What does self love mean to you?
It is a lifelong quest and its a hard practice.
Recently, I was meeting with my virtual assistant and I asked her what self love means to her.
And, she introduced me to this practice that brought tears to my eyes.
This is how she answered my question.
"When I was 18 or 19, I read a book that said the purpose of life was to learn how to love yourself. So, for years, I 'tried' to love myself. In a yoga class one time, the teacher invited us to think of something we love, cultivate that love and give it to ourselves.
Later another mentor, Katie Hendricks, taught the practice of love drops.
This is the practice:
Think of someone or something that you love without a doubt about it, with no strings attached, no baggage. Fill yourself up with that love and then drop it on yourself. Or, better yet, drop it on something you hate about yourself."
At age 7, I really wanted a spiritual practice. And, I didn't even know what that meant.
I always felt there was something else, something more, something bigger than me out there.
And at age 18, I also started reading books... buddhism and taking yoga classes as well as a meditation class. It was taught free at university at CSU.
Looking back on it, it was Buddhist. It wasn't called that... But it was focusing on your breath. Now I practice a Buddhist meditation.
My practices of self love are:
meditation and yoga
being outside
taking care of my skin
getting facials and massages
spending time with people I love and my animals
and being aware of the negative self talk
I'll be incorporating the love drop into my practice now.
Feel free to share your self love practices with me. I always love to hear what you have to say.
Please reach out and book an appointment.
As always,
Live in Beauty,
Sasha
PS Just for fun... the rest of the month of February I will be making a Chocolate Cherry facial mask! It will have dark cocoa powder which has high levels of anti-oxidants that help promote cell repair. The cherry comes from cherry kernel oil which also has anti-oxidants AND has oleic acid which improves dry skin. A couple of other ingredients I will add are Shea butter and hyaluronic acid.