If I truly appreciate a particular song, I will usually listen to it (or watch the video) several times in a row in order to completely immerse myself, each time, moving further into that persons “picture” and/or “story”. I listen to the lyrics, coupled with the sound. I observe ALL the details and their unique representation - the body language, facial expressions, voice, what they are wearing etc. and I try to connect with them “in that specific moment” – opening myself up to whatever it was that they were LIVING through the singing of that song. That is an entire journey on its own!

As another example - If I am looking at a photograph of someone, I don’t simply “look” at the photo – I try to look at the person beneath - through way of the eyes. I normally get to a point where I actually start to “feel” that person – sensually, visually and energetically experiencing what was happening at that moment in time and how they were feeling…

I would have to say that one of the things I undoubtedly enjoy the most though, is the sensory pleasure I get from Mother Nature herself – particularly leaning towards the “greener” side of things. I have no doubt that we can all relate to the magnificently energising sensation raised by inhaling the powerful smell of damp earth after it has been rained on.

Personally, there is nothing that compares to it! It transports me to a totally different plane… in fact, one of my longest standing (yet never achieved haha) VERY personal and intimate fantasies has always been to make love in the middle of a rain forest, whilst it rains. (Oh, and Enigma would simply HAVE be playing in the back ground… lol) In fact, some years back at one of my moms art classes, I actually attempted to symbolise my fantasy with a painting… (I am no artist… so no critics here ok lol)

FULLY experiencing your senses is so much more than just the physical. When you stop and actually focus on them, they offer a vastness truly worth experiencing. Even the written word can hold a similar level of sensory intensity. If you read an article that you truly identify with, or somebody close to you writes something to you in a message, it can arouse all sorts of very real emotions which in turn often stimulate physical responses. It is all so tremendously intricate – and powerful!

There comes a voluptuous moment when the senses and the whole skin tingle with a sharpened awareness of the body and the world around. - Anton Ehrenzweig

When kissing someone that you REALLY love, how often do you just smack a kiss on their lips and keep on moving – and on the opposite side of the coin, how often do you slow down and approach them truly conscious INTENT – placing yourself in the moment, embracing them and becoming acutely mindful of the moment where your lips connect and the passionate energy which rapidly moves between the two of you as you do so? My guess is more often than not, it is the “smack and move on” scenario… unfortunately.

So much of our lives is spent on fast forward, and I think we often forget the beauty that being fully immersed and present in the “small” moments can have. It has such a massively positive impact on the state of our emotional being. Our lives are a culmination of continuous moments, all of which are supposed to be truly experienced - right through your core. If we were not supposed to experience things with such sensory pleasure, then it would not be possible to do so.