Ten days into May I came to you with the two images below letting you know I was trying my best to traditionally meditate.
I said in that post 3 weeks ago that "I will try to be better. I will try to be consistent with at least 5 minutes spent meditating a day."
BAH! Since that post, I hadn't meditated a single second, and that awesome quote: "BREATH(E). LET GO. Remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure." was completely disregarded...
... OR WAS IT?
A few days ago, thinking about this post, I was a little disappointed that I didn't meet my intention for May. I thought I was going to type here that May was a 'wash'. Epic fail. My one little word {MAKE} did not see me through. However, in the past couple of days I realized I'm dumb.
I ABSOLUTELY honored that quote, and after looking past the obvious criss-cross your legs and ohm your breathing and touch the tips of your thumb and middle finger together, I've meditated a BUNCH of ways this month!
(1) my walk/jogs were definitely a way I breathed and let go.
Each and every time I was on my walk, I was centered, I was steadily breathing and following a rhythm. It totally was me, meditating, to the thump thump of my steps, to the whizzing by of the cars on the streets and the bikes on the trail.
(2) my time spent staring at the moon this month
I had a weird obsession with the moon this month, but I think it was grounded in my olw intention. Each time I spent minutes looking up at the moon (which was always caught right before sunset...it hung out with the sun all month) I let myself go. I focused on it, thought about things, and let them pass over me. I really did feel "in the moment", and missing him happened, reflection happened, I acknowledged it within my being, and then let it go.
It was completely meditation, looking back on it now.
(3) my time spent with greenery (plants; grass; etc.)
Since my affair with magnolias in April & our trip to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, my soul's grown more and more connected to plant-life. This month with a farm field trip and time spent in a working, flourishing herb garden, I'm like, "Yo. Plants."
They cause me to stop. breathe. notice. appreciate. sigh. let go. Well, MEDITATE, in a way. ;)
(4) Lastly, each and every paper project puts me in 'the zone'.
All else melts away and I truly do feel like "...this moment is the only one I know I have for sure."
This last week of May had me designing, printing to life, embellishing, and creating my first paying paper project: Bridal Shower invitations for my co-worker's daughter. Each part of the process was medicinal, and felt much like meditation.
Yes, I'm not yet versed in the art of true meditation. Maybe I never will be, but it was a good intention, a good attempt.
Now I'm so ready to move to June. Tomorrow.
So ready.
Like whoa.
Thanks for reading.
T.G.I.F. lovies!
Coming to you tomorrow with my June olw intention.
See April's here and here.
See March's here and here.
See February's here and here.
See January's here and here.
