This is just to share some experience, nothing more.
Zazen with Long Covid. Three months in.
During exhaustion, brain fog, limbs too sore/tired to move, lift, bend. Ears ringing. Buzzing in brain - dizzy? lightheaded? Sensations that have no label.
Breathing while chest hurts, feeling the rattle of congestion. Balance stumbles. Shortness of breath when walking -- memories of walking a few miles a day with ease.
Chills with no fever, sleep with little rest.
Laying down, mind drifts away. Come back.
Breathe. Just breathe and be still. This is all there is, for now. Mind here, and be still.
Limbs twitch, sensations prickle. Coughing, still congested. Breathe, ears ringing --
In spite of everything, I am alive, and I am breathing now. Time is unrecorded. Just this.
gassho, meian st
Zazen with Long Covid. Three months in.
During exhaustion, brain fog, limbs too sore/tired to move, lift, bend. Ears ringing. Buzzing in brain - dizzy? lightheaded? Sensations that have no label.
Breathing while chest hurts, feeling the rattle of congestion. Balance stumbles. Shortness of breath when walking -- memories of walking a few miles a day with ease.
Chills with no fever, sleep with little rest.
Laying down, mind drifts away. Come back.
Breathe. Just breathe and be still. This is all there is, for now. Mind here, and be still.
Limbs twitch, sensations prickle. Coughing, still congested. Breathe, ears ringing --
In spite of everything, I am alive, and I am breathing now. Time is unrecorded. Just this.
gassho, meian st
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