Today started off without my usual ability to take a moment and focus on gratitude of the great things in my life.
Too little sleep, the dog whinning, my daughter complaining about her clothes and having to go out in the cold with me, blah blah blah…
Of course realizing that the moment we enter into expectation of how things should be we lose the ablity to be in the moment of what is.
Tantra is a practice of presence.
So as I stood outside with my morning breath, needing to pee, daughter complaining about her clothes being itchy and the dog running off and not coming back …. I took a breath… I release the tension in my abdomen, felt the expansion happen and looked at the trees, heard the morning sounds of the birds and the smelled the rain.
As soon as my focus shifted I felt the wonder of this art form I study and teach.
Tantra was created for real people living in a real world. Real worlds have family and things happening. No time to sit endlessly in silence, or meditation. The meditation of Tantra takes an active form in our daily lives. Dancing, cooking, cleaning, loving our families and making love.
My heart opened and I felt the love I have for my child, the compassion for her plight about texture, my dog’s desire to just be a dog, and my gratitude to live in a wonderful place with trees all around.
I still had morning breath, still had to pee, and all of my life’s hectic pace was waiting just outside of this moment.. but in this moment I had peace, gratitude, love and my awareness that I can be in this moment anytime I choose. We all can.
