Through my Martial Arts Instructor is how I learned about meditation when I was a teenager. My meditation practices always served as a tool for me, until I had some life experiences that sought me to take a closer look at my journey with life and how I wanted to live it. With a young daughter I wanted to make sure I was present in her every moment. I decided to refresh my meditation practices and became a certified Meditation Instructor. Upon realizing that you are always a perpetual student of life, in which meditation is a constant teaching tool about how to live in each moment and train your mind. I am eager to continue to learn, but also share with others these beautiful tools to live with. 2022 was the year I begun my youtube channel, I was excited to share my practices with whomever needed them and continue to learn alongside viewers.
In July of 2022 I was in an auto accident that caused me to stop filming for my youtube. It was an unexpected bump in the road but like with everything life throws at you, you either deal with it or let it get you down. Not only was I in the hospital for a few days with an unexpected scheduling of multiple surgeries, but my wife was also in the hospital bed right next to me. I always attempt to be an optimist in most situations the one thing I found to be positive about here, was that my daughter was not with us and things could have been worse. As a result of recovering from multiple surgeries I took a break from my youtube channel so I could focus on my healing and rehabilitation from my injuries. Even though this got me down because it was a venture I had just begun and it was put to a stop. These moments are best taken in a moments of reflection. I knew it was something I wanted to continue and just felt more inspired as I rehabilitated my leg, I set out with a goal to begin in January.
I wanted to get myself back into the daily practice and through my experiences I felt I needed to recenter and reconnect with my practices. I thought what better way to do this than to bring you along on the journey with me.
As I was set on going getting back to sharing my practices and planned my calendar for January. I dusted off my meditation mat, charged my camera and set up my tripod. All was at full speed ahead until I looked at myself in the mirror, to then I realized my facial scars have not yet healed and I looked pretty rough. I almost convinced myself to just wait until they healed completely. Then I remembered one of my meditation learnings centered around removing the ego so we can get out of our head, where self centric thoughts thrive. Being in the present moment and looking at my goals to share my meditation, allowed me to accept with how I looked and move forward with sharing my meditation practices. It is not easy to edit my footage looking at myself, I hope you don’t judge my appearance but are motivated by words as we move into a year of sharing love, kindness and motivation. Thank you for joining me in the journey.
We started January 1st with a connect 30 day meditation challenge. This really inspired and fueled me for what the year ahead holds.