What did 3 months of sciatica, with 3 weeks not able or barely able to walk even with a cane, teach me? What did I learn from all this constant pain?
At the beginning of this illness that came unexpectedly, there was lots of confusion and fear. I was dismayed at what the heck was going on with me that I’d never felt before.
It was, at best, extremely bewildering!
When we have pain or serious illness, it might seem like it may never end, and very unfortunately, sometimes it may not. But we are very adaptable beings. We can make adjustments of unimaginable kinds in the face of adversity. If it’s severe enough, we may even reach our wits’ ends.
In my case, this prodded me to open new doors to intimacy with others and to be more sensitive to and focused on the amazing force of life.
Around the ill, life vibrates. It is palpable, similar to the way we feel it with newborn babies.
My months with sciatica only made clearer why I meditate and do yoga, and why I am an every day yogi–in order to try my best not to lose sight of and keep gratitude for this incredible life that creates, lives, and breathes us each and every day!
The Every Day Yogi 