Cynthia’s Personal Secret!

Cynthia’s Personal Secret!

Yes, I am the creator of Body Bonding!

Yes, I LOVE my body!

So what is the big secret?

I don’t jump out of bed everyday feeling this way!

I still have to make the steps toward Body Bonding and some days are easier than others.

Sure, some days I am feeling the love from my toes to my nose, other days maybe more of a struggle.

What I do is to look for the signs of that struggle before they arrive. We all know that Body Bonding is not about just loving the outside; it’s about total body union. And what that does for you is it helps you feel body excellent and full of inner joy. 

A joy body is a happy body and that makes for a cheerful human!

Let’s learn to look for the signs ahead of time, so we can head it off at the pass.

Comedian Bill Engvall says “Here is your sign!”

I say “Here is your Body Bonding sign!”  

Yield:

Think about what you do when you first open your eyes to a new day.  Does the life to-do list start running through your thoughts?  Do you jump up after the alarm goes off for the 10^th time, just to start your day running from one thing to another?  This is how many of us start our day, every day.  Try yielding in to your day.  Allow your body to just lie on that bed for a few minutes before your brain starts getting carried away. Take a few deep breaths, feel your body wake up slowly, send a loving message to it so you can start your Body Bonding day right. Gratitude for all your body will do for you on the day ahead is a wonderful way to start your day on a joy filled foot. 

Stop:

What is it that sends your body in a tail spin?  We all know ahead of time what is going to send our body over the deep end, right?  For some of us it may be a lack of tranquil rest that can make a day hard to get through. With others it may be work related stress that is putting a large toll on our body relationship. I have had many people tell me “the pool or a beach” can send them reeling in body anxiety.

Okay, I’m sure many of us can relate to bikini or swim suit stress! So the point here is we know when a body related stress is going to come up. 

So stop already!! 

Stop…that’s right you heard me STOP!  How many times did your mom or grandma tell you to “Stop and smell the roses?”  Well guess what you have to stop for a minute from time to time for your body too. Stop and pull yourself together before you take a BIG scary step. You heard me I said, scary! Its okay, to feel scared some times. Fear is just a “sign” that you need to look closer at something. Fear is when your body is sending you the message to stop, reflect and take the next step with care. Stop and think about the situation… What could you do to better ready your body for this situation?  Will an extra hour of sleep work?  Maybe that stress at work you are feeling because you are being too hard on yourself. Maybe you are putting yourself in stress mode, when you don’t really have anything to worry about. Maybe just stopping and spending time in gratitude around your career will bring you more body peace.  

I have a daughter that is a beauty queen; I can say this being her mom and all! (Really, mom or no mom she is a very pretty girl) She is in her 20’s and like most gals her age feels a bit reluctant to scoop on her bathing suit and run down the beach. So here is what she does, she finds a bathing suit that makes her feel good, buys a cute little wrap and then runs down the beach. As the Body Bonding mom, sure I can’t wait for the day that she throws that wrap out to the waves and skips down the beach in total body joy. But here is what she did. She “stopped” and she found a way to get her body to the beach. She stepped through the fear and said, life is a beach and I’m going to have fun. She did not let her fear keep her home; she did not let the scary body thoughts over take what she wants to do with her body.  She made a plan and got out and had a great time. When she learns better Body Bonding skills, in the future, the wrap will fall.

 Perfect transition to our next sign…

Merge:

To lessen the days of body struggle we need to merge in more days of Body Bonding.  

It’s just that simple!

  If it’s just that simple, why do we still struggle?

Because, we do two things; we let life get in the way and we don’t put our body relationship first.  Stop and put your body relationship first, yield in to a better day every day by starting your day out with body gratitude and mindfully merge more Body Bonding in to your day.   Stop and smell the roses; enjoy special moment just your body and you. Secondly, when your body throws up a sign, don’t just keep moving on, make a positive body plan to move forward. 

Soon you too will be running down the beach of life in total body bliss.

 Until next time…

You are Loved!

Cynthia