Day 3: Creativity of Body

Good Morning!

Today we focus on week 2 of Cultivating Creativity: Creativity of Body. How we get creative in the way we move, feed, care for our bodies.  And how we view our bodies.  I know how we see ourselves, see our physical body can sometimes be painful or harsh or even downright mean! We can be indifferent to ourselves and our beauty and this beautiful body that we have to live our creative life with.

Week two will be focused on self-care for our bodies and how we nourish ourselves. How do we get creative in caring for our physical bodies. How can we get creative in how we view our body with all its flaws, limitations, beauty, strength. Do you listen to your body and the cues it sends you? So many of us these days push our body to it’s limits. Ignoring the exhuastion that can overtake us. Ignoring the need to to hydrate more (this is a big one for me!) Ignoring the need to move. Ignoring the need for healthy, nourishing food.

In week two it will be all about creatively viewing our bodies, rather than ignoring or treating them harshly.

But for today, I invite you to take a few moments and look at your body in the mirror. Focus on a part of yourself that you may not particularly like. For me, it’s my feet. Today I will feel gratitude for them. They are able to chase my little one’s around. Drive my car to grocery shop. Walk around the house doing laundry and dishes and all the other things that I do. My feet get my body where I need to go. So today there will be a little pampering for them. Some moisturizer, a new coat of nail polish on my toes, and just a more positive way of thinking about them. 

I have never been good at showing my body love, but I am realizing that I need to. Not just by treating it better, giving it healthier foods, but also by having a more positive outlook towards it. This is the only body I have! I need to treat it right, be kind to it so that I can continue living the life that I love.

What part of your body will you show a little extra love to today? Or will you choose to show some extra love to the whole thing? I think in addition to giving my feet a little bit of tender love and care I will also sit out in the sunshine. There is nothing my body enjoys more than soaking up some vitamin D!

I look forward to seeing how you will shower your body with love today!

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