What happens, when you disconnect your devices for few days..

What happens? You just are. No distraction, no constant "unreal" interactions and you are actually able to be fully present to here and now.

My husband and I are part of Wake up community for few years. Ever since I moved to US, I was part of the Plum Village tradition community. It's so loving and nurturing and challenging and supportive community, practicing mindfulness - teaching of Vietnamese Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

The Wake up community is primarily for young adults from 18-35 years of age. It's because once you have kids, your priority and value changes, naturally. But since we've been part of this awesome group for so many years, this might have been probably the last time, we could go and camp with the likeminded youngsters ;-) And enjoy the love, compassion and mindfulness together. As some of you may know, we've been founder and creators of the Wake up house in San Diego since 2013. Just recently, we moved out and have our own place, transitioning in a different face of our lives as parents.

First of, Big Sur, California is amazingly beautiful. What's even better there, there isn't reception. Which helped so much to just naturally disconnect from the virtual reality and to be simply present to our surroundings and people around us - face to face.
It was so refreshing, the sense of togetherness, love, community, care and true presence was so nurturing and amazing. I have no other words than that.
I would write super long article about it. So if you are interested, whats this all about, look up Wake up community, Plum Village tradition and you'll find out so much more information out there, so you can experience it for yourself.

Wonderfully organized event, that went so smoothly as you can ever imagine. At the end of the retreat, we sat together and shared our experiences, briefly.. When you have almost 70 people together, practicing mindfulness in everything you do, it's simply powerful experience. When we shared, what we had in our hearts, I've experienced very interesting insight. All of a sudden, I was thinking about some Native American tribes, living in this way, in the sense of togetherness, community, love care and compassion for each other, support and openness. I realized, that if we want to live in peace with ourselves and others, we have to come back to our true nature of goodness and love. Because when we are watering those seeds within ourselves and nurture it through and with others, only great outcome can sprout from that.

I definitely encourage everyone to disconnect from the technical devices once in a while and JUST  BE. It is so nurturing, refreshing and loving towards ourselves and others.

I feel so much gratitude for this beautiful Mother Earth that holds us and provides for us. We are really children of this Great Mother and when we feel that love and support, great things manifest and come to fruition.

Wonderfully spent Labor Weekend. How was your weekend? I wanna know. You can leave a comment if you feel compelled to!

Have a great week and stay tuned for more blog posts.

Warmly,

Barbora