Kinhin is a walking meditation that is practiced in combination with zazen or seated meditation in the Japanese Zen tradition. During kinhin, practitioners usually walk very slowly and in single file around a room clockwise between periods of zazen or seated meditation.
The instructions for kinhin walking meditation are:
Stand in an upright posture, keeping neck and back straight.
Sense your feet on the ground and distribute your weight between them equally.
Bring your hands into the shashu position by folding your left thumb into your left palm and wrap your fingers around it. Place your left hand in this position on your solar plexus, at the bottom of your ribcage. Wrap your right hand around the left, with your right right knuckles aligned over the left. Press your elbows slightly away from your body so that the forearms are in a straight line parallel with the ground.
Look down five or six feet in front of you with a soft, unfocused gaze.
Starting on the right, with each complete round of breath, take a very small step forwards.
Maintain complete focus on breathing, walking and every aspect of your posture.
This information was gather from Yogapedia.
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