One more step towards me...

in Reflections10 months ago




We met a couple of years ago last listening to music at a classical music concert, we were each alone, side by side in the seats, and it was a causality; I went to stop next to him because I changed my place. The fact is that we started chatting, she was from outside, another state in my country, she was settling into her new house, we hit it off and we gave each other the WhatsApp.

And we've been having a great time, me doing of "Cicerone", which I love, and she goes along with me and has fun and tells me about her things, about her husband's children, about this and that. Our lives have nothing to do with each other, but whatever, it's super nice friendship of Cecilia.

Total that we have enjoyed good times together, and we understand the truth very well, we became friends of gatherings, of sharing a coffee, of yoga. Here in my city, I took her to visit some iconic places and also invited her to join the morning yoga group, my meditation group to return where we can cultivate the present, and do a lot of internal work.

My friend, Cecilia, is very excited about this new activity of hers because she can do it at any time, because sometimes we don't have time to dedicate ourselves to a traineeship ; we go from work to home, from home to work without giving ourselves space, with the stress of living and achieving to do everything we plan. With the demands and the self-demands.

My friend tells me that I have a lot of vital energy... Vital energy...? Some friends asked me today about my upcoming birthday in June of 60 years and something more haha... What's the secret? Or how do you explain that (although with wrinkles) you seem to have so much vital energy and strength? They made me laugh because I know that I have much less energy than I used to enjoy at... 50…!!. And this other question always arises, how do I get to be in the present state? Even without having to adopt (tie me up like a Pretzel) haha. A good friend of mine at Hive told me this a few months ago.

But the question struck me... And here I am trying to answer without getting into any “role model” or “teacher" games...

Obviously, there are several factors, some of which are given as the genetic. Or having had a good diet and healthy habits since I was a child (my parents forbade me sodas and television).

I was always a "seeker" (seeker?...) and I think one of the secrets is a rebellion since forever. I never wanted to follow laid out or normal paths... Likewise, I've always questioned conditioning... And I always had a thirst to follow what my heart, my being, was calling me to discover... And meditation was one of the greatest gifts!.. I really "stumbled” with her without knowing it when I was very young when I had problems of rebellion typical of being a teenager.

It took me a while to learn this, but now it's very simple for me, how? I do to be in the present state, to which I replied only “Being aware of my breathing; inhaling and exhaling”. Seeing that spaces of my body are tense, filling those spaces with the breath, Ah... I forgot something very very very important... TO move THE BODY, strong, every day. Dancing, running, swimming, stretching, going for a walk, petting an animal (pet) helps me balance my emotions, singing, writing and making love.

Being present I remember that no matter how difficult it feels, no matter how hard a situation seems in the midst of chaos, confusion, stress, uncertainty I just need presence, to return to the body, to the present moment, to the awareness of the here and now.

I take every opportunity to do it with full attention to my BREATHING for example when I have to wait (anteroom) for a meeting, medical consultation, while traveling from one place to another, and especially when I realize that I am ruminating on those repetitive thoughts that worry me, depress or fill me with anxiety.

The meditations also gave me access to listening to my own voice, to that subtle inner guidance. And to learn to risk following her. Even if in the eyes of others, I was “wrong”. This is what I can say today to my friends like Cecilia.

Like the lotus that is born in the mud, we can bloom again and again. To blossom to a new self-understanding from my polarities (feminine and masculine) through the body and the experience, making space to be authentic, spontaneous and free with my vital energy.


This is my true source of energy, the one that moves me every day my rebelliousness, my inner guidance and my will to live.

Meditation, for me, is life and there we all give everything! It's passion, it's vital force... whoever knows what I'm writing about in this post knows what I'm talking about... I'm glad to see my friend Cecilia giving her best for her inner peace, well-being and integral health.





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