One of our greatest desires
One of our greatest wants
In life
In love
In relationship
In pleasure
Is presence
There can be no intimacy
There can be no vulnerability
Without presence
There is no substance
There is no sustenance
Without presence
There is no ground to stand on
There is nothing solid to hold us
Without presence
There is no safety
Without presence
There can only be reactivity
Presence is choice
Presence is a softening into the moment
Beyond tension
Beyond contraction
To dance with what arises
Presence in pleasure
Is not performance
Presence is not pressure
Presence is not technique
Presence is not a goal
Presence is the freedom to feel
Presence is the allowing of energy to flow where it will
Presence is the connection of bodies and hearts in a moment of love
Presence is the willingness to be creative
Presence is the willingness to explore
Presence is the willingness to discover
Presence is the willingness to dance into the wind
Presence is the willingness to smooth what’s jagged
Presence is the willingness to soften out of rigidity
Presence is the willingness to feel discomfort, and to stay in the moment
Presence is the awareness of moving off the path, and stepping back onto it, again and again
Presence is perceiving through the body, as direct awareness
Presence is the live awareness of sensation
Presence is the awareness of possibility, limitless in a moment
Presence is the release of perfection to the experience
Presence is the awareness of not being present, taking a breath, and returning to the moment, to the body, to the heart
Gently, softly
Endlessly
Kindly
Presence is being alive in this sensual moment of life, of love.
