YOU ARE ENOUGH
Hello there and happy Tuesday! I hope this week finds you being good to yourself and your body. I'm drinking a matcha latte this morning and thinking about moving through life from a place of fullness.
My Fat+Happy Yoga classes kicked off this week (last chance to get in for Thursday Yin!) and I'm so happy to be back in class with new friends and beautiful familiar faces.
On the first day of class, we do introductions and have a little welcome chat. I often ask what people are hoping to get out of the class or what they like about yoga etc, but last night I decided to ask people what they are proud of. And you would have thought I asked people to strip naked while reciting the most embarrassing moment of their lives!
We are so conditioned to focus on what we are lacking. To downplay our achievements or put ourselves down in the face of a compliment. Like when someone says "nice outfit!" and you immediately respond with "Oh, it's nothing. It was on sale. Actually, I pulled it out of a garbage can, don't look at me!" Or the much simpler response where you immediately rattle off all the ways that you are the worst and least accomplished person on the planet. I'm smiling as I write this, because I totally do it too.
But it's time to change the narrative.
What if you took a few minutes each day to list the things that you are proud of? What if! You topped it off with a list of things you like about yourself? GASP! And what if you sprinkled it all with some compassion for anything you might be struggling with right now?
Well, my, my, my...you might find yourself feeling a little more full. You might notice that there is a little less space for criticism. You might even realize that you are, in fact, enough.
And yes. You will still have wants and goals and dreams. There will still be so much to learn and ways to grow and mistakes to make along the way. But what would it feel like to move from a place of knowing you are enough, rather than from a place of lacking? To have a list of things that you are proud of to recite to yourself on the low days? You are allowed to remind yourself each day of your inherent worth and move from that place of fullness.
And the next time someone says something wonderful about you, you can simply say "Thank you. I know."
As always, I'd love to hear about it! What are you proud of and how will you remind yourself each and every day that you are enough? Let me know in the comments below.
I am proud of the fact that this newsletter has now been coming at you weekly for TWO YEARS! It was a challenge I set for myself and I can't tell how good it feels to still be here sharing with you each and every week. There! I said it. And I only cringed the tiniest bit.
As you move through this week, remember to treat yourself and your body with love, respect and kindness.
Much love,
Helen xo
