Episode 101: How Do I Accept Myself? (Body Positivity Series)

We throw out words like self love, self acceptance, love your body a lot these days, but so often what I read about or hear people saying to do or say to show yourself love feels fake, forced or selfish instead of truly creating a genuine lasting mindset shift of body acceptance and gratitude. 

Is there something that we can DO to actually go from self judgement, self shaming, self punishment and criticism to self acceptance, body gratitude and self love?

Is it even really possible to embrace our body for what it is and how it looks and honestly feel comfortable and confident in our own skin?! 

I am going to share with you something that has helped millions of people for thousands of years accept their bodies and love themselves for exactly who they are.

I want you to think about this. We are not born hating our bodies. Negative body image is learned in our homes, in our communities and in our culture. It is learned through what we see and hear on media…and it affects ALL OF US. None of us are immune to body image thoughts.

It doesn’t matter what weight we are, what gender we are, what our skin color is, what our nationality is or what age we are. 

The good news is if negative body image thoughts are learned- we have the power to unlearn it. And today I want to talk about one of the most powerful tools I have ever seen help people unlearn negative body image

Today I am going to share with you 5 ways that doing yoga HELPS you unlearn toxic self talk and creates an incredible mindset shift that you will be able to rely on again and again throughout your life.

1. Doing yoga is like going through the ultimate car wash to get rid of sticky, muddy layers of toxic thoughts and beliefs about our self worth and self image.

2. Once you've washed the slate clean, yoga helps you fill your mind intentionally with thoughts that empower.

3. Yoga is portable peace.

4.  Doing yoga helps build confidence.

5. The physical practice of  yoga helps us wring out the issues in our tissues. (And here is your random link to my favorite laundry hack, Fels-Naptha!)

Find the right type of yoga for you. Find the right place to practice yoga for you.
If you can not stop yourself from looking in the mirror and instead of using it for a proper alignment check you are using it to judge and criticize your body, you need to do it in a room that doesn’t have mirrors. Come online and do yoga with me.

If you can not tune out comparing yourself to other people and constantly looking to see what