Welcome to this gentle reminder where we connect as humans living under this blue sky and walking on this sacred earth.
Before going into today's reminder,
I want to share that I do these reminders because in my heart I feel that we have more things in common than differences.
Even though I don't know where you live,
Where you grew up,
Your family or friends,
There is something that connects us and that is our humanity.
And from this humanness,
We can connect.
So,
As usual,
Feel into your body and feel into your breath.
As you listen to the rest of the audio,
Be present with yourself.
As I share a personal story that reminded me of a beautiful tantric teaching.
The story begins in a loud family dinner party,
As they usually are in my family.
And as it sometimes happened,
In the middle of all the movement,
I was having a quiet conversation with my brother-in-law.
He started doing yoga again and was sharing how the practice was helping him deal with the stresses of life,
How little things that the teacher shared during the practice were like seeds that he could later apply in daily life,
Besides the benefits he was feeling in his body.
He was sharing his living practice outside the mat and asked about mine.
I told him that one of the biggest gifts I received from the practice was remembering to feel myself and my body while socializing or being around other people.
He leaned back and answered,
Oh well,
That's too advanced for me just now.
And there it was,
A non-beneficial belief.
And so I questioned him.
Why?
Why do you think you need to be more advanced?
Aren't all sensations available for you now?
Isn't your body fully present now?
Why do you feel you need anything else to drop into the now if it is all present and available for you right now?
The belief that we need to be more trained or more experienced to drop into presence is the single thing blocking us from being present in this moment.
And,
Yes,
We all forget,
I forget all the time.
That is the practice,
Remembering.
That is all we need to come back and remember over and over again.
And yes,
It can get annoying.
Because our mind is like a very dispersed child.
But here is where we get the opportunity to be adults and lovingly,
Patiently bring our attention back again and again into this present moment,
Dropping into your own experience of this moment.
Because no one is experiencing life as you are experiencing life.
No one can see through your eyes,
But you.
And that's the beauty of your unique Nice.
Imagine if we were all sitting next to each other right now.
We would all have a different experience of this moment.
And that's the reason we are alive.
To give the one,
Seen through millions of pairs of eyes,
A unique perspective.
So don't wait until you are more of anything.
Life is fully present,
Now,
Available and waiting for you to acknowledge this.
So my invitation in this audio for today and any other day is to remember that presence is always here.
Everything you need to drop into the body,
Into the present moment,
Is already here.
All that it needs is your attention.
Maybe even use this moment and the closing of this reminder to remember to feel into the present moment through the body and continue this awareness as the audio comes to an end.
Thank you so much for joining today and sending many blessings on your journey.
