Healing  Messages 1.208 – Your body is not wrong.

There are so many advertisements which harass us to think of the body in certain ways.

With a normal intake of healthy food and moderate exercise, your body is perfect.

Your body is not supposed to be a certain shape or composed of certain dimensions.

When everyone made their clothes, they were all fit to order.

The standardization of pattern sizes, especially for women, was based on a very small sampling and arbitrary assignment.

The standardization of non-local food production has led to many health challenges.

There are plenty of nutrition studies and recommendations and guidelines to follow.

I came to the conclusion that my body is not wrong when I realized I was trying to force myself into a particular pattern of eating so that I could regain my youthful figure.

I was also trying to follow a diet that was not true to my ancestral lineage.

All the sculptures of women throughout the ages show them to be robust.

If there was a drought, there were emaciated bodies, and this affected men, women and children.

My body was so upset for so long I decided to fast until I was actually hungry.

It took me thirty hours. I then went to the grocery store and noted what I was hungry for.

In the course of my earlier dietary exploration, I had followed guidelines which removed my sugar craving and dependence on baked  goods, including bread.  

Doing this for a year, with such satisfying recipes, made it almost effortless.

So when I went to the grocery store, I was not motivated by sugar cravings.

I discovered what my body actually wanted and then I honored those calm messages and looked up a diet which corresponded to them.

There was a type of diet based on my preferred food choices.

Since then, my body is calm when I follow those guidelines.

I honor my lineage, and at the same time, I honor the earth and my body.

I have adjusted the clothing sizes I wear so that I am comfortable and non-judgemental  about my size.

This is such a relief to move out of the line of harassment about my body.

© 2026 Kathryn Hardage

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