May 2010
Self Love
As I was cleaning out my filing cabinet the other day, I discovered notes to a workshop I used to teach entitled, "Self-empowerment through Self-love." I was once again reminded that the path to optimizing my life's bounty is to strengthen my ability to love myself. I believe feeling loved is an inside job. I am the only one who can make me feel loved.
Here are some steps to strengthen self-appreciation and self-love adapted from Louise Hay's "10 Ways to Love Yourself."
- Accept and love yourself without exceptions. Make a list of positive aspects about your life. What you focus upon increases, so accentuate the positive and create new experiences from a foundation of self-love and acceptance.
- Stop criticizing and/or scaring yourself. Keep self-talk supportive, kind and compassionate. Follow the axiom: If you wouldn't say it to a friend, don't say it to yourself. Use your imagination for desired outcomes instead of worst case scenarios.
- Use the mirror. Look into your own eyes with love. Say to yourself the things you want to hear. Be willing to love every inch of your body. The first time I looked into the mirror and said "I love you," I felt foolish. The next time I looked even deeper and said "I love you," I started crying. Many of us are hungry for more love.
- Compliment and encourage yourself as well as compliment and encourage others. Be your own coach. Say to yourself the things you wish others would say to you. Look for opportunities to encourage others. We are in this world together. What we give out comes back to us.
- Bring awareness to your thoughts. Listen and pay attention to your thoughts. Are your thoughts cooperating with your dreams and goals? Focus on what you want and frame your life experiences as stepping stones to your dreams. Use positive affirmations to plant the seeds of your desires.
- Respect, love, and appreciate your body. Appreciate all you can about your body. Increase your oxygen through exercise and breathing. Increase your hydration with water. Eat food that has passed through as few hands as possible. Your body is your partner. Create a healthy relationship with it.
- Practice self-forgiveness. Life is for giving. Resentments keep us bound to the past. Remember that everyone, including you, is doing the best in every given moment. Take your power back from the past and be willing to forgive. As self-love increases we tend to treat ourselves better. It may become easier to choose healthier foods or to get more rest and exercise, for instance.
The world will always reflect back to us what is going on inside of us. We get what we give. When we love ourselves we have more love to give, and when we give more love we get more in return. So, get on the love train and have a joyous journey.
I love and accept myself just the way I am.
I am Jana Anna -- a medium, a psychic, a channel, a healer, and a life coach. Most simply, my work is to provide avenues for healing. Through intuitive readings I use my gifts and consciously connect you to the healing power of your Soul. My intention on this planet is to be a clear and conscious channel for Spirit, uniting the spiritual with the physical for the empowerment and expansion of humanity.
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