Where ever you are, be all there

Sounds simple right ?  Words are easy, actions not so much.  Actually when I put this image and words together it actually contains two separate but related ideas - the second one being, "if your mind is happy, you will be happy, where ever you are". 

The second thought reminds me of the bucket list people.This point was driven home to me sharply and personally this week as i continue to strive to practice what I preach. 


I write sometimes and post to ground me back to where I myself need to be.  In a sense I am writing for me but as well for you if anyone is here and chooses to read.  These are lessons that I myself need to adhere to, and I find writing helps cement them into my own brain.

The concept is simple - mindfulness, living in the present moment. Giving the person or persons you are with your full attention.  Being aware and appreciative of the present surroundings, the sights the smells the temperature of the air - losing track of time; that it is ultimate in mindfulness.  It is called flow.  It is again an old old concept wrapped in new packaging. The idea of being so fully engaged in a task, be it drawing, or baking , or fixing a motorcycle, that you lose track of time.  Have you ever had that experience?  Its called flow.  It is the sense of being so totally in the moment that you lose all sense of time.  It is a wonderful feeling.  It comes to me during body work, or when I am drawing, or shooting photography. 

But, one need not be engaged in flow, that is the extreme end of the spectrum of being present.  This post is simply about giving the place you are in and person or persons you are with your full attention while you are there and to appreciate what you are, where you are  - not be thinking about the next thing, or the last thing.

What I try to create during my sessions is an environment that fosters and encourages one to unplug at least for the time they are with me.  If only for an hour, nothing else matters, then I have succeeded for you and for me   The greater challenge is to expand that into daily life.  It takes practice, it takes strength of mind, and discipline. Words - they are easy. They fall onto the page as fast as my fingers can type.  Putting into practice  that is the challenge.

Aloha