Sarah Kraatz - Yoga

01/26/2023

I’m excited to share that I’ll be hosting my FIRST EVER Day Retreat on Bowen Island at in February! ✨

As most of you know by now, I am fairly open and vulnerable about my own mental health journey. I am excited to have a space to share some of my favourite tools for healing that have truly helped me recently and over the years. It is my hope to help others feel less alone in their struggles and (re)discover what nurtures them.

If you’ve been feeling sad, lonely, afraid, anxious, burnt out, shameful…any of these “negative” feels - you are not alone and this could be the perfect day for you ✨

• Healing Self Day Retreat •
Sunday February 19th
12:15-6pm

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• Gentle Movement, Restorative + Yin Yoga Practices (accessible + all-levels)

• Guided Meditation

• Journaling Prompts

• Individual Oracle Card Reflection

• Self Healing Talk + Self Care Practices for at Home

• Walking Meditation

• Space to Listen + Share

• Free Time for Rest + Reflection

• Light Vegetarian Lunch

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If this afternoon of introspection and deep rest is calling to you - DM me or email sarahkraatzyoga@gmail.com to sign up
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08/09/2022

leading yoga on the pier has and always will have a special place in my heart.

I’ve been leading classes since my first summer on this little island that I feel so privileged to call home.

I’ve been welcomed and supported by this community with open arms and open hearts ever since.

even through the pandemic, I would walk past fellow pier-yogis in the forest and they’d share how much they missed it and looked forward to when we could gather again.

through sunshine, frost, halloween outfits, and even getting caught in the rain…it’s always been an unforgettable experience.

join myself and .yoga.creatrix every weekend on Saturday + Sunday mornings for an all-levels yoga class that will rejuvenate your body mind and soul 🌊✨

register at 💖
nectaryoga.ca/yogaonthepier

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07/01/2022

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For those who grew up associating positive memories with family on Canada Day, it can seem like a personal attack to be told not to celebrate this day. ⠀
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For myself, as a child of Immigrants, I grew up spending Canada Day celebrating the opportunity that was given to my family, and the opportunity I have here that I wouldn't have had in my Mother Land — especially considering our motherland was in a state of war. ⠀
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However, as people who understand the violence of 'Canadian' History, and the history of this government, this settler-colonial nation, and the Catholic Church, it is our duty to shape a better future for the next generation. ⠀
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That includes existing in solidarity of Indigenous communities, amplifying Indigenous leaders, and putting in individual efforts to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to exist on this land.
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It also means continuing to refrain from celebrating Canada Day, and instead using it as a day to participate in Indigenous organizing, demonstrations, protests, action, and holding elected government officials accountable. ⠀
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Every year, I make this post because as a settler on these lands, I believe it is my duty to understand the lands I inhabit, and be critical of what I am actually celebrating when I do. ⠀
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So I will continue to refrain from celebrating this settler-colonial nation, until action has been taken, reparations are met, and the 94 calls to action in the Truth and Reconciliation report have been achieved — and I hope you will join in doing the same. ⠀
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Things you can do instead:

🤎 Participate in Indigenous events that will be running across cities as a part of
🤎 Replace your red and white for orange
🤎 Have genuine conversations about what it means to be ‘Canadian’
🤎 Take any $$$ you may have spent on fireworks and patriotic colours & donate it to your local Indigenous organizations
🤎 Be in community to have these conversations amongst each other

PS- Almost 10 years into this reminder and I’m letting y’all know that anyone who comes close to saying “if you don’t like it here you can go back to where you came from” is getting an INSTANT block

06/22/2022

I’m back in Ontario for a short visit and I’m excited to be offering a special event this weekend to my home community!

I hope that you can join me this Saturday June 25th from 3-5pm at Juici Yoga

Class will include
✨restorative yoga
✨slow gentle movement
✨long savasana
✨guided meditation
✨oracle card reading
✨journal prompts
✨sharing circle

This event is also pay what you can, suggested range of $20-$40 🙏🏻

Save your spot now and register via email at sarahkraatzyoga@gmail.com or send me a DM!

I would love to see some familiar faces!

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SURPRISE!!🎉 I’m back in Ontario bay-bee!

