After an assault of skulls and carrier waves, I saw myself stark naked, in full body hair, smiling, prancing happily through a forest.
"Do you love yourself?" Mama asked.
Yes. I felt a bit shy.
"Why are you shy? Do you REALLY love yourself?" She pointed out the beauty and innocence of it all. "What's not to love? Do you fully love yourself? Can you accept yourself for the beautiful, graceful, loving, amazing, angelic creature that you truly are? Can you openly accept this? Why do you hesitate? Why do you hide it? Can you understand that you are wholly perfect as you are?"
The fact that I hesitated evidenced more work to be done. I used to want to kill myself. I have been working steadily (not straining) at getting my body in the best possible shape, becoming strong (put on 30+ lbs. of muscle in the past six months without changing a pants size). I eat well. I don't beat myself up anymore. I used to hate myself. I used to never be good enough. I've come so far since starting my work with her...
But the message is clear. I still need to love myself EVEN MORE. This is the challenge!
Aya is so good to me. We have so many conversations like this. I am so grateful. I love her. I'm almost crying while I write this. This is how the medicine works on me... this is exactly how she helps me work on myself. At the beginning of ceremony, I asked her to help me grow in love and gratitude: this was her response.
Soul medicine. The entire human race needs this kind of healing. Why is self-love so hard to accept? Even when you think you've got it, there's still so much more love you can give...
"Do you love yourself?" Mama asked.
Yes. I felt a bit shy.
"Why are you shy? Do you REALLY love yourself?" She pointed out the beauty and innocence of it all. "What's not to love? Do you fully love yourself? Can you accept yourself for the beautiful, graceful, loving, amazing, angelic creature that you truly are? Can you openly accept this? Why do you hesitate? Why do you hide it? Can you understand that you are wholly perfect as you are?"
The fact that I hesitated evidenced more work to be done. I used to want to kill myself. I have been working steadily (not straining) at getting my body in the best possible shape, becoming strong (put on 30+ lbs. of muscle in the past six months without changing a pants size). I eat well. I don't beat myself up anymore. I used to hate myself. I used to never be good enough. I've come so far since starting my work with her...
But the message is clear. I still need to love myself EVEN MORE. This is the challenge!
Aya is so good to me. We have so many conversations like this. I am so grateful. I love her. I'm almost crying while I write this. This is how the medicine works on me... this is exactly how she helps me work on myself. At the beginning of ceremony, I asked her to help me grow in love and gratitude: this was her response.
Soul medicine. The entire human race needs this kind of healing. Why is self-love so hard to accept? Even when you think you've got it, there's still so much more love you can give...