Ten steps for falling more deeply in love with your body

Here are ten steps that can help you love and adore your body:

1. Journal the story of your body and the hurt(s) you need to heal

Feel your feelings towards your body, in your body. Where do you actually feel sadness or betrayal or anxiety in your body? For me sadness sits in my heart and chest, then bubbles up my neck to behind my eyes, ultimately released as tears. Anxiety and fear rumble in my gut, causes me to hold my breath, sometimes make my palms sweat and my whole body tense up or maybe just the back of my neck.

Scan your body. Express the feelings. Weep. Wail. Stomp. Write “Dear Body” letters expressing feelings, especially anger, sadness, fear and guilt. Then share what you accept and understand about your body. Finally, conclude with what you need from your body and yourself to heal the hurts. Cry. Draw. Dance.

2. Shower in honey

I know I know. It sounds sticky and icky. That was my first reaction when 

 asked Spring 2011 S Factor Essentially Sexy Retreat attendees to shower with an entire bottle of honey at 10:30 at night. I was already clean and ready for sleep so didn’t do it. But the next day, after being introduced to the to the goddess Oshun—who became magnetic and radiant after bathing in honey—I bathed in a half-bottle before the evening activities that were focused on Oshun. The rich thick liquid felt & smelled yummy; the hot water of the shower melted it over my skin softening and moisturizing it. And honey is good for your skin; it’s anti-bacterial and a humectant (which means it attracts and hold moisture) i. So try it. Shower with honey to invoke Oshun and l

Here are ten steps that can help you love and adore your body:

1. Journal the story of your body and the hurt(s) you need to heal

Feel your feelings towards your body, in your body. Where do you actually feel sadness or betrayal or anxiety in your body? For me sadness sits in my heart and chest, then bubbles up my neck to behind my eyes, ultimately released as tears. Anxiety and fear rumble in my gut, causes me to hold my breath, sometimes make my palms sweat and my whole body tense up or maybe just the back of my neck.

Scan your body. Express the feelings. Weep. Wail. Stomp. Write “Dear Body” letters expressing feelings, especially anger, sadness, fear and guilt. Then share what you accept and understand about your body. Finally, conclude with what you need from your body and yourself to heal the hurts. Cry. Draw. Dance.

2. Shower in honey

I know I know. It sounds sticky and icky. That was my first reaction when  asked Spring 2011 S Factor Essentially Sexy Retreat attendees to shower with an entire bottle of honey at 10:30 at night. I was already clean and ready for sleep so didn’t do it. But the next day, after being introduced to the to the goddess Oshun—who became magnetic and radiant after bathing in honey—I bathed in a half-bottle before the evening activities that were focused on Oshun. The rich thick liquid felt & smelled yummy; the hot water of the shower melted it over my skin softening and moisturizing it. And honey is good for your skin; it’s anti-bacterial and a humectant (which means it attracts and hold moisture) . So try it. Shower with honey to invoke Oshun and l