: “Knee Deep: The Psychology of Abundance Begins With Ease”

For most of us, abundance has been tied to effort.

We were raised on the grind story:

work harder, push longer, sacrifice more—and then maybe, one day, you’ll be rewarded. But what if that story has been wrong all along?

What if prosperity begins not with exhaustion but with ease?

Last summer, I had a song looping in my head every morning like a spiritual alarm clock. “Knee Deep” by Zac Brown Band and Jimmy Buffett.

For days, I woke up with the chorus replaying on a loop: “Knee deep in the water somewhere, got the blue sky breeze blowin’ wind through my hair…”

At the time, I thought it was just a catchy tune. Now I see it was prophecy. It was Spirit trying to rewire my nervous system before I even knew what was coming.

Because here’s the truth: prosperity isn’t birthed from constant grind. It’s birthed from trust. From standing knee-deep in the water of life and realizing you don’t have to swim frantically to stay afloat. You can stand, breathe, and let the river carry you.

From Panic to Peace

Let me tell you how Spirit’s curriculum unfolded in real time.

Last week, I got a call about my daughter’s Audi. The windshield had cracked, and the repair was going to be about three times what I expected—around $1,500 instead of $500. My body panicked. I flinched hard. My stomach dropped, my chest tightened, and my brain screamed scarcity.

This week, I asked a man to give me a bid on some tree work at one of my properties. Instead of a bid, he just went ahead and did the work. When the bill came, it was $2,300—about six times what

I thought it would be.

And here’s the miracle: I didn’t flinch. I didn’t panic. I didn’t spiral. I simply said, “Okay. That’s life. I’ll figure it out.”

What changed? My nervous system.

Psychology of Ease

Psychologists talk about the “window of tolerance”—the zone where your nervous system can handle stress without flipping into panic or shutdown. Every time Spirit threw me a bigger bill, it wasn’t punishment—it was training. Stretching my window of tolerance. Expanding my capacity.

First $180. Then $1,500. Now $2,300. Each moment was Spirit saying: “Breathe. Normalize this. You can hold more than you think.”

This is abundance education. Not through spreadsheets and strategies (though those matter), but through embodied practice. Every time you don’t flinch, you teach your nervous system: “I can hold bigger blessings.”

Philosophy of Ease

Philosophically, we’ve mistaken struggle for virtue. Aristotle spoke of eudaimonia—human flourishing—as the goal of life. Not exhaustion. Not martyrdom. Flourishing.

“Knee Deep” is a philosophy set to music. Ease is not laziness—it’s alignment. It’s the recognition that prosperity doesn’t need your panic to arrive. It only needs your openness.

Holistic Healing and Ease

In holistic healing, we talk about grounding practices. Feet on the earth. Breath in the belly. The body in ease.

Standing knee-deep in water is one of the simplest yet most profound metaphors: when your feet are grounded, you don’t fear the river. You meet it. You let it rise around you without rushing to escape.

That’s prosperity. Meeting life without panic.

Practice for You

So how do we integrate this? Try this:

• Next time life hands you a bill—literal or metaphorical—pause before the panic.

• Take three deep breaths.

• Imagine yourself standing knee-deep in a calm river. Feel your feet anchored in the sand. Let the water swirl without fear.

Whisper to yourself: “I can hold this. I am knee deep in ease.”

The Takeaway

Abundance begins where grind ends. Not in performance. Not in panic. In ease.

So the next time you feel yourself flinch, remember: this is Spirit’s curriculum. You are being trained to stand knee-deep in trust, and that’s the true entry point to prosperity.

At Kavi Apoha, this is what we teach and live: wholeness as wealth, ease as expansion, prosperity as presence.

So let’s take the vow together: No more vows of struggle. Ease is the new entry point.