The Self-Esteem Series: Honoring Your Body

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Good Morning!

 

The Self-Esteem Series: Honoring Your Body

 

Bringing your awareness to your body is an amazing feeling! One of

the most beautiful ways to bring honor to anything is to touch it.

With the energy transfer between two beings, the process can be a

great evolution. When honoring the self, it is even more awakening.

What better way to do this, than with a bar of soap and a shower.

 

If you usually wash with a washcloth or sponge, forego these tools

and use your hands and a bar of soap. Start at the face and lather

your skin. Massage it with the tips of your fingers. Feel the

structure of your bones. Brush a finger over your lips and massage

the sides of your nose.

 

Keep all thoughts and affirmations positive. This is a time to admire

everything you have! Not to be our critical, judgemental selves!

 

HONOR.

 

Massage your ears. Pay attention to each area. Close your eyes if you

want to and feel how the ears can stimulate every part of the body.

 

Massage your neck and throat. Use the lather to glide over your chest

and down your arms. Make small circle with the suds. Feel the texture

of your skin. Notice how your hands glide over the abdomen and

thighs.

 

How often do we take a shower and wash up and not even pay attention

to what we are doing? Pay special attention to yourself today! Do not

let your mind wander. Keep your attention on admiring your body and

how it pertains to you. Defines you. Massage each leg. Gently circle

each knee and work down to your beautiful feet. Nuture each foot as

you soap each toe, the tops of your feet, then firmly press on the

bottoms of the foot and instep.

 

This is also a wonderful time for women to do your self breast exam

and for men to do a self testicular exam. What better way to be

honoring your body and be a conscious self aware adult.

 

Breast Exam

 

Examining your breasts is an important way to find breast cancer

early, when it's most likely to be cured. This is a critical step you

can and should take for yourself. For many, the experience is

frustrating. You may feel things, but not know what they mean.

However, the more you examine your breasts, the more you will learn

about them and the easier it will become for you to tell if something

unusual has occurred. A breast exam is an essential part of taking

care of yourself and reducing your risk of breast cancer.

 

Try to get in the habit of doing a breast examination once a month to

familiarize yourself with how your breasts normally look and feel.

Examine yourself several days after your period ends, when your

breasts are least likely to be swollen and tender. If you are no

longer having periods, choose a day that's easy to remember, such as

the first or last day of the month.

 

Don't panic if you think you feel a lump. Most women have some lumps

or lumpy areas in their breasts all the time. Eight out of ten breast

lumps that are removed are benign, non-cancerous.

 

Testicular Exam

 

Self exams of the testicles are also an effective way of getting to

know this area of your body and detecting testicular cancer at an

early and very curable stage. While it can strike at any age,

testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer for men aged 15

to 34. Checking yourself out every month is important as any

significant change in the size, shape, or weight of your testicles

could be a sign that you should see a physician.

 

If you find a lump on your testicle, see a doctor, preferably a

urologist, right away. The abnormality may not be cancer, it may just

be an infection. Waiting and hoping will not fix anything. Please

note that free floating lumps in the scrotum that are not attached in

any way to a testicle are not testicular cancer.

 

Honoring your body is one of the most grateful ways to love and pay

attention to yourself. Always do this with positive thought and life

affirming words. No matter what shape you are in, honor yourself for

who you are. This will actually promote change, self awareness and

the ability to know who you are.

 

 

Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac

http://www.peacefulmind.com/priorities_of_life.htm

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