The art of presence

Welcome stranger, wanderer, friend

Dear you, welcome to The Art of Presence. I am Maria, a perpetual beginner and devotee of Mother Nature in all her forms. A lover of creatures, poetry and magic, of sound, song and silence. A friend of dreams, expression, movement and creativity. A fellow human and seeker of diverse truths.

Wherever you come from, whichever crossroads you find yourself in, however the shape and sight of your inner landscapes, whoever you think yourself to be, I invite you to be curious with me. To open your senses to your felt experience of being alive and present in this moment, as it is. To touch the shape of impermanence within and outside of you. To taste the Earth that cradles you with a humble mind and open heart.

I don’t guide, force or show. I invite. I witness. I hold space.

I invite you to feel and gently embrace all that your vast awareness encompasses, no matter if light or shadow. To become intimate with all aspects of your aliveness, reconnecting you further with the whispers of your body and heart, your deepest sources of intuitive knowing. To rekindle that inner flame at the centre of your being. A remembering. A recollection of your wild nature, rooted in the elemental world of flesh and bone, in the messiness of being alive and in intimate relationship with the all. Rooted in the here and now, with no place to get to.