Today, while out for a walk, I was listening to the book “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” again on Storytel, a book I read years ago. I was already thinking, “What could I do to share these relaxation techniques I have?” and then this passage from the book came up.

EDIT: Due to my busy schedule, we’ve taken a break for a while, but we’ll resume very soon.

You know the story of the seagull, but let me remind you. It defies its flock and family who say, “Seagulls can’t fly fast, don’t try, why are you doing this?” It disproves this theory and, through its own efforts, flies at 225 km/h. That’s a miracle for a seagull. Then it says:

“Now there are so many things worth living for. Besides the gloomy comings and goings among the fishing boats, there’s another reason to live. We can free ourselves from ignorance, transform into distinguished, intelligent, and skillful beings. We can be free, we can learn to fly.”

It’s discovering the immense capacity within me. We all have this, too. I felt the same things for the first time after performing a whirling dervish dance. We can be free, we can learn to fly 🙂

Later, the seagull is brought before the council for doing something against the flock. At the council, it says:

“I have no desire to be a leader. I just want to share what I’ve learned, to show the horizons opening up before us all.”

I suddenly stopped while walking. I said to myself, “I just want to show these horizons within all of us.” I said, “Instagram isn’t enough for me, I can’t fit it all into 1-minute videos that nobody else will make,” and I decided to start free meditation and mindfulness practices open to everyone.

Last year, we used to meet every week for free meditation. There were times we shed tears together, and times we were so relaxed we couldn’t get up.

So, it’s here again! And this time, it’s not just meditation; we’ll add movement, mindful movements, and exercises to calm the nervous system. We’ll do all sorts of things, but with one condition: you have to come.

As long as you keep going, I’ll keep sharing. If the number drops to 10-15 people in the summer, then we’ll stop, but summer is still a long way off 🙂 Let’s begin. Currently, our capacity is 100 people.

❗️Every Sunday at 11:00 AM Meditation and Nervous System Balancing, approximately 30 minutes, 100-person capacity. If it fills up, I’ll live stream it on my YouTube channel, and the recording will be there. My YouTube channel link is below.

The Zoom link and password are below. The link is fixed. We will connect with the same details every week.

Weekly meeting link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88354957612?pwd=aUM0Zk1YSFhrZlBiT1NqZGdpTjAxZz09

Meeting ID: 883 5495 7612

Passcode: 005001

I will open Zoom at 10:55 AM. Participants cannot join until I open the meeting room.

If you need technical support for Zoom, please ask your network or Google for help.

Once the first 100 people are reached, Zoom will not allow you to join; in that case, you can watch the same broadcast live on my YouTube channel and join. You can find the YouTube link below. If you don’t see the live broadcast video on the main page when you enter, please refresh the page. Once the video appears on your screen, you can click on it to watch the lesson live and we can do our exercises together. It will also be recorded there.

With wishes for it to be beneficial to everyone, to myself, and to the universe. May it be for the benefit of all 💗

If I can contribute a little to you during these difficult times, I ask for nothing more.

With my sincerest love,

Sema Özpekmezci Hadjichristofi