Beautiful morning in Los Gatos

On the Saturday morning (Feb 13 2016), when we (myself and Gopi) started from home around 7.30am, it was drizzling beautifully in San Jose. We reached Los Gatos around 8am.  Sathya and Manju were waiting for us. We initially walked a bit and after that we started jogging. Weather was perfect. Mist, clouds, green grasses, lake, flowing water are awesome experiential treat.  As I was jogging, I witnessed my body, mind and spirit. In our convenient lifestyle, we have lot of mental activity but body and spirit are neglected most of the time. So jogging in fresh air helped to regain the balance and rejuvenate the energy. Whenever I go into open space, it is like reestablishing the connection with nature.

Blood was circulating throughout the body as heart was beating well. Lungs was getting good volume of air consistently. Just continuous awareness of mind kept the thoughts settle down. After 60min of jogging, felt totally free and balanced within myself. I became very sensitive to the surroundings. Like a kid, able to notice and enjoy many small things like flowers, green grass, chillness in the air, mist, lake, sound of the birds etc. Life is not that complicated. As we put ourselves in comfort zone, our ability to think or being creative drops drastically. Once we challenge ourselves physically, mentally and spiritually, life just blossoms and creativity oozes out.

This was the first time that I jogged for 6miles straight (thanks to Sathya & Manju). It was a nice challenge but I didn’t feel difficult. Years of my martial arts training with mind-body-spirit together made it more enjoyable. Once we finished the jogging, we did stretching exercises for about 15min. Able to feel the nervous system, muscular system very much alive. It felt so good. So at least once in a week, we should just step out in an open space, give the world a break and touch the fundamentals of life. I see this is more and more essential since our lifestyles are getting more and more convenient.