Zen

I spent the last weekend of May up north at the Baltic Sea. The reason was that the previous months had caused a lot of unnecessary stress because of my washing machine dying on me and having a leakage in one of the pipes in my hallway. Living on a small construction site plus having to go to the laundromat every now and then took its toll.

However, once the final stages of repair were in the books, I decided that I needed a small break and booked a little getaway. Just for a weekend, but still absolutely needed. Also, since I hadn’t been there in like three years, I decided to return to my Happy!Place aka Warnemünde. Four bed girls’ only dorm (which I had to myself almost throughout the entire stay) in the DOCK INN hostel, train ride was included in my Deutschland-Ticket (a public transport ticket that allows you to use trains – as in, regional / commuter trains as well as buses, trams etc everywhere in Germany), so off I went.

And as soon as my feet hit the sand, I was happy again. The sound of the waves, the salty breeze, the seagulls (although they’re absolutely cheeky there, one of them tried to steal my – UNOPENED! – bag of potato chips, I kid y’all not!) …it was balm to my soul.

I didn’t have a single care in the world anymore. Just me. The beach. The Baltic Sea. Peace.

I could feel my nerves calming down as well.

All the way to a point on Monday, a couple of moments before I was about to board a train back to Berlin.

I was sitting there, and as I was looking out at the sea again, I fell into a state of Absolute Zen. Eyes closed. Breathing slowed down. Just the breeze and the waves rolling in. I don’t know how long exactly I was sitting like that, but the level of inner peace I felt in that moment, well, I haven’t felt that in quite some time. If ever.

Absolute relaxation. Being in the moment.

And that was also when I KNEW that my little timeout had the desired effect on me. I sensed it before already – because, let’s face it: this stupid little corner of the World Wide Web isn’t called “Ocean Soul” for nothing, fam – but in that moment, I realized it once and for all that this was where I belonged. It was almost as if everything inside me that had been in turmoil because of the aforementioned stress and situations realigned. Sorted itself. And gave me an amount of peace I stored within me, in case things start to be troublesome again.

An experience I will for sure treasure for some time!

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pic: mine