and do what makes you + her feel good. Long walks, swimming in the ocean, the delicious stretch and release of yoga, the grunt and go of boxing with a good partner, gym if that's what lights you up. (The question is -- does it really light you up, really have you feeling all yummalicious, like your soul is wagging it's tail -- or is that just another form of punishment?) {pop in to read more about the benefits of exercise and one Tall Poppy's deep love of yoga for movement here.} Your delicious body is not lacking energy, the 'wrong shape' (there is no such thing, but humour me here will ya?), too tired or creaky, or out of shape because she is trying to be difficult. Trying to be something that holds you back. Something that keeps you from doing stuff you want to. Your energy, your physicality, your light for life (or lack thereof) is not because your body hates you. Your energy, physicality and light for life are that way DESPITE what you chose to do for your body, despite what you feed her, how much you punish her. Despite the messages that you are sending her, despite all those deeply hurtful things you have ever thought (things you would never say to anyone else, just you and your body) .... your body is giving you all the energy that she can muster, all the vitality, all the grace. All the light for life she can