Change, Transition and Pink Cats?
Fall…leads to…
Fall is here. I love Fall, ( however, I used to dread it).
However, I am not a huge fan of Winter which comes next as you know. A couple of years ago I decided that the best way for me to get over my frustration about the Winter is to accept it, hook line and sinker. One way for me to do that is to welcome Fall with open arms. It’s just easier to embrace it rather than dread it. Of course, the irony of all of this is that dreading anything in the future takes us way out of the present moment which is the only thing we really have. This moment.
But, here we are on the near finish line of 2010.
A little under 4 months to go.
I would be lying if I said that this year has been an easy one for me.
2010 has been a great transition period in my life. Some days transition feels like limbo.
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I asked for this transition and while it has been a huge gift in many ways, there have been many mornings I woke up feeling lost. While I know that feeling is all part of my journey, it feels lonely and challenging many days.
On the positive side, I have been blessed to take time to complete my book, and to go inside and see what I really wanted.
At the same time, I have stayed in action on the answers I receive from the universe and am practicing patience on so many levels.
I also have taken many moments to find silly thing that make me laugh such as this.
Movement Led Me to Patience
As a body image mastery mentor, you can imagine how important movement is in my life. Last Fall, I took a class to challenge my body. It was called Black Diamond Glutes and it certainly challenged me. I blogged about it, talked about it and I really enjoyed it. However, it really hurt my left knee. I had surgery years prior on my right knee and so this knee drama has been going on for years.
I LOVE to work out (it was not always true for me and it is now). It is a BIG part of my self-care. It is how I honor my body, the one true home that my soul gets to live in, and it is how I honor my spirit. I truly appreciate and own the emotional peace and relief that comes from 60 minutes of exercise a day – so much so that I often do two or three times that much. Not any more though. Now, I basically take all of the effort I used to put into exercising my body, and pour it into being PATIENT with it instead.
I suppose that one of the lessons I am privileged to learn through my injury is a renewed understanding of the issues many of my clients face. Because one of the side effects of not being able to exercise is that I am gaining a little weight. The myriad of feelings around this, and turning my expertise INWARD, has been really meaningful. You see, body image mastery is absolutely NOT about weight. It’s about honoring ourselves from the INSIDE out. It’s about creating enough self-love and self-care that we no longer abuse ourselves with food in any way. No binging. No starving. In fact, after a while, body image mastery leads to a love affair with food – HEALTHY food. It leads to loving your body so much that you WANT to exercise – partly to BE healthy and partly just to CELEBRATE.
My primary work in the world is to be healthy, physically, emotionally and spiritually and I am! However, things like an unexpected weight gain can feel troubling. And even though I know the weight will release itself, it is not always easy. I am here to practice what I preach by observing my fearful thoughts and watching them come and go. So yes, I am holding on to my deep love and appreciation for my body and taking care of it while it heals. Every day, I kiss my left knee, I talk to it and let it know it is healing and loved so much. I treat it like I would a little baby. I pray for it. I mediate on it and I trust it is healing. We can do that to every body part we have. Our body will drink it up. Who doesn’t want to be loved up? I do!!!!
I have a tradition that in the beginning of every year, I pick an angel card that dictates my word for the year. This year I picked willingness! I love that word. And still I am adding another important word to represent this year. PATIENCE. Patience has really become my keyword for 2010.
What is your word for this year?
For the last 4 remaining months this year?
I welcome hearing from you.
Laura Fenamore, CPCC is a gifted Body Image Mastery Mentor and a celebrated speaker, lecturer and teacher to thousands of people worldwide. 
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