Here is the reading from the class I taught at Yoga Lounge Bournemouth on 16 January 2022.
My art teacher once told me
the reason why we struggle to find our work beautiful
is because we have been looking at it for too long.
Our mind only sees the flaws,
the mistakes we think we have made.
She says:
“Look at your work the way someone who loves it does.”
I think this applies to other things too.
Like when we don’t find ourselves beautiful,
because we have been looking at ourselves for so long,
we only see the flaws in our features
where we should be seeing beauty.
We don’t see ourselves as a map of our victories.
We don’t see ourselves at our most exquisite
when we are talking about what we love.
Sometimes we just need to change the lens a little.
Look at ourselves the way someone who loves us does.
