Awareness

 Daily Reflection — Yoruba Yogi

This is new to me — not because it wasn’t there before, but because I never stayed long enough to notice it.

Lately, my body has been speaking without words. Sensations rising and falling, moving through me quietly, asking only to be felt. Not fixed. Not pushed. Just noticed. I see now that awareness doesn’t need effort — it needs permission.

I’m learning that presence isn’t something I create. It’s something I stop interrupting.

Even movement has changed. Walking is meditation. Jogging is meditation. Breathing is work — honest work. Not because it’s hard, but because it reveals everything when I stop trying to control it. My body has its own intelligence, and today I let it lead.

I don’t need to force anything.

I don’t need to chase sensations.

I don’t need to understand every feeling.

I’m learning to stay with what’s here — fingers, feet, breath, weight, stillness — one moment at a time. When it feels overwhelming, I soften. When it feels unfamiliar, I listen. When the mind wants to do more, I rest.

This isn’t about becoming something new.

It’s about finally noticing what’s always been here.

Today, I choose patience.

Today, I choose gentleness.

Today, I choose to be present — without effort.

Yoruba Yogi 🌑