A Friend Named BODY

You sleep calmly covered by a warm blanket and a sound dream. 

Your body says: «I feel that soon crazy alarm clock will ring. I slowly begin to prepare you for awakening». 

Beeeep!!!

Here it is, this awful sound. I whisper gently: “Wake up, beauty”. But you habitually postpone this hateful call. 

• Honey, it’s time to wake up, - I’m knoking to you with some cortisol. However you hide again from the restless alarm clock.

Yes, I know, yesterday was a difficult day, and you went to bed at 3 o’clock. Though I was asking you to stop your activity. 

Here you are, got out of bed. Your heart is pounding in your chest, the ground has dropped away under your feet, the eyesight lacks sharpness. You’ve stopped holding on to the edge of the bed. 

• Breathe, honey, breathe, - I prompt you and set up all your systems.
• Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.

Now you can see. You grab your bathrobe and rush to the bathroom. 5 minutes is a luxury, because there is not enough time.

The coffee machine is making lively noise, pouring a strong black drink into your favourite cup. And everything inside me has shrunk.

• Darling, coffee is not a breakfast, - I’m begging you. But you drink it feeling neither its taste, nor fragrance.

That’s all, you have to run. Hotfoot and as fast as possible.

• I am running, honey, I am. I do my best not to fail, - I’m encouraging you.

The day has swept by like a cheetah on a hunt. 3 more cups of coffee, a sandwich, sitting crooked in front of the laptop, and by the end of the day you are totally exhausted. No, we are.

• Listen, let’s talk, - I whisper gently, - It is important for both of us that you hear me. Please, try. For your own sake.

Squinting, you lie silently in your favourite wide armchair. It is my chance. I call for you again and again. 

You: «I’m exhausted, I don’t want to hear», - you exhale the answer with difficulty. You can’t fall asleep. You have no force even to sleep.

Your body: I insistenly send the signals of pain in your neck, piercing pain in your heart, drilling in your head, heavy legs. Do not ignore them!

You: «Okay, who are you? What do you want?», - you scream out after another pain signal.

And suddenly you feel relaxation. The pain slowly weakens. And you dive into something that you didn’t want to see for so long.

Your body: «Finally, my darling, you have felt me», - I hug you with warmth. – Do not be afraid. Dive. I am waiting for you.

You: «Body? Are you my body?» - you are wondering as if it was some whimsical discovery. 

• How are you feeling? – you ask.

Your body: «Hmm, and how are you feeling?», - I return the question. 

- I am feeling the same like you. But you have forgotten that you have emotions, feelings, body. You flog yourself to death. You dream about some day when you will be able to… But what do you actually want?

Tears run down your cheeks. Salty and sad. You are releasing. Cry.

You: «I feel like I have gone down to the bottom. What is further – I don’t know. Emptiness. What do I want? Once I wanted to go on vacation. To buy a bright pareu and lie lazily on a beach. Sunbathe under kisses of the passionate sun. Also I wanted to go to the gym. At least two times a week. And massage. I had so many wishes! And now I have only one desire – to sleep enough», - you confess.

Your body: «Honey, why don’t you do it?», - I’m wondering. 

• In a little time you will be left with nothing to feel by at all. I do not work from the recharging. Support you with all my force, which I barely have. You are a woman! Female body is for the pleasure. This is our source.

You are hugging me. Smiling mysteriously.

You: «Tell me something more», - you’re asking me, - «I have missed your energy».

Your body: «Darling, a woman’s body is a treasure. Soft, flexible, enduring. It knows and remembers everything. Through it you keep in touch with your inner force, wisdom, intuition. Its first enemy is fatigue. Because of it all your resources pour out like through a sieve. 

You: «And what could fill me?», - you ask worrying.

Your body: «Sleep, tasty and healthy food, sport for joy, cozy walks. You will feel it when you start taking care of yourself. And I will not remain in debt – you will blossom and shine», - I calm you down.

You: «It’s wonderful!», - you are smiling. 

You touch me gently, as if get acquainted again. – My Body. So caring.

Slowly, gracefully like a panther, you go to the bedroom. Stretch deliciously.

You: «I will sleep. And tomorrow I will go on vacation. I have to take care of myself. Afterall, who but me!», - you confidently declare.

Sometimes you need to stop and ask yourself: “What do I feel? And what does my body feel? What does it want? How should I take care of myself?”. And this is where love to yourself and care begin, conscious nutrition and regular work-out, good mood and harmony in your soul. 

Thank your friend named BODY!