And I’m leading a special little last minute pop-up event at NEXT WEEKEND!

movement + m a g i c ✨

Saturday June 25 | 3-5pm

This will be a smorgasbord of a few of my favourite things, practices that have given me deep healing over the years that I’m feeling called to share ✨

The entire event will be built around a theme of slowness, trust, intuition, and manifestation. This is all about you and that special something that only you offer to the world. You are a unique star seed full of potential. I want to help you find it, or strengthen it, whatever it may be✨

Includes:
✨restorative yoga
✨slow gentle movement
✨guided meditation
✨journal prompts
✨group oracle reading
✨optional sharing circle

It is important to me that healing feels accessible to all, therefore I would like to offer sliding scale pricing. Below are some possible suggestions for pricing, whatever feels accessible to you right now:
1️⃣ Option 1: $40
2️⃣ Option 2: $30
3️⃣ Option 3: $20
4️⃣ Option 4: Pay what you can, seriously, any amount - just reach out to me 🤗

🧘🏼‍♀️Space is LIMITED and I’ve already filled a few spots.

😷 Please note that Juici Yoga requires proof of vaccination + masks are required until you are on your mat 🙏🏻

TO REGISTER:
Contact me via DM or email sarahkraatzyoga@gmail.com to claim your spot. Payment via e-transfer.

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I’m so looking forward to guiding you🤍

06/16/2022

SURPRISE!!🎉 I’m back in Ontario bay-bee!

And I’m leading a special little last minute pop-up event at NEXT WEEKEND!

movement + m a g i c ✨

Saturday June 25 | 3-5pm

This will be a smorgasbord of a few of my favourite things, practices that have given me deep healing over the years that I’m feeling called to share ✨

The entire event will be built around a theme of slowness, trust, intuition, and manifestation. This is all about you and that special something that only you offer to the world. You are a unique star seed full of potential. I want to help you find it, or strengthen it, whatever it may be✨

Includes:
✨restorative yoga
✨slow gentle movement
✨guided meditation
✨journal prompts
✨group oracle reading
✨optional sharing circle

It is important to me that healing feels accessible to all, therefore I would like to offer sliding scale pricing. Below are some possible suggestions for pricing, whatever feels accessible to you right now:
1️⃣ Option 1: $40
2️⃣ Option 2: $30
3️⃣ Option 3: $20
4️⃣ Option 4: Pay what you can, seriously, any amount - just reach out to me 🤗

🧘🏼‍♀️Space is LIMITED and I’ve already filled a few spots.

😷 Please note that Juici Yoga requires proof of vaccination + masks are required until you are on your mat 🙏🏻

TO REGISTER:
Contact me via DM or email sarahkraatzyoga@gmail.com to claim your spot. Payment via e-transfer.

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I’m so looking forward to guiding you🤍

03/07/2022

✨new✨I’m excited to share that I will be teaching a regular weekly online class with beginning tomorrow!

Gentle Flow + Meditation 💫 join me every Monday @ 10am EST // 7am PST for 45 minutes of slow, easeful movement followed by savasana and seated meditation 🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏾

perfect for those of you looking to restart (or begin) your movement practice.

great for those with an established practice looking to slow down and find more stillness.

a wonderful opportunity to establish a regular meditation practice - I keep it simple and accessible to all 🤗

try out a full month unlimited classes (online + in-person) for $40 🥳 book now at https://www.juiciyoga.com/

hope to see you soon 🥰

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01/06/2022

YOU ARE OKAY!

Not feeling particularly okay right now? It’s okay not to be okay, too. You WILL feel okay again soon! I promise.

I’ve been scrolling through some of my old posts. This was from October 2018. I was packing up my life and preparing to move across the country (note the bare mattress). I did not feel okay. I felt a panic attack coming on. I felt a sudden urge to write to myself. I grabbed the closest paper + pen that I could find, and intuitively just wrote this out to myself over and over again. It was therapeutic and cathartic. When I posted this, I wrote about how I wanted to journal more…

Well well well…

Here I am over 3 years later and I still haven’t made a habit of journaling. Amidst this forever-feelslikeitsneverending-pandemic, and many places across the globe going back into “lockdown”…I fear for many peoples mental health.

No matter your beliefs, we are all being negatively impacted by this event that has lasted over two years now. I believe that all human beings are in the midst of a collective traumatic experience. Whether you are aware of it or not, I believe this is affecting us all, and will for years to come (maybe a lifetime).

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Anywho, I feel like I’m not the only one out there who WANTS to journal, understands the logic of it’s benefits, has started and stopped many times, but it still won’t stick. Every time I do, I feel so much better. It’s also therapeutic to look back and reflect on where I was at, and how far I’ve come.

Are you a habitual journal-er? I NEED YOUR HELP!❤️📔

PLEASE SHARE YOUR TIPS BELOW💬!
I’m sick of should-ing all over myself and then guilt-tripping myself for not doing it.

I welcome any and all of your tips and tricks, and hopefully this will help others who, like me, tends to procrastinate the things that could help us the most.

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Image description: lined paper on a bare mattress, the words “I am okay” written over and over again on the page.

