Seeing New People, Meeting New Places
Seeing new people gives me the eyes that are more understanding. Meeting new places gives me experiences that are mind stimulating.
Meeting new places keeps my brain on its toes, keeps me at the edge of my seat. For me, a mundane and stagnant lifestyle produces mundane and stagnant spirituality, thoughts, life lessons and gratitude. Im not even saying spending money to travel far away, maybe it's just going to an overlooked cafe that is locally owned, or go for a walk on the other side of town. I try to be fully present in a new place. I try to just simply BE there. Taking note of the scents, the colors, the plants, the animals, the humans, the Life, the energy, the details etc...I used to be a person who stayed in my safe comfortable bubble, I was judgmental (i didn't know the extent of it then but I do know that now), I didn't try to understand or even be made aware of the thoughts and feelings of those around me, I used to guard my heart and filter things that entered my reality. This lifestyle didn't fuel me nor did it teach me anything other than I wasn't being the best version of myself. I wasn't happy, I didn't feel free to be myself, I was lonely. I stayed in a small group of "like minded individuals", I "learned" the same thing every week, my life was easily compared to an old record player that looped over and over again. My childs awareness was actually an awakening moment for me, one week he couldn't read a book and the next week he could recite it like he had been doing it for years... Why dont I have a brain like that? I asked myself. Come to find out, I actually do have a brain like his, for the most part, yes he may be able to learn things at a quick rate because of its developing stage but I have the capabilities that far outreach nearly all aspects of my life that I have been previously taught. New places are new information to devour, new experiences that shape my ever changing reality. A universal truth that has been ground breaking for my spirituality is just that- CHANGE. It happens and if you accept that you have no clear destination, it allows every moment of change to take you to exactly where you are meant to Be.
As a bodyworker I can't help but watch people. I watch the way they walk, the way they sit and stand, the way they breathe. I believe habits, attitudes, and environment all impact our health just as much as our diets and exercise. Just in the past few months of this winter I was in the desert of Arizona, home in cold wintery Virginia Beach, and currently in the tropics of Key West, truly seeing new people and taking mental notes have really helped me develop the way I orchestrate my holistic approach on each of my clients. Understanding the human local to Arizona that awaits the warm spring air in order to ground himself in his secret hidden swimming hole, finding common ground with fellow military wives in my neighborhood who close themselves off and hermit away from the blistering cold winds, and connecting with the Key West locals and visitors alike as they come from all over and just want to overdose on Vitamin D. Seeing all these humans redirects my eyes and thinking in order to understand just one thing... We are all more alike than we are different, We are all unique just like everyone else. 😉
Meeting new places keeps my brain on its toes, keeps me at the edge of my seat. For me, a mundane and stagnant lifestyle produces mundane and stagnant spirituality, thoughts, life lessons and gratitude. Im not even saying spending money to travel far away, maybe it's just going to an overlooked cafe that is locally owned, or go for a walk on the other side of town. I try to be fully present in a new place. I try to just simply BE there. Taking note of the scents, the colors, the plants, the animals, the humans, the Life, the energy, the details etc...I used to be a person who stayed in my safe comfortable bubble, I was judgmental (i didn't know the extent of it then but I do know that now), I didn't try to understand or even be made aware of the thoughts and feelings of those around me, I used to guard my heart and filter things that entered my reality. This lifestyle didn't fuel me nor did it teach me anything other than I wasn't being the best version of myself. I wasn't happy, I didn't feel free to be myself, I was lonely. I stayed in a small group of "like minded individuals", I "learned" the same thing every week, my life was easily compared to an old record player that looped over and over again. My childs awareness was actually an awakening moment for me, one week he couldn't read a book and the next week he could recite it like he had been doing it for years... Why dont I have a brain like that? I asked myself. Come to find out, I actually do have a brain like his, for the most part, yes he may be able to learn things at a quick rate because of its developing stage but I have the capabilities that far outreach nearly all aspects of my life that I have been previously taught. New places are new information to devour, new experiences that shape my ever changing reality. A universal truth that has been ground breaking for my spirituality is just that- CHANGE. It happens and if you accept that you have no clear destination, it allows every moment of change to take you to exactly where you are meant to Be.
Set intentions. Think Positive thoughts. Love Everyone, with action!
Love you all, I miss my clients and will soon be ending my vacation to get back to work with all of you. Endless Gratitude and humility always, Ashley is Out! 👋
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