Anima Soma Wellness

This might be a simplification but hear me out:

We spend so much time trying to fit in or be digestable to other people - all of us, but women especially as there are so many conflicting expectations put upon us

This means watching what we say, how we move, what we wear, how we express ourselves

This constant vigilance forms a constriction and tension pattern within our body, psyche, emotional and energetic realms

What if releasing that constriction and just allowing yourself to be the magnificent little weirdo you are is how you heal your pain? Physical, emotional, spiritual.

Letting yourself move freely through the world affects your frequency, your frequency affects your fascia and tissues(because we’re all energetic beings, thank you wuantum biology), that affects how your bodily waters flow and with that - how emotions flow.
When your emotions flow freely your fascia doesn’t store them in the form of tension, therefore creating physical pain.

You get the idea.

Now, allowing yourself expressive freedom might seem bery scary if you’ve soent your whole life censoring it.
But, like with anything, start one step at a time and roll with it.

Maybe it’s a little dance to that bomb 2000s banger being played in the grocery store

Maybe it’s posting the artsy picture you took but thought was too cringe to share

Maybe it’s trying the new class or hobby you’ve been holding back on

Possibilities are endless and all big changes starts with tiny steps.

All you need to do let yourself unbutton that proverbial top jean button and let your belly flop out after years of sucking it in.

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With more and more content revolving around loving your body unconditionally this might seem odd. (And I’m totally on board with re-programming yourself into self-love!)

But you’re allowed to feel it all - even self-rage

You’re allowed to be angry that it’s not giving you clear signals

You’re allowed to be angry after months of chronic pain that won’t go way after months of tending to it.

You’re allowed to pi**ed off your body doesn’t behave or respond the same it did, that it’s changing with age.

You can rage about it all.

But you’re not allowed to hate your body.

Your body doesn’t mean you harm, it’s not working against you. It’s trying to say something. Point towards excess or lack of something. Nudge you towards something you might have been trying to dismiss for weeks, months or years.

Some of the things you’re pi**ed off at might be temporary, some might require changes be made, some might require you getting extremely honest with yourself and your environment.

But you can’t hate your way out of them.

Change only happens if you choose compassion, respect and gratitude towards your body.
You don’t always have to understand it, you simply need to follow it.

Of course, as with all things, there is nuance here. For a lot of people being present with their body was not safe and will require a different approach.

But no matter, nothing changes when it’s laced with hatred and shame.

So go ahead, be pi**ed at your body, allow yourself to rage about whatever you might have felt too guilty to rage about.

And after you’re done, give yourself a hug, take a deep breath and have a solid cry if you need to.

I remember watching my grandma do this while cooking and I was horrified. How does she not get burns??

Turns out, we all just end up being our (grand)mothers, no matter how hard we try not to 🙃