Monday, August 8, 2016

Another good thing about retirement - take a recovery day!

I've been fighting a cold for a few days. Like most people around here. Not very surprising because school started this week.

My throat started getting a little scratchy, and I took all my usual prophylactic vitamins and herbs (zinc, vitamin C and Echinacea. No help. After working in the barn, and working with my qi through body work and qigong class, the energy that has been pent up inside me for years grabbed the opportunity to escape. A very good thing... In the long run... Somewhat uncomfortable in the short term! I've been "productively" coughing for two weeks! The great thing was that I could go to bed, let the process happen, and cancel my appointments for the next day. I can do that because I'm retired!

Then, several days later, I was feeling much better, and I drank a few shells of kava. Went home to dinner, and my stomach decided to join in and eliminate negative energy! Nearly the entire night I was up and down, stomach hurt like crazy, and anything I put in it bounced right back out. Yuck.

Finally feeling better, as I look back on the experience, I do feel a huge release of "stuff" I don't need to keep carrying around.

Imagine that.