🥰Practicing Self-Love 🥰
By: Arnica Lande
A candlelit bath, a daily workout, a meditation practice, a journaling routine, all of these things help us form a stronger sense of confidence and self-love because they make us feel better. Self-love is a go-to intention for many at Fierce, and it can be practiced in a myriad of ways! However, at the end of the day, self-love is something that is cultivated from within each individual. By practicing self-care and positive thought patterns, we can learn to love ourselves unconditionally and live a happier life.
When you attend a Fierce class and invest the time, you are nourishing your body and mind, which is proof that you believe you are worthy; worthy of growth, strength, and self-love. By being on the FierceFormer, you are choosing YOU, moment after moment for the entirety of the workout! And while some days are more challenging than others – whether it’s the insane leg block you just completed or you’re in a low head space when you arrive at the studio – you can use this time as an opportunity to notice your thought patterns and begin the internal work of self-care, creating self-love.
It’s easy to get caught up in the negative thought patterns. In fact, as humans, we are conditioned to learn more from negative experiences than positive ones. A New York Times article uses a quote from Professor Baumeister of Florida State University, stating that those who are “more attuned to bad things would have been more likely to survive threats and, consequently, would have increased the probability of passing along their genes...Survival requires urgent attention to possible bad outcomes but less urgent with regard to good ones.” In other words, humans innately place higher importance on negative experiences, so it makes sense that negative thoughts have the ability to take over our minds. The beauty of that, though, is we can work to notice these thought patterns and re-word them, coming from a positive perspective!
Loving yourself creates a safe and healthy foundation to live your life. Choices become clearer, and you can move from a space of action rather than reaction. You may take things less personally, have more positive experiences and interactions, and ultimately, feel good about yourself day in and day out! Like so much in life, self-love isn’t a destination, but a daily practice to better ourselves so we can lead a happier and healthier life.