Hello readers! Today I was going to continue my blog from last day but instead, I'm going to make this blog post a little more personal. Sure I love to blog about great healthy recipes, new information on health & wellness and things of that nature, but every so often, I get inspired when something happens to me that shifts the way I am thinking - and I immediately think of sharing it with my readers! Because like I've said before, wellness and health is not just physical - not at all. Its emotional. Mental. Much more than just being 'disease-free'. That's my definition (and the World Health Organization's definition too!).
That being said, today I was fortunate enough to attend my favourite spin class here in NYC - TranscendCycle with Darryl Gaines at Equinox. I've taken his class once before and it was so uplifting and motivating - I had to do it again! So here I am, doing my thing when he starts playing Mary J. Blige's song, "Just Fine". And as the lyrics were playing and we were cycling to the beat, I felt almost trance-like. Everything slowed down and became clear. As if the lyrics were speaking to ME. And in that moment, I had an 'A-ha!'.
When she says in her lyrics 'So I like what I see when I’m looking at me when I’m walking past the mirror...', I looked at myself in the mirror and, though this may sound completely silly, I agreed. I really believed and agreed.
While I'm not the skinniest, fittest, prettiest or most 'put-together' woman (especially in NYC let me tell you!), I realized - that's just fine. And that sent such a peace through me. Because as women, we can't help but judge ourselves. We often will, often unconsciously, pin ourselves up and compare ourselves to the woman walking down the street, the girl next to you in yoga class or your colleague down the hall. But here's the rub: someone will ALWAYS be better at a. b. or c. than you. And for me, in that moment (and going forward), I realized in my core, that that's just fine. I don't have to be 'perfect' (please someone tell me if they have figured out what that even means!).
Liking yourself - who you are, what you look like is beyond any nutrition, fitness or health-promoting lifestyle practice because if you don't like what you see in the mirror, the benefits of those practices are futile. Feeling whole, centered and at peace is where health begins. Where wellness begins. And for me, though I can't say I ever 'disliked' what I see in the mirror - I am a critic just like everyone else.
So I hope that you'll take a moment here and listen to the song (yes, I am posting a music video in a wellness blog!) and really think about the lyrics and what it means to be happy with WHO you are and moreover, realize that no matter what troubles you may have, if we are grateful for all things - small and big - then Life really is Just Fine.
Wishing you grace, gratitude & peace,
Dr. Shamira
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Posted by: Jim Thomson | November 24, 2011 at 08:39 AM