On Pleasure

Taking pleasure and marking your days with moments of indulgence are a vital part of enriching and etching your life. This might look like a sweet treat, a day at the beach, a romantic evening or a fun-filled adventure with people you love.

Pleasure doesn't have to look like excess but it also doesn't have to be something rare, far between or restrictive. We all need sensuality, relaxation, peace, laughter and joy - and to place an importance on pleasure every day, no matter how heavy or challenging our load.

Our lives are filled with many colours, textures and seasons but actively choosing moments of indulgence - however small or big - we take pleasure in living, in our relationships and impress a deep sense of quality within our worlds.

So take the time to create a warm dining table, sit under a tree and enjoy the sensations of your breath and the feel of your body. Notice the beauty and vitality of that around you and feed your imagination with something creative or something unique.

We all need to take a little pleasure everyday - not to an extreme but to simple moments of regular indulgence. Little rituals, like trips to the bakery or botanic gardens can shift our lives monumentally - breathing a sense of flight and movement into how we live.

Being present and noticing the sensations within us, or the dreams and aspirations we hold - can be enough to inspire a deep love of life and an innate recognition of its beauty and charm.

So learn to stop and to indulge. Without interruption. Pleasure is an everyday moment and activity that waits for us all - wholeheartedly without a reason.