Arabella Magazine Aug. 2016 | Page 29

Monthly Challenge:

The Mirror

Week 1:

Stare at yourself for five straight minutes in the mirror. After five minutes of starring at yourself replace the negative thought of one thing that bugs you the most about yourself. For example, if you don’t like your breasts instead of thinking: “My chest is too big” or “My chest is too small”-rewrite it to be: “My chest is fantastic! My chest is the perfect size for me. I’m so grateful for my chest. I am beautiful just the way I am.” Every day of the first week, add five extra minutes and five positive remarks about your body to each day. By the end of the week you should be staring at yourself for a total 35 minutes with 35 positive things to say about your body. If you skip any parts of your body, go back and focus on that. Whatever you wanted to avoid is actually the one you get to work on the most and do.

Week 2:

Now instead of just thinking the positive thoughts, we are now going to make them visual. Write on your mirror, with a dry erase marker, positive things about your body. For example: “I have a beautiful smile. I have a beautiful, perfect nose. I have wonderful beauty marks. My body shows how strong I am. I am proud of my stretch marks that reveal the strength and creativity of my body.” Continue to stand in front of the mirror, naked or clothed, and remind yourself of these truths about your body.

Week 3: This week we are going to say all of the positive and beautiful things about our bodies OUT LOUD every day until you feel it and believe it. Speaking it makes it feel concrete, that it’s no longer just a thought or an image. If needs be, feel free to shout it till you FEEL it with every bone in your body.

Week 4: Write yourself a new love letter everyday about the things you used to see as imperfections, but are actually wonderful traits that make up YOU. Because you, right now, just as you are, is a beautiful unique goddess. And you get to celebrate that!!!

That concludes our monthly challenge, we are SO proud of you for taking on the mirror challenge. We encourage you to continue these practices, especially if you ever doubt or forget how amazing you truly are. Thank you for taking this journey with us. We look forward to next month’s challenge.

Thank you,

The Arabella Team

Week 3:

This week we are going to say all of the positive and beautiful things about our bodies OUT LOUD every day until you feel it and believe it. Speaking it makes it feel concrete, that it’s no longer just a thought or an image. If needs be, feel free to shout it till you FEEL it with every bone in your body.

Week 4:

Write yourself a new love letter everyday about the things you used to see as imperfections, but are actually wonderful traits that make up YOU. Because you, right now, just as you are, is a beautiful unique goddess. And you get to celebrate that!!!

That concludes our monthly challenge, we are SO proud of you for taking on the mirror challenge. We encourage you to continue these practices, especially if you ever doubt or forget how amazing you truly are. Thank you for taking this journey with us. We look forward to next month’s challenge.

Thank you,

The Arabella Team

Do You See ALL Your Perfect Imperfections? Do You Know Just How Beautiful And Amazing You Already Are?

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