"I feel the most beautiful": words that shift from the inside out.
I was scrolling through IG the other day and I came across a video with a woman sitting on a stool being interviewed. Her words flowed out like a song, like an anthem to a self-love revolution. "I feel the most beautiful when I remember that my body is not a thing to be looked at but a moment to enjoy".
Woof, I felt her words in the deepest part of me.
The part of me that has internalised the male gaze.
The part of me that has been judging how my body is changing.
The part of me that tells me “you know you can’t wear that anymore”.
The part of me that wants to hide because there is so much pressure to look a certain way.
The part of me that feels like I’ve already lost, that my body had failed me somehow.
Her words felt like a reclamation, like coming home to am essential truth.
That pleasure, to be in joy in the body that I have been gifted to me, is a true blessing.
That is the shift into the feminine.
That is the embodiment practice.
That is the celebration of my return to the sacred, to the awareness of all that I am.
And all that you are.
Thank you to all the pleasure activists, Audre Lorde, adrienne maree brown, Abigail Benson and so many others, that have helped to awaken me to feel that my body is a gift of many gorgeous and joyous moments.
Zhenia 🌻 Believe In Your Sacred
Creativity Doula+Coach * Intuitive Healer & Teacher * Storyteller
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