Being Present ...

cpleier
Oct 26, 2021
3 min read

Living mindfully , simply means your focused in the here & now not mentally absent or distracted ... thats where all of me have been the last nearly seven weeks ...

It all started when I went down to Greece early September and it was time to prepare for and begin our Yoga Hiking Greek Cooking Seminar called " I KALI ZOI " on the Greek island Tinos , we were expecting a group of Swedish women to attend between 18 - 25 of September ... and it was a success , as Lena is a very admirable yoga instructor and many year experienced in hiking .. and little me banged away in the kitchen on their Greek Vegetarian Cooking lessons , I had put together some old recipes with a history , which tasted super excellent , I also took the group for wine tasting at a winery and to be part of the story of some cheese making & also to taste the cheese of course ...

We were located in a small fishing village and the days started with yoga on the beach , and ended with dinner in the harbour , long satisfying days .. yes a success which will be continued next year .. as a matter of fact we already have some people interested to be part of this !!

Up in the mountains on Tinos we were really present in ourselves , in the nature ... it can actually be as easy as that , it can also be savoring the fragrance of your morning coffe or noting distant sounds as birdsong ...

Take a deep breath and take a moment to connect with your surroundings ...

Sea and sun , good friends , long lunches while laughing together , old memories , new people , new roads ... yes all this and more , when I went to my old party queen Mykonos for some leisure weeks after the Seminar ... such wonderful days in the best company I did in fact see everybody ... nearly ...

my daughter came from Athens to spend some time with me and Kiki who wanted to see her , completely splendid weeks and I am so grateful to have all this people in my life ...

Then off to Athens for another week with old friends , old roads where I have walked a lot , old coffe shops & tavernas and I love it all , could probably walk around forever , there are so many sights , smells , colours and people ... dear Athens back soon !!

You got to try to recognize small positives in your life , a smile , a nice cup of coffe , making the most of life as it happens each moment in your life has meaning .. be honest with yourself .. and live ... love and be kind !

I like how sleeping next to someone means more than sex sometimes , the bodys way of saying : I trust you to be by my side at my most vulnerable time , you have no defenses when you are asleep , you tell no lies ...

Enid my old friend was not able to make it to Mykonos , sadly one could say ... so while in Greece I decided to surprise her ... as I would be back in Sweden 17th of October and her birthday is on the 20th ... I just went home to change bag and went to Oslo on the evening of the 19th , called her the next morning to say Happy Birthday and did ask her if she wanted to have coffe with me ... surprise I am in Oslo ... great fun and we had lovely days , culture , walks & a lot of food , even a dinner at M&Ms house where they did put me in the kitchen ...

Am listening to " Sunny Afternoon " The Kinks while writing this text ... and " Shiny Happy People " R.E.M.