Arriving Into Presence
There's a moment at the beginning of every yoga class I teach when I ask my students to land, to arrive.
To let whatever happened before they walked through the doors to exist in the past, while they get to exist in the present. To feel the floor beneath their feet. To be fully and wholly here, together.
It takes longer to arrive than you’d think.
The practice of arriving is a continuous journey for us all. And genuinely landing in the present moment, is one of the simplest and most radical things you can do. Everything changes when you do it.
You’ve felt it before. Your listening deepens, while your decisions clarify and your body remembers an aliveness felt deep within. Some people call it a flow state. That moment when time seems to paradoxically stand still and you are in tune with an important signal.
I call it The Resonance Signal and it’s our values, intuition and self-authority taking shape into the deep knowing of who we actually are and what we are actually here to do. Arriving is the precondition for hearing it. You can't tune in while you're still running.
This week I want to offer you one small practice that I cultivate daily:
One time today or tomorrow, before a meeting, before a meal or before you walk through your front door, pause. Feel your feet on the ground beneath you. Take one slow breath. Ask yourself: am I here? And notice what happens, in your body, in your mind and in your spirit.
That's it. Just radically choosing to land in the present.
This week’s guided meditation helps you with the landing: Arriving Into Presence on The Resonance Grove podcast.
What we practice week by week is presence as something felt, lived, and returned to. Presence is where resonance begins.
What does it feel like to you when you’re fully present? I’d love to hear from you. I read and respond to every email I receive.
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With warmth & gratitude,
JaKenna
Founder & CEO of The Gilbert Collaborative
Explore my recent article for deeper reading: Resonance as a Biology: What does it actually mean to feel like yourself?
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