On that bright Ionian afternoon a tug came from inside, a prompt; an impulse, “This is the time!”  I left my plan to another day, turned and started up the hill. I unlatched the wooden gate to the field and latched it again behind me.  Carefully climbing over the slippery bits I soon stood at the crest – the highest point on the island.

In my view, the body’s perceptive capacities through our five senses - hearing, seeing, smell, touch, and taste - and our proprioceptive sense of where we are in space are fundamental to knowing where we are and what we need. Becoming alert to our postural patterns and the sensory flows in allows us to become aware of how we are either present in our lives or compromised in being here.