12/31/2021

looking ahead to a new year, yet trying to stay grounded where I am now.

calling in safety, protection, good health, abundance, confidence, slowness, and good times ✨

inviting the release of negative thought patterns, habits that don’t serve me anymore, judgements, attachment, self hatred, doubt, fear…

may I love myself fully.
may relish in the moment more and more every day.
may I be grounded here and now.
may I set and respect boundaries.
may I see love in everything and every one. may I be confident in who I am and what I want to offer in this world.

sending y’all blessings for 2022!!!🙏🏻✨

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10/20/2021

Hey y’all! Join me online TONIGHT!🔥

I lead a 30 minute Core class online via zoom every Wednesday at 6:30pm with Positively Fit ! Strengthen, stretch and tone your core. Take care of your physical and mental health by moving your body in an intentional way. All levels are welcome! 💪🏼

Drop in for $12 ✨

https://www.positivelyfit.ca/group-training/

10/13/2021

just a hufflepuff exploring her gryffindor side💛❤️🔥🙌🏼
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📸 sharing more of these amazing photos from the incredible — I will be forever grateful for this experience

image description: sarah laying on her back in the forest in a rust coloured bathing suit

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09/29/2021

Join me tonight for 30 minutes of pilates-inspired core strength and movement with Positively Fit💪🏼

Wednesdays @ 6:30pm PST via Zoom

$12 drop in

Sign up here: https://www.positivelyfit.ca/group-training/

Hope to see you there!❤️

📣NEW CLASS!
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25 minutes of Core 💪🏼
Wednesdays at 6:30pm PST
Virtually via Zoom with Positively Fit
$12/class
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Drop in or sign up for all and get your body moving this fall!🍂
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This class will be an effective workout for your WHOLE core, with unique movements that blend a bit of pilates and yoga, plus my own creative influences 😜 of course there will be time for softness and stretches too - all of it is necessary for our health 🥰
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I hope to see ya there!!!!🤗
Sign up HERE: https://positivelyfitclientscheduling.as.me/schedule.php?appointmentType=26285998💕✨
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09/07/2021

📣NEW CLASS!
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25 minutes of Core 💪🏼
Wednesdays at 6:30pm PST
Virtually via Zoom with Positively Fit
$12/class
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Drop in or sign up for all and get your body moving this fall!🍂
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This class will be an effective workout for your WHOLE core, with unique movements that blend a bit of pilates and yoga, plus my own creative influences 😜 of course there will be time for softness and stretches too - all of it is necessary for our health 🥰
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I hope to see ya there!!!!🤗
Sign up HERE: https://positivelyfitclientscheduling.as.me/schedule.php?appointmentType=26285998💕✨
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07/31/2021

IT’S BACK! ☀️🌊
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Yep! Last weekend we hosted our first Yoga on the Pier of 2021 led by the amazing Andrea Clark .yoga.creatrix, owner of
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Nectar Yoga has taken on the Pier classes after the closure of .method which I miss so deeply 🥺 but, as life goes, changes happen, and we must go with the flow🌊
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I’m so excited to be teaching this class again - THIS SUNDAY AT 9AM!
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Andrea and I will be taking turns leading this class on alternating weekends. Yup, Yoga on the Pier will be every Sunday! We also plan to host a few Pop-Up Saturdays, so if you’re a teacher on Bowen interested in teaching a class - let me know!
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I truly can’t wait 🌞
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Link to register is in my bio - please sign up ahead of time and come early to claim your spot!
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Oh, and bring your sun protection + water, it’s a warm one!😎
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***remember: NO PARKING on the pier. This parking is designated for patrons of the pier shops.***
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image description: a woman in exhausted warrior pose, on the pier in snug cove on bowen island.
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07/22/2021

✨new✨
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📣mini class alert!
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Core💪🏼 strength + stretch Positively Fit]
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👉🏼 a 25 minute pilates-inspired zoom class that will get you moving and sweating in no time!
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I’m subbing for Mary Letson for 3 classes:
•Friday (tomorrow) July 23 @ 8:30am
•Monday July 26 @ 8:30am
•Friday July 30 @ 8:30am
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✨ $12/class ✨
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Book now via Positively Fit https://www.positivelyfit.ca/group-training/🔥😅
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image description: a blonde woman with blue leggings in pyramid pose
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07/18/2021

just playing around in plumpers cove not too long ago 🏄🏼‍♀️⛵️🌊
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what a magical, heart-opening weekend adventure with like-minded souls✨
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07/06/2021

