voice
Thich Nhat Hanh leads a walking meditation in Paris.Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College For Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk who popularized mindfulness in the West, walking was not simply a way to get from one place to another, or an activity to be reserved for a perfect forest path. It could be a profound contemplative practice putting people in touch with their breath, their bodies, the Earth – and an awareness of what he called “interbeing.” Thich Nhat Hanh, who was one of the most influential Buddhist leaders in the world when he died J…