the sea~

“The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea”- Isak Dinesen

I feel content with my feet in the sand the sound of the water lulls my soul to quiet bliss

There is infinite expression in the waters before me, timelessness and freedom

The sea and all its moods hold the presence of complete surrender

I am just a visitor to these terms as I observe people completing their morning routine

the daily jog, the business deal, dog walking, stoller striding I wonder will they pause to feel the vastness of the sea?

I am in rapt by the surfers’ fearlessness and inspired by how effortlessly their unity and movement seems to be the expression of  the spirit of each wave

The sun on my skin and the cool breeze that moves all around me

I could stay here for hours, years the comfort of the ocean allowing me to be at ease

the salt of my soul~

the ocean breathes salty won’t you carry it in? In your head, In your mouth and you soul~ Modest Mouse

Shine on~

Just This~

Do you ever notice how when waiting for something your mind can never get out the want or desire for that one thing? My mind seems to fixate until I get the answer or said thing I am looking for. I have to again and again remind myself to stay in this moment and not look into the future but hang out in these tides for a bit. Ride the flow.

I recently read an article on Deepak Chopra who was talking about living in the present moment and he said this ” The way we are educated in the West, everybody’s looking toward the future. Which means they’re never present. So when they arrive to the future. it’s not there for them,because they’re not present for it. And if you get the idea that this is the moment you have-the only moment you have then you live in the present and you move with the flow because this is the point, right now.”

This really spoke to me because I am not sure if it’s the air quality where I live, or just the general state of the world but I have been ungrounded lately. Even in my meditation practice my mind is sometimes focusing on what I need to do next. And you know I feel so much better when I am in the present moment not looking behind me or ahead. I teach in my classes daily to be present to be in the experience and try really hard not waiver from this right here, and yet today on my day off my mind was off in its own space and time. It was writing emails, making phone calls, saving people, wondering where that stretch mark came from, battling with my schedule, thinking about my travels up ahead, making a dinner plan, thinking about chocolate,trying to convince me I was too tired to run or practice. My mind was busy today.

Being Present, really showing up being mindful to experience each moment of time, finding the stillness even in movement, is tough and yet so peaceful. As I read this article it re-rooted me reminding me I needed to ground down and pause. Stop all the chatter and let go of the mental density and give my mind a break.

My wisdom today comes from Deepak Chopra and Buddha~

“My friends it is through the establishment of the lovely clarity of mindfulness that you can let go of grasping after past and future,overcome attachment and grief, abandon all clinging and anxiety, and awaken to an unshakeable freedom of heart, here, now”~ Buddha

Shine on~