Ease is so elusive in our busy world. Most people tend towards overwhelm and exhaustion. Add the need for treatment and to balance cycles of feeling well then poorly from chronic Lyme. Is there any possibility of ease?
I have ease in my life and hope you can too.
Ease is an absence of difficulty or stress, or boredom. Create a life with just the right amount of activity to keep you easeful, engaged, happy, and healing. Ease is an ideal spot for healing because if we cultivate ease this frees up space to build structures and mental energy to support healing.
Ease underpins a hormonal environment for healing. Stress and overwhelm tax our minds and bodies. Ease balances of work and rest and in that balance enables enjoyment and relaxation. Get out of fright flight or freeze mode find relaxation and engage with the present.
Think about it as a drive in the mountains on Maui. These are the kind of roads they won’t let you take rental cars on. The middle of the road is ease. On one side is a rock wall of immobility and depression on the other is the sheer drop off of overwhelm. The slope of the road, the bumpiness and width vary. There are sharp turns where you can’t see what is ahead of you or a stake in the road and you can’t see what is supporting it.
Accelerate when the road is wide and clear. Be ready when things change. Moment to moment you learn to check in, pay attention and change speed as necessary. Keep your eye on the ball as you hold the middle of the road, otherwise you hit the rock wall or drive off a cliff. When possible we need to treat our lives like this journey.
“Easeful living is defined by how you orient your awareness and what this perpetuates. ” Cate Stillman Body Thrive
How do you translate this with Chronic Lyme?
We may not have as much control over our lives as we have driving, but we have some level of choice. On a new medicine slow down a little so you can take the bumps without damage. Come around a sharp curve pay attention. When symptoms flair, drive carefully and look ahead to where the road is clearer.
Recognize that you need to structure life with healthy sleep and food and good self care for ease so that you have more resources to navigate the twists and turns on a healing journey. Prioritize the important things and let go of less important stuff and busyness. Get help you need to alleviate stress. Here are ideas I use to carve out space for easeful living. What is on your list?
Uncover the Ease on Your Journey with Chronic Lyme
- Be well rested and nourished.
- Consciously breathe 3x3x3x3. Three breaths 3 seconds inhale and 3 seconds exhale 3 x a day. Increase conscious breathing from this baseline.
- Stack tasks for efficiency.
- Build a strong morning routine
- Organize medicines & supplements & appointments
- Plan, get ahead of deadlines. You just don’t need the stress.
- Value connection and community.
- Feel the Love. Ask for help when you need to.
- Make time for laughter, fun and joy.
- Orient towards ease.
- Choose relationships that lift you up and make you happy.
- In the moment go for simplicity and self acceptance.
- Let go of the need for perfection and guilt. Sometimes okay is enough.
What are the ways you cultivate ease in your life? Scroll down and share. With Lyme disease information is power. We all need to help each other.
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