Do a 15-second photo meditation with me at golden hour

🧘‍♀️A morning meditation practice starts your day with calm intention (much better than starting your day with the outside world’s chaotic agenda).

It boosts your focus, decompresses your nervous system and is an anchor point of relaxation throughout your day.

I was laying in bed this morning on our vacation in Northern Michigan, not entirely thrilled to be wide awake at 5:30am. Matt rolled over and said, “look we’re on on golden pond this morning”. I looked out the window and it was gorgeous out. How he knew this through the blackout shades is a mystery, especially since we’ve had quite a few rainy mornings, up here, but I’m glad he spoke up.

I made my way down to the lake (a 20-second walk) to enjoy listening to the lapping waves while watching the sunrise.

It was beautiful.

So much of photography is a meditation to me, a living, breathing, walking, shooting mindfulness experience, but this morning was even more lovely because I was in such awe of how gorgeous the golden hour light was on the lake. And in awe of my favorite sound, lake waves lapping on the shore.

This is how we wake up to our own life feast ⏰by being in awe of the beauty of life before the noise (even fun summer Saturday noise) kicks in.

It’s 8:20am now as I’m typing and the golden light is already gone. I can hear the neighbors’ small kiddos running around their yard. The lake is still shimmery and lovely, but nothing beats how stunning it was at 6am when it was just me and the ducks enjoying its calm.

Did you enjoy this little sunrise golden hour photo meditation? I hope so! It certainly made me smile to make it for you. 🕶️

This photo meditation is also on my Instagram page. You can save it, share it with others and leave a comment about how much you enjoyed it over here (thank you so much for doing so!).