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ME/CFS/SEID Feng Shui – How Does Your Energy Flow?

9/13/2016

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I was recently rearranging the furniture in my family room in order to accommodate a new door.  I also just wanted a new look without buying new furniture.  As I began to move things around, I was surprised at how different the same things could look and function just by rearranging them. The energy in the room changed too.  It felt airier and brighter – it flowed better.   Of course this got me thinking about ME/CFS/SEID and how poorly my energy flowed.

For most of the first half of my struggle with ME/CFS/SEID, I didn’t regulate my energy at all.  I burnt up whatever I had then crashed.  There was no pacing.  There was no intension to plan my day around what I could reasonably handle.  And most important, there was no progress toward getting better.  The opposite was true.  I was getting worse.

Once I decided to take more control of my ME/CFS/SEID, my energy flow changed dramatically.  Instead of the abrupt go, go then stop, stop, stop, I began to use my energy reserves at a slow but steady pace.  Much like the familiar Tortoise and Hare story, I was slowly getting back to wellness one day at a time.  And over a long period of time I got there.  I’m guessing that I left a few Hares behind still trapped in the cruelty of ME/CFS/SEID.

I’m sitting in my newly rearranged family room as I write.  What a difference.  The energy is flowing easily - not rushed or stopped up.  How are you managing your energy flow?  Have you embraced your tortoise?  Please COMMENT on this blog or Send in your thoughts and I’ll post them with your permission.  You can use the Contact Form or send an email to Martha at DefeatCFS dot net.  And Guest Blogs are most welcome!

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Be Well Again,
Martha

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Abiya link
9/15/2016 03:03:16 am

I just see the post i am so happy the post of information's.So I have really enjoyed and reading your blogs for these posts.Any way I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you post again soon.

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Martha
9/15/2016 07:21:10 am

Welcome Abiya! I post on Tuesdays. We look forward to your comments and welcome guest blogs.

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Tim Boland
9/18/2016 06:55:06 pm

This blog reminds me Martha of something I try to do every day, which is to listen to a Qigong DVD. I listen because actually doing the movements, for me, tends to aggravate my muscles .. not the best thing with fibromyalgia. One day I decided to call the creator of the DVD, a nice woman who husband is originally from China, where he was a Qigong master.

He is a gentle man and his wife who narrates the film says, that some versions of Qigong encourage its practitioners to 'push themselves to the limit'. This master whose video I watch encourages instead attention to our bodies, if our bodies are hurting with the movements or we are feeling that we need a break, to take one. The very subtle flow of chi (which can take some time to feel, and I cannot honestly say I have felt this yet) ... but I can say that just listening, often with my eyes closed in my easy chair, nearly always helps me relax. I imagine many would be able to start very gently with movements, perhaps only a minute or two, to see how it goes.

Chi is about this same idea, of energy flow and energy management. As you discovered from your recovery, it is a vital component of recovery. I remember once early on, reading a summary from a fibromyalgia assistance source, that for many, there is this sense of having gone right to the limit of what we can endure physically (perhaps emotionally?), and then past that limit, opening ourselves up to illness. In writing that, it reminds me very much of what you have shared here too, Martha. So very hard when at times I feel like a young racehorse inside, feeling I just want to get up and sprint, but knowing that it is the tale of the 'tortoise and the hare' which should be my underlying guide ...

As a boy I was so frustrated with the hare, he was so likable, so speedy and charming compared to that dreary old tortoise ... but as we know, 'slow but steady wins the race'.

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Martha
9/19/2016 12:32:26 am

I like the hare too! But I wouldn't put him in charge of my recovery. lol Your daily practice sounds rejuvenating. Well done. Thanks Tim!

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