I'm not exactly a supermodel
Our self-loathing is PROFITABLE.
So I'm not exactly a supermodel, yet here I am, Rocking my @BrightSwimwear bathing suit and breaking all the rules.
"What rules?" you ask?
Well, for starters, I'm pushing 50.
And there's conditioning to fight against; women my age should basically disappear into baggy granny panties, behind bifocals and thick knitted sweaters with stale candies in change purses.
One thing I've been diving into is embracing my body FOR ONCE in my life.
I'm finally giving myself permission to love it.
What does that look like? Well… sometimes it seems like a very uncomfortable photoshoot in a bathing suit that I immediately regretted booking.
I disagree with the beauty standards that society has set because they're supposed to be unattainable. Even the most beautiful women I know secretly hate their bodies for some reason or another. . . Our self-loathing is PROFITABLE.
We've been tricked into believing this idea. If we buy another product, we will inch towards what we're looking for, but it will never ever happen.
We're intentionally and unintentionally told to look a certain way to be beautiful to others,
However, the images we're continuously being fed cover up our bodies' humanness and our bodies. This tells us that it isn't okay for our bodies to just look at how it does.
Which is pure fucking magic if you ask me.
My body.
The Flesh machine that my brain operates and my soul resides in is magic. It does so much for me, and I am so grateful.
My body is what keeps me ALIVE and lets me dance.
It didn't ask to be judged, sexualized, and shamed… none of our bodies asked for that, yet here we are.
So many of us can be so critical of our physical bodies… it's not our fault; we were conditioned to hate ourselves and worship an image we are not.
PSfuckingA:
There is nothing wrong with your body.
Looking a certain way, having a particular shape is the LEAST interesting thing about you.
But TBH (at the risk of my sales pitch fizzling out) you don’t have to microdose to access higher wisdom or reach a non-ordinary state - you can do it at home, with just your breath.
BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS! Because you’re here listening to me, and you’ve done breathwork before. It’s available to you at any time, and I’m making it extra accessible with my Spotify playlists
2020 has been the most challenging year on record for a LOT of people.
Am I crossing my fingers that 2021 will be easier? Absolutely.
On the other hand, I see how we’re being pushed, however unwillingly, to grow, heal our trauma, be brave, accept our bodies and expand our consciousness so that we’re ready for whatever’s coming next.
Breathwork is here for you, to tether you to something real and powerful when it feels like the world is coming apart at the seams.
I love you no matter what,
Ps. Thanks for letting me rant. Be brave with me, and boycott bullshit beauty standards.
