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The bliss on the other side of truly feeling
How a year without drinking and a lockdown alone led John to presence 🌬️


Hi friend, 💛🌿
John told me something I keep breathing with… “On the other side of that is the bliss, the freedom, the relief that comes from feeling every single aspect of that energy.” 🌬️
His story is so human. “Drinking was a big part of my life in my 20s, going into my 30s.” Even when he cut down, he still felt a disconnection for days afterwards. So he committed to a full year of not drinking anything. And a couple of months later… a genuine deep awakening. “My whole life just completely transformed.”
[Can you fully stopped your key distraction, even for 1 month? How meaningful could that be for your awakening?]
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Then life tested it. After six years in Vietnam and four years of therapy, John travelled through Colombia and landed in Argentina in March 2020. “Ten days after me arriving, lockdowns were enforced.” Alone in a studio apartment, “every single insecurity that I had all came to the surface.” ⚓️
That's when he found a simple way of letting go… welcoming what he was feeling, instead of fighting it. One day he felt an emotion in his stomach, sat with it, and watched it dissolve into immense relief.
I felt that one. How many times have I tried to think my way out of a feeling that only wanted to be felt?
“The emotions, all that they want to do is run the course that they came in to run.”
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John is one of the most grounded humans I know… and a master at simplifying how we experience presence. I met him in one of his breathwork sessions. At the summit he guides us through a full session of conscious connected breathwork, not to fix anything… but to welcome our experience as it is. 🙏
John's full session premieres at the Permanent Presence Summit™. 🎉 Free and online, anywhere you are, November 13 to 16, starting on the International Day of Kindness. Premium and VIP keep every recording for life, with each speaker's gifts.
I choose to feel what I used to numb… I choose to welcome instead of fight… I choose, if you want, to breathe it with you. 🤍
Loto
Founder of Hawimi & the Permanent Presence Summit™
What if Kindness is Always the Answer?
PS. Three ways to continue, if you want:
① Register free for the Permanent Presence Summit and receive a gift Inner Circle session valued at €111: https://Hawimi.World/Summit2026 🎁
② If you want you can become Premium and keep all the sessions for life or VIP and get that + a full month of Inner Circle, with either way you give and receive more. 💛
③ Share this opportunity with the world and receive rewards for sharing kindness and presence. Here's the direct link: https://Hawimi.World/Ambassadors 🫂