I love my little vegan tummy roll 😊 People have said some pretty awful things to me about the way my body has looked over the years. I didn’t have enough of a butt... My fake boobs were scary... my breasts after having the implants removed weren’t sexy... My body is “aging” or “too skinny” or “the best it’s ever looked” when I’m actually too skinny from not being able to eat due to extreme grief. After a while, believing all of these contradicting opinions to be truths made me feel like my body could never be right. No matter how grateful I may be for a body that moves for me, sings and dances and hikes and gesticulates, I was told my body is wrong. There was even a raw food “guru” who had told me there’s no way I could have been 100% raw (which I had been for almost 3 years at that time) because I was too big! Even my raw food body was wrong? 😳 Why? Oh, I’m too sensitive about my body? I mean, it is MY body. I live here. This is how I get around. Of course I’m sensitive about my body. The only thing is, I now see that they’re only projecting their insecurities about their own bodies onto mine. If you’re not attracted to me, that’s one thing. I don’t need to spend time with you. Why, though, would anyone ever get to tell us what’s “wrong” with our bodies? Why do we have to listen? Why do we believe? I now believe we are all beautiful and perfect and flawed and gorgeous and forever changing and evolving. If some rando wants to express their own lack of self-confidence by making rude comments about my appearance, go ahead. I’m done believing them and I’m walking away. I hope all of you are learning this strength too. That whole thing about accepting the love we deserve is 100% true. We are in charge of the love that we receive. How we react to what people say, not just internally but also externally, shows them how they’re able to treat us ❤️💪🏼 • Also, I have incredible legs! 😜 • • • #ilovemybody #bodyposi #healthybodyimage #bopo #yogabody #veganforever #nofilter #veganyogi #veganmusician #bodypositivity #loveyourbody #healthybody #alwaysbeautiful #selfloveclub #selflove #domoreyoga #eatmorefruit #meditatedontmedicate #breatheinbreatheout (at Brooklyn, New York)
