Do You Love Your Body As Much As It Loves You?
By: Soul Sessions Official
Tags: Body Positive, Mental Health, Body Image, Sexuality, Self Love

So, i know what you’re probably thinking.

“Oh, here we go, another one of these love yourself reads”

But honestly, i’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, it’s one thing loving ourselves, but do we love oursleves as much as our bodies love us?

Now, i have read, heard and seen so much happen for the cause of self love, and of course its empowering, uplifting and eye opening. But how often do we talk about how much love we actually receive from our bodies, and further more how much do acknowledge, and could it potentionally be making a difference to how we feel on a daily basis.

Our bodies, work so hard to keep us well. To keep us alive. Our bodies fight off infections, keep us warm, tell us when something’s wrong, and often tell us when we’ve overloaded with either food or alcohol. Our bodies take care of us. So why is it, we fail to see when we’re not giving the same love back in return?

In this week’s post, i’m going to be sharing some little nuggets to make you ask yourself the question: “Do i really love my body, as much as it loves me?” and What you can do more of to make sure it knows you appreciate it all it does for you.

Stop telling yourself you want to look different, when really you want to feel different.

Its so easy for us in this day and age, to constantly feel like we’re not desirable enough, to feel like our bodies don’t “look” right, but who says, whats right or wrong! we do! forget about what the world tells you should look like, and concetrate on what you want to feel like! We should be paying less attention to looks, and more attention to feels. How do we want to feel? do we want more energy? to be more flexible? do we want to take less medication? or sleep better? what is it we want to feel like? Let’s stop punishing ourselves by constanly telling ourselves we don’t look the part! its time to sing yourself a new song!

2. Sleep Naked.

Try it, it works! Just try sleeping completely naked! granted, you might not want to do this in the winter, but definately take the plunge and settle down to bed in nothing but your birthday suit. It really does give you a sense of self assurance, and gave me an opportunity to really tune into my body, snuggling up underneath the covers, and allowing your skin to breath, really does allow you to gain a new sense of self appreciation.

3. Understand that your mind needs exercise, aswell as your body.

So, in the same way some might go to the gym and lift weights, to strengthen muscle, it works in the exact same way, for our minds. They need training to gain strength and resiliance. We need to practice the things that we think to ourselves, and just as importantly, others!!!!!! practice, makes perfect (well, your kind of perfect)

4. Practice Positivity.

Its really not that hard. All we need to do, is try and quit moaning about the little things, and start appreciating instead. If we turn grumbling into gratitude, we may find that our bodies respond accordingly. Who wants to help and be around someone in a positive way, when all they do is moan and repeat all the things going ‘seemingly wrong’? our bodies proabably do the same. They respond to what comes out our mouths, and our minds. Lets try and sprinkle some more positivity, and our bodies might just want to respond to us. — even better, they’ll want to mirror us.

So there’s my nuggets, guys. Of course i know that the road to learning to loving our bodies as much as they love us, is ongoing because all of us are individuals, and have different ways of communicating with ourselves. All we can do, is keep persevering.

Until next week :)