What do you do when your own body feels like the enemy? Spoken word artist and activist Andrea Gibson (You Better Be Lightning) spends years struggling with chronic illness, feeling as if their body is at odds with their anxious mind. It’s only when they learn to surrender control and embrace their physical sensations that they allow their body to guide them back to joy.  Listen to Kino MacGregor's Meditative Story, "My grandfather the Aikido master": https://listen.meditativestory.com/KinoMacGregorPIO Learn more about Andrea: andreagibson.com Follow Andrea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreagibson Follow Andrea on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AndreaGibsonPoetry/ Follow Andrea on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andreagibsonpoetry Follow Andrea on Twitter: https://twitter.com/andreagibson Subscribe to Andrea on YouTube: http://youtube.com/@andreagibsonpoetry Read Andrea's writings on Substack: andreagibson.substack.com If this episode resonates with you, we’d love to hear from you. Please take a moment to share your reflections by rating and reviewing Meditative Story in your podcast player. It helps other listeners find their way to show, and we’d be so grateful. Each episode of Meditative Story combines the emotional pull of first-person storytelling with immersive music and gentle mindfulness prompts. Read the transcript for this story: meditativestory.com Sign up for the Meditative Story newsletter: https://meditativestory.com/subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.