This awareness is the essence of mindfulness. It does not require meditation, which I for one do not do, because meditation does not suit me. As I wrote in a shortform with links to the works of others: "Generally accepted definitions of meditation and mindfulness fail me. I feared I would not achieve a connection to my soul and my god, and a stronger connection to my dearly-departed-heavenmate, without stillness. I lamented to my guides, asked for guidance, and they advised that with my INTP mind of split screens humming constantly, "meditation" does not suit me. What does is taking walks and more often than not I find that the output is as described by proponents of stillness like

Sylvia Clare

--what works for me is getting into the flow of my streams of subconsciousness without trying to still my mind nor body." https://medium.com/illumination/i-highlighted-so-much-because-i-identify-with-almost-everything-you-wrote-except-one-thing-which-d65dc78253d4