How's Your Body Image Doing?
4 quick questions + this week's body image lesson
May 25: “Sniff & Write: An Embodied Writing Workshop” at The Radical Cat in Reno, NV
June 5: "Learning to Talk About Fatphobia" at the South Berkeley Library
June 22: “Sniff & Write: An Embodied Writing Workshop” at gorgeous Tenfold Farmstand in Petaluma, CA - 50% off registration for early birds through May 8
Checking in weekly with your body image can help you feel less overwhelmed and may even help you spot positive or negative patterns. Let’s do this!
No matter how you answered, kudos for taking the time to notice how you feel. Next question…
Trying to locate where your body image feelings live is a great practice in self-awareness and embodiment. Next question…
Having a small, easy action item helps you learn to take care of yourself and your body image. Ready for your last check-in question?
This week, notice if checking in with your body image helped you feel more clear or empowered.
Scroll all the way down & hit play to get a quick grounding exercise + pep talk from me and listen to this week’s body image lesson, or keep reading…
Here’s a little video of the four themes I pulled for May from the Sea Soul Journey Oracle Deck:
This week, let’s apply the theme of POWERFUL to our body image work.
“The power of the sea is immense and potent. It can devastate and reshape the world in its path. It can hold miracles, tend to the tiniest life forms, evolve and nourish an entire ecosystem. May you know your own power. May you allow your gifts to be seen.”
- from the Sea Soul Journey Oracle Deck entry on POWERFUL
Q: Can you think of a time that you felt powerful in your body?
One of the very first times I ever felt powerful in my body was when I made the decision to start wearing form-fitting (read: two to three sizes too small) clothes. I was in college, and my skin-tight outfits were like a living, breathing manifesto. This was both a declaration of my sexuality and my rage. I had lived