Leslie Reyes, BSN, RN, is a psychiatric and chemical dependency nurse, yoga teacher, and motorcycle enthusiast.
She has seen mental illness up close, first as the daughter of a schizophrenic mother and later through her own personal mental health struggles. She never expected a motorcycle would one day be the guru she needed to change her life habits and finally learn to trust herself.
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The Zen of Learning to Ride a Motorcycle:
How I Faced My Fears, Shifted Gears, and Found Healing from Anxiety, Codependency, and Depression
The Zen of Learning to Ride a Motorcycle is a thoughtful metaphor for carrying you through the ups and downs of the everyday.
If you like heartfelt roller coasters, humanistic ideals, and empowering memoirs, then you’ll love Leslie Reyes’s revved-up tale.
The Ten Zen Principles of Good Motorcycle Riding Habits
To develop better habits ON the motorcycle, I wanted to start practicing better habits OFF the motorcycle. It didn't take long for me to notice that these small habits were making changes in other areas of my life:
1. Respond to situations, instead of reacting.
2. Understand and respect your limitations, and go at your own pace.
3. Be prepared, think, and plan ahead.
4. If you break something, fix it.
5. If you don’t know something, learn.
6. If you fall down, get back up.
7. Look in the direction you want to go, not where you don’t want to go.
8. Practice mindfulness. Focus on what you’re doing and do things in the correct order.
9. Practice good habits often and commit to the process.
10. Enjoy the ride.
I wanted to share my Ten Zen Habits with you as a framework to start your own healing journey. If you are suffering, I want you to find freedom from anxiety and depression. I want you to fully experience the journey that is life, regardless of where you are on that journey.
By practicing these Ten Zen Habits, I hope that you can find a sense of healing, the way I did.
