Presence is the quality of self a person brings to a room, a scene or a dynamic — carriage, attention, tone, focus. It is treated across many Lifestyle traditions as something cultivated rather than performed, and often becomes an object of admiration or ceremonial attention.

The vocabulary of Presence draws on long theatrical, devotional and courtly traditions and has been adapted within modern Lifestyle practice.

Presence resists precise measurement; it is nonetheless widely recognised as central to serious practice.