The intention of this Mindful Balance Journal was born from my desire to share what years ago consciously transformed my life. I have always liked art (painting, sculpture, architecture, music, photography, etc.) and one day I realized that I liked it because it allows me to contemplate the moment in which I am seeing the work, enjoy it, savoring it but also imagining the past of that moment: who is the author and what did they feel when making that work? What did they dream and imagine for their future? What were the thoughts, and emotions they felt? What was happening in their life? The life of a being who wonderfully captured in a work, in a moment, the accumulation of their feelings. For me that is magic, capturing the past and the future in a present that remains.

How can we make every moment of our lives become a moment of contemplation and detachment at the same time? Being aware, being present, in pain, in loneliness, in love and in happiness, in every moment. When something is uncomfortable, it is more predominant to be present, when the emotion stings the skin, and even more so when we are happy or feel loved, being present helps us joyfully enjoy each experience. You can’t live if you’re in survival mode (Dr. Joe Dispenza).

The path of Mindfulness begins with a formal practice, intentionally and deliberately seeking a space to be with yourself, to breathe and connect with your breath, touching the ground firmly and being aware of what you feel in the body, what your mind speaks and the emotions that emerge. And Mindfulness also expands to transform your life when you incorporate it into your daily life, into the trivial activities that automatically flow into your day, from when you take a bath to when you eat breakfast or when you tie your shoes.