Dear Ones,
I don’t know about you, but I find that sometimes my mind gets caught in a loop of rehashing something that happened in the past, or projecting into an imagined future. Minutes or more can pass, and I am lost in thought about anything other than this present moment. This can feel constricted, tense, sharp, and buzzy in a way that is deeply uncomfortable. Or it can feel like a spacey dissociation, unaware of the body or my immediate surrounds - fuzzy, comfortable, numb. Both are quite familiar. It used to be that I spent most of my waking hours in these two states - trying to think, project, imagine myself into a moment of peace and relief. Or going to sleep to the present for this moment of peace and relief. Both skillful protective strategies, but neither could bring the lasting peace I was seeking.
Thankfully, through deep dissatisfaction, through grace, through a myriad of teachers, I was led to another possibility - embodied presence. Right now. Turning from the mental activity to the felt sense of what is here right now - both outside the body and inside the body. Discovering the safety that is here, regardless of circumstance.
I am curious, what could it feel like to pause for a moment, aware of the sounds and sensations surrounding you? Allowing that awareness to fall inwards, aware of sounds and sensations within - perhaps even the sounds and sensations of your own breath. Sensing where there may be resistance to this internal intimacy. What if whatever is aware could drop in even deeper, resting within as the alive spacious presence that infuses breath and sensation? The labels of inside and outside can fall away and what is here?
You are all invited to join me to discover for yourself what is here when awareness is invited and supported to come to rest now, fully, in this moment. And what it can feel like to live from here - allowing apparent inside and outside, self and other while sensing the presence of all, experiencing the exquisite multiplicity of existence fully, now?
"The best use of this Moment is to drown in It."
~~ Papaji ~
All are welcome as we plan to gather by zoom on July 5th at 10am Mountain time.
9am Pacific time
5pm/17h London
6pm/18h Amsterdam
If you would like to join us, please contact me here: embodied meditation sign up
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