Photos by Lani Tons
Tonight wasn’t my first introduction to meditation but it happened to be one that felt really special. My first meditation class happened last year with Nike Air Society and I couldn’t get out of my head, the thoughts just kept coming in and I really felt like I missed the mark. Today, it happened, I found my flow.
Melody Ehsani, the creator of the self-named brand lead us through an intimate meditation session and she looked just as cozy as us, sporting a grey 3M jnumber. She spoke about the things she would meditate on and shared the backstory on her life as well. Of course her new sneaker graced the hardwood floor. Today, her first sneaker under the Jordan brand launched, the Melody Ehsani Air Jordan 1 Mid Fearless. “Fearless” she is indeed. After leaving her career in law she told her family and friends that she wanted to be a designer. The quote, “If you knew what you had was rare, you would never waste it” can be found on the sneaker and it spoke to me in this moment. Her friend who also made this custom meditation for us tonight also quoted it.
It was time to kick off our shoes and get in the zone.
There was a point in the meditation that I can't quite recall word-for-word but there was a moment around identifying the person who would take us to the next level, the one who we should bet on, and the person I saw was myself.
So I am motivated to take more risks and believe in my talent. I've been having a great year and sometimes I forget to live in the moment and be proud of where I've came from while also focusing on where I am going.
I left the session feeling motivated and inspired.Tonight I was speaking to someone on Instagram and they quoted something I said. “Anybody can do it. I didn’t take the path anyone forced on me. I did me, what felt good to me. Never wanted to settle for something I didn’t love.”
I hope that my journey inspires someone to keep going no matter what.