Living in present...

It’s like holding on to a yoga posture and living that moment – with being aware of each moment through our body and shifting forward to next pose and reliving that same present awareness again.  In such a process, I accept as I am & the world around as it is.  

 There is a part connected to the dissolving past, and another welcoming the emerging future, though they are connected as a flow...  acceptance of that flow and not aiming for a static experience we can hold on to, but going with that flow...  and thus blend with surroundings, blending with nature.

 An experience such as this occurred while doing a beach run to me.  Fort unately there was an empty beach, with fluffy sand and time enough for

a long run.  Initially there were lots of thoughts crowding the awareness, but as the run progressed, and strain increased due to lack of physical activity in the office since almost couple of years.  This strain and breathlessness enforced a heightened level of concentration, where the single step awareness, a short present sense remained.  

 Whole body awareness of each muscle in the body pushing toward the next step exploded through the mind and without any effort, I was able to keep my mind at that.  It was almost as if time stood still and the world too in a way, though there was movement and efforts and intense feeling of being alive.  A brief sense of one feet pulling away from behind and similar sense of the other feet pushing forward were there, but the middle sense of being in that present with my whole body straining was the major present sensation.  

Could this feeling, which can be addictive, be the reason for people going for long distance running? Maybe, but its a tough things to maintain, as its not easy to find time, place and yourself free to go for such a run and such a fun.