The Body Practice

A few blogs ago, Melanie shared with me about Paul McKenna and his technique called tapping. You can look up Paul McKenna on-line or  check out this youtube for tapping.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQv1JBZ197Q

 Tapping isn’t totally foreign to me (play on words, I suppose, since McKenna is fromt he UK and I am from the US). A friend of mine introduced me to it years ago, but I wasn’t listening.  But I was curious about it when Melanie shared, so I looked it up and one synchronicity led to another and before I knew it I was dreaming I was tapping my face while a woman in Ireland danced to Celtic music.  (I have WEIRD dreams!)

 But it has been helpful…I don’t know if it is a placebo effect or if it actually realigns thought patterns and energies….heck, I don’t care.  But it helped me chill out when I was losing patience with my hubby yesterday, kept me from stopping off for fast food on the way home and helped me get my taxes to the accountant in a much cheerier mood than ever before. 

All of those are important, but the food is especially good.  You see I am tired, and feeling sorry for myself because I need sleep and really wish I could stay up and cram for the test I have tomorrow.  So I wanted to eat…maybe have a big caffinated something.  BUT NO.  I tapped out on plans of numbing out with food.  And now I am going to tap into my power to practice rigorous self-love and self-care… So I am chatting a bit to connect with my buds and then off to bed.  I have 10 minutes before I want my head to hit the pillow.

Don’t get me wrong.  I don’t think tapping is the only thing in the world when it comes to weightloss.  But it has now become a way of WELLNESS for me.

  And that has replaced my diet mentality.  I am taking care of myself in so many ways that I can’t say what is working.  I think the fact that I am caring for myself is working.  It is the self-love that is working.  Love heals all.

How I practice LOVING myself…

getting massage… riding my bike… listening to when I am tired… stopping negitive thoughts about myself… prayer… drinking water so I am hydrated and clean on the inside… slowing down… chosing slow food (at home) instead of fast food… practicing courage… practicing challenges for myself like just 25 more steps at a fast pace (builds my self-esteem)… saying yes to foods I love…. dressing for myself… keeping a file on things I am doing that I feel proud of… setting goals for myself that aren’t weight and food related… saying never again to diets… saying yes to joy… feeling my feelings even when I am uncomfortable… keeping my house more tidy…. long baths…. candles and aromatherapy… therapy… being more present when I eat and when I visit with others… sitting outside more…. taking the beautiful way home… AHHH, TIME FOR BED.

 Night friends, may your dreams be blessed and may you fall in love with yourself at least twice before you leave your home tomorrow.

We all deserve happiness,

Rae