Category: Nervous System Recovery

When adaptation becomes survival

Leanne is sat in a pink sweater sits comfortably on a chair, smiling softly at the camera. Beside her, a small black and white dog is stretched out on the carpet in front of a fluffy blue pet bed, creating a cozy and serene scene at home.

It can feel creative, wise, and freeing to find a different way of doing things. A way that works with your body instead of against it. A way that helps you keep going, keep moving, keep living.

And then there are times when adaptation does not feel inspiring at all.

Resting, surrendering, and lubricating those joints!

Leanne lying in bed smiling with her hand resting on Stanley, her white and grey Shih Tzu. She is under a pink blanket and lying on grey pillows. her tshirt is black with the words Amazing Jane on the front.

I used to think that getting well was about being less lazy. Pushing through the pain and fatigue, ignoring what my body was saying, powering on despite how ill I was feeling. Then my body sat me down in my early twenties and said (it actually screamed at me!) absolutely not.

Free 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique

Person reaching their hand out to touch a wall of ice.

Practice the 5-4-3-2-1 technique to refresh your senses. The science This simple grounding technique is rooted in your five senses. It…