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You’ve seen the ads.

Those ads that show up on your computer, TV and in magazines and newspapers. The ads claiming that your body is all wrong,  encouraging you to reject parts of your body and to buy the next new product to make your body “better”.

This week I received 11 emails titled: Banish Your Belly.

Banish Your Belly? Hogwash! Whatever system, product or exercise they are selling, banishing your belly is not the way to do it!

Yes, we’ve all read that current research shows the fat that settles around our midsections is the most dangerous fat, the kind most indicative of heart problems, inflammation, diabetes and many other scary problems.

You may have found, as I have, from experience, that toning- or even finding!- your waist can be a struggle, especially as you get into and past your forties.

And most of us want to feel beautiful, sexy and youthful for - well, forever, right?

This is all true and banishing your belly is a terrible way to deal with it.

Let’s start a radical movement to befriend our bellies. Join me! By befriending your body, including your belly, you can create positive, healthy changes that last.

Why befriend your belly?

• First of all, it feels good and you’ll be happier. And feeling good and being happy are sure paths to real lifelong health and  beauty.
• Your body responds more quickly and easily when you work with it rather than against it.
• Your belly deserves your friendship!

5 Great Reasons Your Belly Deserves Your Friendship

1. Your belly is a power center.

• It is your energetic core.
• Sucking in your belly and belting your waistline is an oddly modern and Western approach to beauty.
• Eastern and Oceanic cultures respect the belly as your power center.
• Connecting with the power center of your belly allows you to move,  relate to others and live with ease, strength and vitality.
• Connecting with the belly as your power center gives you a sense  of purpose, a, source of stamina and the ability to manifest your  intention.
• Your yin and yang energies reside together in the power center of your belly.

2. Your belly is a source of deep body wisdom.

• Your belly is the center of your gut wisdom. You know things in your gut that your head doesn’t know. You know things in your gut without knowing why.
• Remember a time you knew in your gut someone was lying.
• Remember a time you knew in your gut something wasn’t right.
• Remember a time you knew in your gut you needed to take an action.
• Remember a time you felt drawn from your gut toward something you needed.
• This in-the-belly wisdom is with you for a reason.
• Ignore your gut wisdom at your own peril!

3. Your belly is a center for many vital organs and functions.

• Your belly houses your digestive organs.
• Your belly houses your reproductive organs.
• What would happen if you banished these?!

4. Your belly is your feminine center of creativity.

• Male or female, you have a feminine creative aspect. The center of this is the womb, nestled right in your belly.
• We are all able to be metaphorically pregnant and we are all able to conceive and bear creative ideas, art and projects.

5. Your belly is your center for balance and posture.

• Breathe into your belly and feel it strong and full of vitality and breath.
• From this center you root into the earth and rise up toward the heavens.
• From this center you build your natural posture: tall, aligned, strong and comfortable.
• When you connect to your belly with breath, awareness and sensation you feel grounded, calm and at home in yourself.

Banish your belly, in your way of speaking, thinking, eating and exercising  and you banish your power center, your body intuition and digestive and reproductive processes.

Befriend your belly and reclaim your deep source of power, creativity, body wisdom, balance and alignment.

Stay tuned! In the next issues you will learn practical, soulful ways to befriend your belly along with many ways of exercising, eating and thinking to strengthen and beautify your belly with kindness.

Courtesy of Lea Houston, MA, transformational wellness coach, energy healer and inspirational speaker, publishes the Self Care Celebration! e-zine twice a month. If you’re ready to create a life of vibrant health, wellbeing, ease and vitality, get your free report and sign up for the e-zine at www.SelfCareCelebration.com Contact Lea for coaching and speaking.