The Body Diaries

I have been on a mission in recent days to really be in touch with my wondrous body. I have been thinking more about clothing it in comfortable clothes, paying attention to its need for more rest and sleep, taking measures to stop pushing my mental activities as I have a habit of doing, and generally assessing all my patterns ... aka, the ways I think about and treat my body. One thing I started are my Body Diaries. I have heard, and experienced, that keeping a food diary is a huge factor in weight management. I want more than that. So, since I want this wondrous body of mine to partner with me for an optimal life experience and to be able to fully engage in all the wonderful experiences I have been dreaming about, I decided to take this one step further.

I started an electronic Body Diary. I created a beautiful template that encourages me to keep moving forward on this path and started to record everything I put into, AND ON, and DO TO my body. It includes any exercise, chiropractic treatments, dental care, meditation experiences, pedicures ... you get the idea ... that my body experiences through the course of each day. So the egg-white face soap regimen, the shampoo I used, the body lotion ... all which get absorbed into my wondrous body through my skin, and nurture my body ... these all get included.

The basic idea is that I have a folder in my documents directory that will contain a file of each day's diary. This might seem like a lot of work, but it's not. Each morning I just duplicate the template I made and have that file open on my desktop all day to flip open to record the things I do as the day progresses. It takes just seconds to record each entry, and if I forget (or don't want to) do it every time I do something related to my body, then it is open at the end of the day as a reminder to get everything recorded before going to sleep so that I capture these activities before my mind forgets the details of the day.

It is already amazing to see how much I do throughout each day that impacts my body, and how much my body is supporting all that I do. I hope you will be inspired to start your own Body Diaries as a means to deepening your experience with your own Wondrous Body.

Toodles,

CJ

Whose at the Helm?

I was reading a passage in a book by Deepak Chopra called, Reinventing the Body; Resurrecting the Soul, when I was compelled to create a blog ... for myself mainly ... to track my thoughts about my body and my life, and how my spirit is willing all aspects of both. Then I remembered ... I had a blog! When I found it I was delighted by the name I had given it, so I am now resurrecting the blog. Now, to it!

The passage in the book said: "Ninety percent of people believe they have a soul, and that it gives their lives ultimate meaning." And then a few lines later it said: "If you look into the wisdom traditions of every culture, you find that the soul has other meanings. It is the source of life, the spark that animates dead matter. It creates the mind and emotions. In other words, the soul is the very foundation of experience. It serves as the channel for creation as it unfolds in every second." And it hit me clearer than ever before ... my soul is leading this parade I call my life, and as the leader it calls the shots, so why not surrender the body part of my life to what the soul has in mind and stop trying so hard to control everything in that regard.

The soul will know exactly what to do ... what exercises will delight me and work on what needs working on, what foods will be optimal, etc ... and if I can line up with that (think Law of Attraction), I'll be in great shape (both literally and figuratively) sooner than I can imagine! If the soul gives ultimate meaning, it is striving for ultimate meaning and will, in its natural state of striving, like water, find the most obvious course to take to reach its objective.

I like this idea that has meandered across my mind! Yes! That is what I'll do!

Okay, Soul, time for you to take the helm.

Here we go! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

CJ