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November Juicy Body Tip: Find the Judgments in Your Body!

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Bring to mind an instance where you feel out of alignment within yourself – such as angry, guilty, ashamed, less than.  Breathe into your body and ask yourself and feel, ”Where in my body am I holding a judgment about myself or about this situation?”  Really feel this.  Judgments are always held in the body – they show up as tension, muscle contraction or pain.  Feel into such an area and become aware of what the judgment is.  Be with it, breathe into it and feel it for a few moments.  Then, keeping your awareness with the area of your body in which you are holding the judgment, move into self-forgiveness.  Self-forgiveness is the antidote to judgment, and often unlocks and releases tightness and inflexibility.  It goes like this.  ”I forgive myself for judging MYSELF as __________”.  Or, “I forgive myself for judging SOMEONE as _________”.  Or, “I forgive myself for judging THIS SITUATION  as ________”.  It’s very important that you forgive YOURSELF for the judgment vs. forgiving anyone else for anything.  As you do the self-forgiveness, with your awareness and your breath in the specific part of your body where the judgment was held, just be present.  Breathe and feel.  Notice how your body relaxes, tension eases, and pain diminishes.  Practice this as often as you like with as many judgments as you can identify!

Say “Yes” to Receiving

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Yesterday I was going to the car with my arms full and I asked my 19 year old nephew to assist me.  I said something like, ‘it’s always a nice thing to be aware if someone needs help.’  Of course he was willing, but he said something I found shocking, but not surprising.  He said that recently a young woman told him that Chivalry was dead!  Moreover, he commented that when he tries to do something for girls, they usually say something like, “What?! You don’t think we can do it ourselves?!” 

This made me feel sad!  Why? Because Chivalry and receiving assistance requires a woman to be receptive, which is actually one of the most important attributes of the Feminine.  Are young girls so removed from their feminine that they don’t know how to receive anymore?  Of course this not only diminishes the feminine, it affects the masculine too.  When a woman won’t be receptive and in her feminine, a man cannot be in his masculine.  So, this contributes to the de-feminizing of women and the de-masculating of men! By contrasts, when a woman connects to her feminine and receives, she also supports the man in being in his masculine.  It’s a win-win!

Receptivity is really the core of being in our feminine, and it’s one of the foundations of the BodyFreedom teachings.  The question I get so often is… how?  HOW do we connect to the Feminine?  HOW do we receive from others? From ourselves?  The key lies in connecting to our own body!  Most of us separate and detach from our bodies, and when we do this we don’t know how to receive, nurture, or connect in a way that is fulfilling and satisfying. 

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