Salud
ALEXANDRA BORBOLLA
Mindfulness Photography
The Mindful Chair
A
lexandra Borbolla
is doing some very
interesting things
with photography
and mindfulness.
Through meditation and discipline,
she has opened the door to
creativity and healing, awakening
her curiosity to think outside the
box and see opportunity beyond
what is evident.
“There is always something that
needs healing inside us, an obstacle
to jump, a cloudy day, or even a
hurricane to endure. In life, the ones
who learn how to be resilient are the
people who will prevail and succeed,
they are the ones who will be happier
and who will enjoy life to the fullest.”
“To be a mindfulness photographer, to tell a story with an image,”
she says, “you have to be in the moment and slow things down
in order to perceive the light, patterns, shapes, harmony and
the beauty of life. We see reality through our lens with a unique
perspective and when we click the shutter, the result is a print
of our expression of reality. We reveal who we are in every
interpretation of how we see the world.
When I was ten years old, I experienced the tragic death of my
friend Iñigo, as well as two other major losses that same year. So,
I thought life was not about living but about dying, grief and deep
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emptiness. The camera my
dad gave me was like a raft
in a vast ocean of sadness;
it saved my life. My mother
introduced me to a sport
that gave me the drive and
strength to keep going.”
Art and sports taught me
mindfulness, showed me
the present and its wonders,
and set me free through a
sensation of being in “flow”. I became a mindfulness practitioner. I
would train my mind to facilitate deep breathing, to visualize myself
winning a competition, and to feel the sensation of jumping in the air
flawlessly.”
Life grew full of richness and meaning, offering lots of things to
explore. Death became a reason for being present and for enjoying
every single moment, even the hard ones because there is always
a grateful moment within those moments. Gratefulness, is the key
to everything. Sports showed me that hard work and passion make
a person better every day, that there is no defeat that cannot teach