Last weekend, my friend Susannah Anderson hosted a self love workshop at the Dailey Method in Cow Hollow. The Dailey Method is a ballet barre class with a focus on isolating and strengthening muscle groups.
The workshop included an hour long barre class, which was challenging but even more fun than I thought it would be, that then went straight into a meditation and workshop on self love. In the workshop, Susannah taught us about how building self love comes from a process of building awareness, focus and then transformation. She had us assess where our lives were lacking self love and to imagine what life would be like if we built our love and support in those areas.
I have been having a hard time with my inner mean girl (often called your ego, I recently named mine Denise), so exposing all of the areas that I am building self love was very challenging. But by bringing awareness to these areas, I am now able to set an intention to show up in those areas with more love. My favorite tip that she gave was to HALT when our inner mean girl starts taking over, and ask yourself: Am I Hungry? Am I Angry? Am I Lonely? Am I Tired? The ego often takes over when we need to soothe ourselves in one of these areas.
Susannah recently officially started as a health coach at Parsley Health (which I posted about a few months ago), and is also taking private coaching clients. If you're looking to transform your life and health, definitely check out her website.
How are you showing up for yourself today? How could you care for yourself more?
