Is it "Spiritual" to Love Your Body?
If you are alive and connected to the internet you have no doubt been inundated with advice about what to do with/about your body.
Love your body. Listen to your body. Know your body. Respect your body. Treat your body. Shake your body. Transform your body.
Sign a Peace Treaty with Your Body
Lately I've been hearing from many women who are struggling to find a diet plan that "works". I get it. I have so been there.
For many years, unconsciously, I was at war with my body. I fought with my body in an attempt to control my weight, the way my clothes fit, the way I looked in a bathing suit. I said such mean things to my body when I looked in the mirror! Obviously, treating my body in this way left no room for love. I assumed love would come when I reached my desired weight/size/physique.
Giving Away the Skinny-Me Jeans
I finally did it.
I have a special shelf in my closet that has housed the jeans I wore like a boss during my twenties. My husband loved the jeans, my friends complimented me when I wore them. I felt amazing. Except I didn’t. To wear those jeans I was following a very restrictive diet and exercising excessively. I was miserable, aside from the fleeting moments following a compliment. To wear those jeans I wasn’t living my life. I didn’t notice the beauty in the present moment, instead I obsessed about what I was or wasn’t going to eat, how many calories I was burning. My fitness plan ruled my life.