Body Prayer

After waiting and longing for sunny days, my strangely favorite new place is a dark room with blankets to rest under.

Headaches, pre-migraine auras, nausea and an inexplicable sense of anxiety are what send me there in the worst moments.

But in the best moments, I somehow realize that being with my body, and just being with my body is what I most want to do.

As someone who finds it hard to stay grounded in my body, these hours are a revelation. I'm present in a way I'm not used to being. And I like it.

Comments

[Fran Pullara]

I have a dear friend who has been on disability for years with migraines. Stay well--and you're right. We take our bodies for granted until they don't function properly--and then we're right there. No wonder they sick sometimes--they want our attention.

Fran

[Fran]

Hope you are feeling better, Mahala. I also have a hard time staying in my body. I know if you can do long periods of meditation that you are with your body, so remember that. It's so hard to be with it until the silence takes over.