What makes you feel most alive?

I'd truly love to know. Will you share in the comments? What does make you feel most alive? I'd love for this post to be a resource of great ideas, inspiration and a hope-filled reminder of how there are things we can all do to make ourselves feel more alive.

When I say "more alive" I'm thinking of the things that cause you to feel passionate and fulfilled rather than full of adrenaline because you're terrified 😂

So, as you ponder your own answer to this question don't tell me, "Caroline, I feel most alive when I'm being chased by a bear!" 🐻

Tell me what lights you up.

Tell me what makes you come alive.

Tell me what fills you with joy.

I'll share the three things that immediately come to mind for me when I read Galen's prompt this week:

✨ Dancing in a big group of people at a Conscious Dance event.

I first attended one of these in Ubud, Bali (Indonesia). Imagine a daytime, drug and alcohol free event where there's just music and dancing and sweaty bodies and no steps to follow; you just move your body however you feel to move it. I loved these events so much. I went almost every week for an entire year or more.

Just one of my many pairs of dancing shoes.

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✨ Running alone in the bush, on single track.

I have loved doing this for as long as I can remember. I'm fortunate in that I can safely run in the bush on my own here and in many places in Australia. Also, there's a big nature reserve near our home and so I can walk out my front door and I'm literally surrounded by bush two minutes later. Being alone means I'm focused entirely on the act of running (rather than talking) and running on single track (trails that are narrow enough that only one single person will fit) forces me into a sort of moving meditation. I have to be 100% focused on where I'm running or I'll trip on something and, in my case, this is good because there's no room for (the seemingly never ending) thinking!

This is a goanna, a very large, awesome reptile I rarely see. It's a privilege to be able to find such creatures in the bush and I'm sure I only get to see such a beauty because I'm regularly running and walking in this nature reserve.

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✨ Making love with my Mister.

I know this might seem like a funny one to include but it was one of the three things that immediately came to mind when I thought about this topic. Also, I appreciate that there are many people in committed partnerships where their sex life really isn't that good. So I do not take this for granted.

You didn't think I was going to post a photo of us in bed now did you? 😉

It's interesting to reflect on these things as what they all seem to have in common is that:

• I'm moving my body, and
• The activity works better if I'm 100% present and in my body (not thinking)

Also, in all of them, there's a sense of connection. When I'm dancing it's with the others around me as we play together. When I'm running it's with the bush around me. And when I'm having sex... well, that's obvious ☺️

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So, what about you? What activities light you up, fulfill you and make you feel truly alive? 👇