A Letter About Meditation

When I was a student, I had a passion for music, sports and the world attracted me, which turned its gaze inward, towards that deep knowledge of oneself. This is why I approached yoga for 10 years with asanas and guided meditations, then I "danced" practicing Taijiquan, Chen style and the art of the sword for another 8 years.

My body moved fluidly, as if I had always practiced it and for years I thought this was a rediscovered path, a recognition of something that had belonged to me. I even considered becoming a teacher in this discipline. But one summer day, while training with the sword, I realised that it was time to lay down arms to learn more about the female world I had chosen to belong to. I decided to give my sword to my son, Riccardo.

After a few years I came across Bio Transenergetic, where an important part of my sensitivity and ability to listen came out.

After this I found my path: The Enseñanza. I found a faster form of meditation in line with my need to be able to bring moments of calm and emptiness into my daily life from my hectic activities. That is why I decided to continue on this path, immersing myself again in a new form of care, which turned to everyday life and to everything that surrounds us, be it flora or fauna. I am still part of it today.

I have a cheerful character and a lot of love for research and new stimuli. As a teacher I have the habit of looking for new strategies that help my students better understand disciplines. That is why when I study I usually have a table full of books, cards and computers to create something tailored to their needs.

When I encounter difficulties, when I don't know which strategy is better to follow, the moment comes when I need a restart, I feel the need to stop and compose myself to start with new illusions and stimulating activities ... first of all for myself because I have the need to have fun while learning. I firmly believe that when boredom or excessive tiredness sets in, the brain and memory decide to take a recreational break. This is why in a moment, I completely clear the table and sit down to allow myself a few minutes of meditation.

Before starting, I give myself an objective, which can be a key to solving a difficulty or finding the words to communicate with people.

I take three slow initial breaths in which I detach myself from the activities I was doing and go into silence and observe the thoughts that emerge from that silence, without criticism. In fact, meditation is equivalent for my brain to cleaning my work table: there can be no clarity where there is a tumult of ideas, just as it is not easy to find a thread between dozens of papers and books. That silence in meditation takes the burden off of thoughts that are not immediately important, allowing an opening for those that will allow me to act with passion and clarity. In fact, I often find during meditation that thoughts arise that remind me of very important phone calls to make, that I had forgotten, or bureaucratic deadlines, or names of people that I have not heard from in a long time and that, after meditation I call and have the opportunity to talk and discuss in difficult moments in life.

When I struggle to accept and understand what happens in my life, or when I am very angry about behaviors that I cannot justify, sooner or later I feel the need to take off the gloves and allow myself to regain the calm connection between brain and heart. Initially I feel the need to detach myself from people so as not to overwhelm them with my anger and pain, but then there always comes a time when you want to live again with a smile and here meditation helps me to detoxify, to find a fair and healthy balance.

So every morning before starting the day I spend time in meditation and, when I go into the classroom with my students, we do the exercise together, 3-5-3. The lesson begins, with clearing the mind from the clutter of thoughts and worries that would prevent them from learning and replacing them with serenity and the ability to relate to each other in the best way.

Over the years I have been able to observe that even the students who came from extremely conflictive situations at home, were able to rediscover the pleasure of being with others, of lending a hand to those who are in difficulty, thus discovering the beauty of laughing together, to collaborate for a common purpose, without always looking at each other with suspicion.

Even today I think of the vision of the great philosopher Aristotle who argued the uselessness of educating the mind if the heart is not first educated, and this through meditation, Neural Stimulation techniques and the profound letters of the founder of the association, affectionately called La Jardinera, it occurs in every individual who has the desire to open the magical chest of their abilities and talents, thus rediscovering that humanity and that spontaneous warmth that naturally characterizes people.