being vulnerable in this space has gotten me this far, and I ain’t stopping now...
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I took this photo yesterday, while laying in bed at 3pm on a beautiful sunny day, trying to get some work done.
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yesterday I realized that I forgot to take my antidepressants (Zoloft) for maybe at least 2 days - I’m not sure. (I shared recently that I am on medication for anxiety + depression so if this is news to you HI! please be kind.)
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I’m forgetting a lot nowadays, I think it’s just general anxiety, the long term stress effects of this pandemic (yes this whole thing is a trauma for all of us I believe we will feel the effects for some time), plus my not-yet-diagnosed ADHD. oh and probably climate change becoming more obvious and palpable as time goes on etc. etc. etc.
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anywho, I was feeling super woozy, light headed, dizzy, and nauseas. I’ve never been off of them for that long, and it felt really fu***ng s**tty, plus an added layer of guilt for feeling bad that I forgot in the first place.
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of course, I had been putting off work for a few days so on the day I had planned to get s**t done this happens.
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so, there I am laying in bed trying to get a few things checked off my list cause...well I still have responsibilities and commitments I’ve been neglecting...gotta pay those bills!!!
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just sending hugs and love to anyone else who’s having a rough day(s), figuring out their mental health diagnoses, has ever forgotten their meds, has any chronic and/or invisible illness or just simple existing and surviving through this wild world were living in.
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I love you!♥️✨
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(ps. I’m feeling mostly better today, just taking it easy, been macrameing away preparing for upcoming markets for !)
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image description: a woman laying in bed with her laptop
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06/17/2021

yesterday I completed a 10-week group CBT/DBT therapy program for mental health.
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last year I went to my family doctor and finally received diagnoses and treatment for my mental health, which I’d been struggling with for years.
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I have generalized anxiety, social anxiety, depression which can range from mild to severe and am currently being assessed for adhd.
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I have been taking zoloft, an antidepressant, since february 2020 (thank goddess I started it when I did)
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some days I feel like this photo and would rather curl into a ball and not deal with the world. I have dipped into many dark places in my past that I’m not ready to share with the world yet.
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but I wanted you to know that if the darkness has a hold on you that you’re not alone.
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as a yoga instructor and someone who tries to generally promote kindness and goodness in this world, it can sometimes be difficult to talk about it. imposter syndrome has suffocated me many times before and I hate when it rears it’s head...
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because deep down I know that I am a human. I struggle with life’s many challenges just like everyone else. just because I’m a yoga teacher does not mean that I have everything figured out.
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and actually, the more I speak about it in my classes and with my students and others in general, the more I understand how similar our suffering is a lot of the time. I see myself in them, and we share a deeper more vulnerable connection which allows me to help them in some way just by making them feel seen (I hope)
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if I can help just one person in talking about my struggles, it’s worth being vulnerable.
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no one deserves to walk through this alone.
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(more thoughts on mental health and healing to come as I continue on this jOuRney✨)
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06/13/2021

✨goddess energy✨
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when you look at this photo, what do you see?
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this was the first photo that sent me, to ask me which edit I preferred.
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my eyes immediately went to my belly rolls.
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my thoughts then spiralled into every negative thought I’ve ever had about my body. and I spiralled hard.
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I started to shame myself for not dieting or detoxing to prepare for this shoot.
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I was mad that even though I practice yoga + pilates regularly and hike/walk every day, I still look like this.
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I felt horrible, almost sick to my stomach (ironically) about my body for the a bug chunk of my day.
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JUST BEING 💯 HONEST + REAL WITH WHAT WENT THROUGH MY HEAD.👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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YES, I know better and these aren’t actual true feelings that I have towards myself.
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but, they are a very real reaction that I learned from a young age based on my environment, the media, our culture, etc...
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and it’s something I’m continuously working on, believe me.
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I thought I had come so far in loving myself that I was shocked that these thoughts showed up.
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healing. is. not. linear.
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sometimes we stumble backwards, and that’s okay, we just have to remember to keep trekking forward.
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funny part is, my core is literally the strongest it’s been in a long time.
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also, I was on my fu***ng period!!!!
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and as Nico kindly reminded me, I’m literally bent in half here LOL
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YOUR LOVING REMINDER:
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our thoughts DO NOT equal reality. your body is beautiful in all it’s rolly-polly glory. it is a vessel for your soul and you are literally a living breathing miracle.
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my hot tip for body love and healing negative thoughts - replace each one with something about its function.
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body NEUTRALITY > body positivity
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and finally, thanks to my internet friend for sending me an image of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and passion. she told me I reminded her of a goddess statue here🥺😭
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SO GO BE A GODDESS OF LOVE, YOU BEAUTIFUL SOULS!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️
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