You Are Beautiful Exactly As You Are

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October 6, 2015

Tiger Pose or Vyaghrasana.
A couple of days ago I had this moment of feeling insecure and it overwhelmed me to the point of tears. I've been reading "The Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage" by John Douillard in preparation for my Ayurveda body treatments certification next month. As I was soaking in my luxurious bathtub reading, my mind started wandering to a dark place and all of a sudden I was crying. I was thinking about something I'm very self-conscious about and I'm embarrassed to say this but my hands get sweaty, much more so than other people. Its been this way my whole life. As a young girl growing up in a hot climate place like South Florida, I would feel self-conscious anytime I had to shake someone's hand. Downdog was super difficult for me since I was constantly sliding on my mat. During teacher training, my teacher would stand on my hands so I wouldn't slide forward. It's been this way for as long as I can remember and I've felt self-conscious about it all my life. But there isn't much I can do about it besides using toxic heavy-duty antiperspirants, getting Botox injected into my hands, or having an experimental surgery where they collapse one of your lungs to access some gland. As you can see I've researched ways I could get rid of this problem. 

I am telling you this because we all have things we’re embarrassed about. Maybe it has to do with our shape, or our voice or a part of our body. Each and every one of us has something we wish we could change. Modern medicine has made it possible for many of us to "fix" these things but at what cost? Do we ultimately feel better once we've undergone these corrective surgeries? Does it really improve our sense of self? 
We are each unique people with our own beautiful qualities. I know that I cannot look at every part of myself and feel beautiful. But I want to. I want to erase feelings of self-doubt. We are all unique, beautiful creatures. No one is perfect so I shouldn't expect myself to be and neither should you. You're BEAUTIFUL!