Thank you so much for this! I relate so much to your words about the shame of not practicing enough, or working hard enough when in Irish dance. Not to mention having an old Irish dance teacher, in my past, who would make me believe I'm not good enough because of my body.
I also appreciate the suggestion of using a pronoun instead of saying "my body". The language itself removes the shame away from me, and helps me recognize that my feelings about my body don't have to define who I am. I am not my problems, my problems are my problems. When I use pronouns, it feels like I'm anthropormorphizing my body issues into a separate being. It helps create space between me and my shame. It feels easier to show compassion to something else, rather than myself, but the cool thing is, is that I'm inadvertently showing compassion to myself when I do that.
I hope you're enjoying Tears of the Kingdom! I, too, have not watched anything else because of it.
I'm glad I signed up for this! Thanks again. Hope you're doing well =)
Luc! Thank you for this comment. It encourages me to hear how these words impacted you. I wish we could go back and tell our younger selves that they were enough. Or even thank our bodies for what they COULD do, you know?
And yes - that’s exactly it. It allows us to have more compassion on our bodies, which ends up relating back to compassion for ourselves. It’s beautiful.
TOTK is so good. I can’t get over it. I might never get over it.
Hey Alex!
Thank you so much for this! I relate so much to your words about the shame of not practicing enough, or working hard enough when in Irish dance. Not to mention having an old Irish dance teacher, in my past, who would make me believe I'm not good enough because of my body.
I also appreciate the suggestion of using a pronoun instead of saying "my body". The language itself removes the shame away from me, and helps me recognize that my feelings about my body don't have to define who I am. I am not my problems, my problems are my problems. When I use pronouns, it feels like I'm anthropormorphizing my body issues into a separate being. It helps create space between me and my shame. It feels easier to show compassion to something else, rather than myself, but the cool thing is, is that I'm inadvertently showing compassion to myself when I do that.
I hope you're enjoying Tears of the Kingdom! I, too, have not watched anything else because of it.
I'm glad I signed up for this! Thanks again. Hope you're doing well =)
Luc
Luc! Thank you for this comment. It encourages me to hear how these words impacted you. I wish we could go back and tell our younger selves that they were enough. Or even thank our bodies for what they COULD do, you know?
And yes - that’s exactly it. It allows us to have more compassion on our bodies, which ends up relating back to compassion for ourselves. It’s beautiful.
TOTK is so good. I can’t get over it. I might never get over it.
Take care, my friend!