#mindfulmiri

Freedom. I count myself lucky every day that I’m here - in probably the freest country, in a world that is hopefully getting freer and freer. Where I can identify as a woman, a Jew, a human, a child of “pinko Commy” Ukrainian immigrants, a mother, and not be persecuted overtly day after day, as my parents, grandparents, and ancestors had been. Recent events just compound this gratitude🙏 We definitely have a ways to go even in the U.S. before everyone who identifies as they really want to be - can just be. But I know we’re getting there. Embracing body diversity, racial, ethnic, religious, gender-based and sexual-oriented freedom is crucial to our human evolution. Feeling great in your own skin is important for everything - the face you put forth to the world, your level of confidence, security, audacity! Your feeling of trying new things and standing up to injustice! If you have fear-based beliefs about yourself and others, you are contributing to injustice... think on that for a bit! Here’s to freedom - big and small! Stand up and stand out! Make this a PASSOVER OF LOVE❤️ I realize it’s no coincidence my parents named me Miriam (look it up 😉) Happy Passover! Hag Sameach!🙌🏼 #passoveroflove #mindfulmiri https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccat2cwLCs5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

If you haven’t taken a moment lately, now is the time… We’ve all catalogued what we don’t like/ want to change about our bodies, but what about what we love?❤️ are grateful for?🙏 Drop inside now and tune into your body. Feel the top of your head, soften the brow, relax the jaw, release the shoulders, breathe deeply into your belly, let your legs go heavy, and your body spread like water… Begin to think… What has your body done for you today? Did it carry you from place to place? Allow you to read, write, learn? Did you interact with others? Did you smile? What are you able to do because of it? Can you walk, run, jump, dance, skip, shuffle, swing, glide, roll, paint, hug, kiss, make music, lift groceries and children, pet animals, feel temperature, taste chocolate? What are you grateful for? No matter what your body looks or feels like, which ailments or disabilities you may have, there is always something for which you can be grateful… Life is all about perception… If you focus on what’s wrong with your body, that’s all you’ll see. But if you focus on what’s right - you’ll build momentum for health and wellness, as well as happiness. Miri xo #yoga #mindfulness #mindfulmiri #mindful_miri #strutyourstuff #lifeiswhatyoumakeit #attitudeofgratitude #gratitude https://www.instagram.com/p/CaEVqw6rtS7/?utm_medium=tumblr