subject: Conquering Chronic Disease And Chronic Pain By Shifting From Hate To Love [print this page] I have noticed a common theme among patients conquering chronic disease and chronic pain conditions. They have all moved their self-perspective of their bodies from hating their bodies to loving their bodies. Many times when patients are stuck, they are in a state of despising their physical limitations, and also despising specific body parts.
However, no matter what is going on physically that feels debilitating, there is always a physical part of your body that is working really, really well, and which can be appreciated! When a person can move to a place of appreciating their body parts, their body physically responds to that emotion of appreciation, and it then can move more rapidly into an improved condition.
Today expand your focus to loving your physical body, right now, in this moment, exactly as it is! Begin by singling out your favorite part of your body. It could be your hands, your eyes, your hair, your ankles, the curve of your forearm, the little dimple when you smile, or the laugh lines on your face. Gosh, it could even be your pancreas or your kidneys, which serve you so well every day. Tt can be anything. Choose this one specific part of your body to accept, appreciate, admire, and love, exactly as it is. Continue all day with your focus on appreciating that one single body part. Think of all the ways you love it, and shower it with admiration.
Tomorrow, choose another body part on which to focus your admiration. The next day pick another, and the next day, another. Eventually you will fall madly in love with all of the aspects of your physical body. Although it can seem like a stretch to believe that simply thinking thoughts of love and appreciation for your body can make your body healthier, believe it. Our bodies respond very powerfully to the emotions we experience when we are thinking thoughts of love and appreciation. This pure, unconditional love has immense influence over our bodies.
Another benefit of this practice of appreciating your physical body is that your feeling of self-love is growing and growing. As you love yourself more exactly as you are, you will allow others will love you exactly as you are. And then you will be able to extend that unconditional love to others as well. You will find that in this simple practice of appreciating your physical body, you have been healing yourself and setting a beautiful example to others, too.
