I’m living in a body that is 51.5 years old.  So far, it’s taken me on a quite a ride.  Or maybe the other way around, I’ve taken it on a quite a ride.  Either way, I’m grateful.  I’ve taken it on untold adventures and it’s held up with remarkable grace and good will…until recently.

I'm the girl in the back

When I was in my twenties, I spent several summers as a guide on the Colorado River in southern Utah.  On one of those trips, I injured my back.  Big time pain.  Flash forward a couple of decades and that old injury is showing up with a vengeance.

For the last couple of years, I’ve been seeing chiropractors, physical therapists, massage therapists, orthopedic doctors…and on and on, as I attempt to find relief.  Relief is slow in coming, but coming it is.

At first I felt a bit betrayed by my body, like it had somehow let me down and I could no longer trust it.  Ever so slowly, I realized that perhaps I have betrayed my body by not taking better care of it.  Heck, there’ve been times when I took better care of my car than I did my body.

Because I have a strong preference for my body to last a good long time in good health, I needed to make some changes.  So I did.  These days, I take good care of my body and have a good team to support me — physical therapist, massage therapist, svaroopa yoga teacher, and ME.  I stretch almost every day, walk several times a week and aim to provide my body with good fuel.  There’s more, but those are the basics.

I can almost hear my mother-in-law teasing me and saying “Well pin a rose on your nose.”

Nonetheless, the changes have made my life better, I’m more mindful of and more loving towards my body.  It’s rare that I take it for granted.

How about you?  Are you taking better care of your car than you do your body?

What small change could you make this week to take even better care of your body?

P.S.  One of the things I did that I think made a huge difference in how I feel towards my body was using ZPoint to help me clear out the negative feelings I had towards my body and motivate me to exercise.  If this sound interesting to you, check out the recording I made to lead you through the same process I used, “Say Yes to Better Health.” You can find it in my shop.