The ease of being happy

What is happiness? how do you get to it?  Of course, these are questions that many people ask themselves almost every day. Is it really so complex to understand this emotion?

In my humble opinion, I think that all people are different. Yet, we should all have several things in common. One of these things should clearly be to appreciate the little things. That is, to know what is really important.

From a personal point of view, for me happiness is everything that fills you up inside. It is that which brings a smile to your face when you least expect it. Or as simple as being at ease with yourself. It is values, friendships, moments, facts, looks or smiles. Simple things like these are what make me happy.

However, there is one thing that has made me who I am at present. Sport. Sport has given me everything I know and am, which is why I would like to talk a little bit about it and my experience.

Triathlon is a multi-sport that includes swimming, cycling and running.It is such a dynamic sport that there isn't reason for boring. So much that I have been doing it for 15 years now. So much that I want to dedicate my life to it. I want to have the possibility as a personal trainer to transmit the happiness that this magnificent sport can bring you.  From friendships, new places, or values such as sacrifice, solidarity, companionship, equality, perseverance or responsibility.

A little more than 2 years ago I got to know another sport. Unlike triathlon, this one is collective and not so popular. But that doesn't mean it can't bring you even more. I am talking about canicross, a sport in which you team up with your most faithful companion. It consists of completing a foot race with your dog pulling you in the shortest possible time. On the other hand, I think it is so special because the bond that is created with this animal is totally indescribable. It is a source of motivation to stand at the start line and see your dog barking, jumping and bursting with energy as you share the effort that you both want to agonise over. Clearly, and I say this loud, I am going to try my best to popularise this sport. I would like people to be able to feel this sensation.

So, without further ado, here are a couple of pictures to show you what I'm talking about. I don't exaggerate. 

A little video doing bikejoring

 

This my friends, is the purity of happiness. It is the simplest things that sometimes become the most complex. Happiness does not depend on anything or anyone, but on the way you look at things.

Thank you very much for reading this article and, as you know, let's be happy! it doesn't cost that much!😁

 

Antoni.

My experience with meditation

Hello dear classmates.

It´s true that all of us have experience with some form of meditation in class, the mindfulness meditation but, when we begun to practice this mindfull meditation at the beggining of the course I already had some experience with meditation.
It was around September-October of the last year when, after watching some interesant videos about this topic on Youtube, I decided to start with this amazing practice. I had already thought about starting meditation many times since I was a kid, when I had a fantastic, magic and really crazy idea about how this could be. So I begun practicing meditation feeling quite confuse about the right way to do it and, it was some time later when I realized that there isn´t a specific correct way to do it. I sat in my bed (not the best place to do it) and I remember what the people in the  videos told me, I was really excited so it was a bit difficult to put the attention in the moment and not in my thoughts. I tried  not to think (wich was a funny problem because I was thinking in don´t think) and I spent 20 minutes dealing with the don´t thinking issue. However, I have to say that, despite of it was my first time I had some magical moments when Ionly felt (only for a few seconds) amazing sensations and feelings.

I was doing this almost every day and I was improving step by step my attention, mi sensitiviy about what I felt and, the most important thing, knowing me better as a human being. I remember specially the feeling that I had when I finished my meditation sesions, it was like I was there more than ever, I had all my senses so activated and my mind was very quiet. I could  listen better  what  my heart was saying to me.  
It was when I discovered a new meditation tecnique called "Do nothing" when my mind changed. This tecnique is about sitting your self down and let your thoughts come and go...all of them. At the same time, you have to control your breath and stay in your place. This was shocking because I thinked that meditation was about being present to the moment but, meditation is bigger than that. With this new tecnique a lot of uncomfortable thoughts came to my mind and it was weird at first but, as the days past, I was knowing myself  much better and deeper. Some thoughts didn´t want to go, others yes, I cried, I laughed and I felt a lot of things.

Nowadays, I´m still practicing meditation and I love to do it in nature, with a nice, warming sun. Also, it´s great if there are animals like horses or birds in there and, talking about what kind of method or techique I am using, I must say that I don´t follow a specific method (mindfullness for example) instead, I combine some aspects from some tecniques and I do what I feel is the better for me. Besides this, I experienced really crazy things while meditating, for example, I felt an incredible burst of energy coming out from my chest, I see the things undulating in front of me and I laughed for almost minutes.
Finally, I will always remember when I lay down in the field behind my house, with the horses, with the sound of the birds and with the sun warming me, enjoying life and feeling like I was in some kind of heaven. 
~ Give a chance to meditation~

Jose
     
Here you can see some sexy pictures:😀

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