Love Your Body
10 Fun Ways to Learn to Love Your Body
One
of the most important things we can learn is to love and cherish our
bodies. When we love something we take care of it, we value it, we want
to use it and we make time for it. When we dislike someone we avoid
them, we say judgmental things about them, and we feel drained of energy
when we are around them. If we want to have vibrant energy we need to love our bodies. If we want to lose weight, tone up, or improve our bodies in any way we need to do so from a place of love not dislike.
We
are told over and over that we have to love ourselves but how do we do
that? Usually the desire to change stems from some sort of
dissatisfaction with the way things are right now. So, if you are not
happy with how your body is now, how are you supposed to love and
cherish it?
Woody Allen has a great quote –
“When we lose twenty pounds... we may be losing the twenty best pounds
we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our
humanity, our love and honesty.”
In an effort to save the best parts of you, here are ten FUN ways to learn to love your body.
1. Soak in a hot bath.
After you dry off rub organic coconut oil into your skin all over your
body. Coconut oil is nutritious and good for you. Your skin will soak
in the nutrients and feel moisturized and wonderful.
2. Put on your sexiest nightgown when you clean the house. You will turn a draining task into a sensuous, fun experience.
3. Go for a swim. Float in the water, feel your arms moving through the water, relax and let the water support you. Revel in your weightlessness.
4. Brush your teeth wearing nothing but high heels.
5. Stare at yourself in a full length mirror.
Look yourself in the eye and in the voice of a Latin lover (I’m
thinking Antonio Banderas) tell yourself how beautiful, sexy, and
desirable you are.
6. Take a Zumba class.
Zumba is Latin inspired dance. You will shake and shimmy while
listening to great music. The best part is no one else in the class is
any good except for the instructor so you can just laugh at your
awkwardness and enjoy yourself.
7. Read Nora Ephron’s book I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman.
In a series of essays she takes an irreverent look at the things women
find wrong with their bodies. With a laugh she helps you to lighten up
and not take your body so seriously.
8. Learn to belly dance.
A woman’s stomach can be one of the sexiest areas of her body. When you
learn how to move sensuously and to focus on your power center you
realize the strength and beauty in your body.
9. Meditate. Lay
on your back, place your hand on your lower belly- take a deep
inhalation and feel your hand move up and down. Enjoy the sensation of
breathing. Appreciate the fact that your body breathes, your heart
beats, your eyes blink, your lungs expand and you don’t have to do a
thing to help.
10. Make a date with your best friend. Put on your favorite music, eat a delicious meal and spend time telling each other everything that is wonderful about the other.
Learning
to love our bodies is vital to our health. Taking care of our health
does not have to be a serious, glum task. Falling in love with our
bodies can be just as easy as falling in love with a lover; you just
have to make it FUN!
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