Our words have immense power. I think we intrinsically know that and we do watch what we say to others but what about ourselves. What language do you use when you talk to yourself ?
I recently attended a wonderful Body Love workshop run by my dear friend Sarah Ball where we learned about how to better love our bodies and ourselves. How do we switch off that inner critic that's often telling us we aren't enough. Not skinny enough, not flexible enough, not pretty enough, not young enough....
We did this great exercise where we traced around our hand and in the centre marked I AM and then in the fingers marked 5 things someone who loves us would say about us eg loving, kind, compassionate, loyal, funny. You get the idea but writing it down is just the beginning then we have to believe it and start seeing ourselves as others truly see us.
I encourage you to do this exercise and also to look at your language : do you call yourself names , swear at yourself and give that inner critic way too much speak time ?
Lets try and change the dialogue and replace the negatives with some positives. So next time you are struggling with something instead of berating yourself and your body lets celebrate just how wonderful it is that we can do what we can do.
"Yoga aims for complete awareness in whatever we do. Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within. " BKS Iyengar
I recently attended a wonderful Body Love workshop run by my dear friend Sarah Ball where we learned about how to better love our bodies and ourselves. How do we switch off that inner critic that's often telling us we aren't enough. Not skinny enough, not flexible enough, not pretty enough, not young enough....
We did this great exercise where we traced around our hand and in the centre marked I AM and then in the fingers marked 5 things someone who loves us would say about us eg loving, kind, compassionate, loyal, funny. You get the idea but writing it down is just the beginning then we have to believe it and start seeing ourselves as others truly see us.
I encourage you to do this exercise and also to look at your language : do you call yourself names , swear at yourself and give that inner critic way too much speak time ?
Lets try and change the dialogue and replace the negatives with some positives. So next time you are struggling with something instead of berating yourself and your body lets celebrate just how wonderful it is that we can do what we can do.
"Yoga aims for complete awareness in whatever we do. Yoga is a mirror to look at ourselves from within. " BKS Iyengar
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