the body love map

Soooo...I’m exploring different aspects of love these days.

My, my.  As you can see from my last post, I've been dealing with some sadness.  I've been trying to trust the universe, and feel at peace that (as my friend told me recently) "everything works out perfectly."  I do feel at peace in my heart, though sometimes I still feel sad, too.

I like to contemplate and explore peace and love on a global scale, and then to examine these concepts on a local and even personal level.  These days, I’m thinking more about personal peace and love, and I think that’s okay.  I meander between thinking globally and considering what I have the ability to change and influence in my life. There’s the possibility for both, but right now I recognize I have some personal work to do.  I have some personal peace and love to explore!  This is exciting!  

After the “40 Day Fear Cleanse” I mentioned in previous posts, I have decided to continue my own 40-Day practices.  According to Christine Arylo and Gabrielle Bernstein--and apparently yogis--it takes 40 days to change a habit.  

At the end of the “40 Day Fear Cleanse,” Christine and Gabrielle suggested we create our own “road maps” to freedom.  They suggest on this road map, we consider emotional freedom, relationship freedom, financial freedom, and body freedom.  I think this sounds like a brilliant idea for continuing on a practice.  Originally, I was thinking I would work on relationship freedom first.  However, given the recent end to my romantic relationship, I’d like to re-focus on something I feel more capacity to change right now.  I’d like to focus on body freedom!  Oh, what an area for focus!  And what a topic to write about, as this is one topic that makes me turn into myself quietly and not want to write.  This is a topic that (when fear takes over) makes me cringe and shrink.  

BUT. That is why it’s my super hot new topic for exploring self-love and peace for the next 40 days.  Body love and freedom!  I'll let you know what I learn.