Resentment about having a body?

This week I'm back from co-teaching an annual 5-Day Summer Intensive I teach alongside Jungian and clinical psychologist, C. Michael Smith, PhD and L-3 Internal Family Systems practitioner, Aion Farvahar, PhD. We've been doing this for four or five years now. It's a labor of love and generally a deep and powerful time together where we can step away from culture, social personas can drop, and we can explore what it is to open our hearts to the places the love isn't flowing.

One of the two workshops I led, of course, had to do with the practice of living in and caring for a body. As you know, the culture contributes to the general attitude that the body is a nuisance and something that needs to be controlled. Whether its spiritual community that calls people to "rise above" the needs of the body, a fitness community that requires "pushing through" pain or fatigue, a culture that has no place for support for women's cyclical body needs, or a therapeutic model that insists you have a "mindset problem" and simply need think better thoughts...the body can be given second class status.

It's no wonder that so many of us, deep down, resent having a body that has legitimate needs, and will not always bend to our demands, will, and expectations.

The body is an incredible teacher this way.

There's that old saying that the only way out is through. I think this applies to our hang-ups about our bodies, eating, and health. To make any changes with the body, we first have to agree to be IN it.

Resentment about having a body?

So here's a theme I'd like you to consider: Practicing good nutrition will confront you

Practicing good nutrition will confront you with any low-grade resentment you have about having a body that has needs.

with any low-grade resentment you have about having a body that has needs.

Your body will need rest. Good nutrition. To be fed at regular intervals. Movement. This is your job.

And if you do not do these things, you'll likely not feel well. And over time, you might find yourself dealing with physical pain, nutritional deficiency, illness, or burnout. The body will call you back at some point.

Please remember, especially if it bothers you that the body has ongoing needs (when you'd rather be spending your time elsewhere) that the very body you resent can be a spiritual partner and a path toward deeper Love and agreement to Being Here.

A path in its own right.

With love & respect,

Laura

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