Meditation

João Serejo

Throughout the years, when I was asked what was I doing in London, why wasn’t I in Portugal or if I imagined returning, my answer was always a redundant NO. Funny enough, it was on the (1-way ticket) plane to Bali, that I got a calling: go home. So, last June, after 12 years in London and 7 months in Asia, I came back to Lisbon. A month later, with nothing really flowing, I began to question that calling. What was I doing here? I needed to get out of here! …the Universe had other plans. I wasn’t going anywhere: Fatidic 10th August: I had no idea what I was about to experience. In that afternoon, a motorbike accident almost took my right leg. I stayed in the hospital for the whole month, as Summer was in full bloom, waiting.Eventually I had a 7h surgery. I remember coming out of the hospital in September, sobbing just by being outdoors and by watching others walk. How oblivious are we to the miracle that it is our body? It’s like we only give value to things once they’re no longer there. My body is slowly recovering. Child’s posture is one of the most simple postures and yet the most difficult for me atm. In the first picture I was getting into lotus, in the second asana you see me in one-legged squat. Will I ever be able to practice them again? Who knows. I’m surely working towards it! This has been, by far, the most challenging year of my life. In all levels. If you were to ask me now if I could go back, I’d 100% wish I didn’t have the accident. But the lessons I’ve been given this year? My knee has been THE teacher. It doesn’t matter how much knowledge you get, how many books you read. It is in experiencing life. Knowing > knowledge. True, embodied, wisdom. This is where Yoga and Meditation enter. Trust me: these ancient tools, these sciences, can do miracles! I am the living proof. I don’t know what the future holds. However I know that everything happens for a reason. Many would call me stupid, naïve. I am utterly afraid but I keep jumping into the unknown. Into the abyss. I don’t know any other way. Herein lies the easiest thing to do and yet the hardest: surrender. Trust. There is a higher force looking out for you. LOVE.