A little about me
My journey began at the end of 2014, when I traveled to Southeast Asia for the first time. I was only 21 at the time, and I was looking for something that I didn't know exactly what it was. Since then I have flown to several more trips in the East and as a result I have found much more than I could have ever imagined I would find, both about myself and about the world.
Our eternal search for something to fulfill us stems from a lack of self-observation and this I discovered many years later.
I traveled for six months in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines and South-North India and I felt the most free there is. When I returned home, I started a new job and returned to my routine, which slowly began to weigh on me. The feeling of freedom began to fade and I felt lost, frustrated and unsatisfied. I felt something was missing. I went through a breakup and had to find myself again. At the beginning of 2017 I decided to return to Southeast Asia, but this time I wanted to learn how to practice meditation. The purpose of the trip was mainly to connect with my intuition. For me, intuition is the purest energy within us, before emotions and thoughts. It is something inside us that always knows what is best for us and is always one step ahead. But sometimes feelings like fear, anger and doubt can cloud our intuition.
And so, in 2017 I returned to Southeast Asia. I have been to Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. I found more and more courage inside me. I traveled alone, took rides and even learned to practice meditation for the first time in a monastery in Myanmar located here . In the monastery the schedule is very tight, with five meditations a day. The first at 3:30 at night and each for an hour and a half. I stayed there for five days. I won't lie, I couldn't wake up at 3:30 all the time. But the progress in those five days was amazing! I learned how to practice meditation, I reconnected with myself, I realized that emotions are temporary - they just come and go, pass through us. (although I still have to remind myself of this all the time), and most importantly - I just felt happiness and for no particular reason.
On this trip that lasted two months I connected deeply with my intuition, I felt happy, strong and so much freer than on the previous trip.
I thought I would continue to feel this way when I got home, but things actually looked a little different. At first everything was wonderful and I felt inspired and excited to start learning and start a new routine. But during my degree in marine biology, I encountered a lot of obstacles. I practiced meditation occasionally but not regularly.
Then, in the middle of 2020, which was a crazy year for everyone anyway, I was in a car accident. A vehicle swerved to the right and entered my vehicle from the left side, I lost control of the steering wheel and my vehicle overturned a complete turn. Luckily I landed on my wheels. I got out alive and completely intact by a miracle! I only got a few scratches all over my body and limped on my leg for a few days. Of course my vehicle was a total loss. For the next six months, at first I thought everything was fine because I was not physically harmed. But actually the accident affected me a lot. After about three months like this I realized that I had to get help.
The first thing I had to understand is that getting help is a legitimate need.
I started going to therapy and at the same time, I decided to practice meditation before bed because it took me at least an hour to fall asleep every night (after a few weeks, it was down to 20-30 minutes most nights!). After a while, things started getting better and better. I started practicing meditations in the morning and in the middle of the day as well. Sometimes it was only 7 minutes, sometimes 50. I practiced yoga and learned about my chakras and how to balance them, I went to retreats, and most importantly - I learned how to allow myself to be supported by my friends and family. I finished my degree and felt stronger than ever. It's not that life became easier, I still had many experiences and bad feelings, but I knew better how to deal with them.
About two years after the car accident, I met my partner (at an airport!). The universe wanted and he loves Southeast Asia at least as much as I do.
And so it turned out that I decided to travel in the East again, but this time the goals are a little different and deal with practicing mindfulness during the journey, connecting with people and local life, volunteering, spreading the knowledge I receive to the world and especially with love.
I am grateful for everyone who came here.
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With much love ♥
Noah
