NAKED MIRROR

Strip down to nothing but your raw skin and stand in front of a mirror. No one is looking. I promise. Let your eyes dance over your curves. Whisper hello to every inch of your skin.

There might be bruises or stretch marks or bumps or tan lines, but I am telling you it’s all perfect. Trust me on this. You are a perfect and drop-dead gorgeous powerful goddess. I know you’re going to roll your eyes and feel imperfect. Your thighs are too big, your chest not big enough…I know, I know. I’ve felt it all, too.

But you should be loving yourself more.

Start right now, right here. Now.

Take a pen or lipstick and write on every part of your body that makes you blush. Make sure it’s washable and non-toxic, even though what you’ll write is forever permanent. Cover your body in hearts and kisses.

Stand in front of the mirror again, and take a photo of this divine piece of art: it’s YOU.

You’re a love letter to yourself, your body gallery-worthy and meant to be worshiped.

By you and him and her and them. Worshiped.

Look at this photo often, any and every time you feel unworthy or anything but beautiful. Look at this picture and know deep down that you are a temple of perfection, a place of love, and a perfect, strong, warrior girl.

Now run a bath with abundant drops of rose oil. You’re worth the scent of this most intricate flower, her petals soft and the bud opening like our hearts, reminding us to love first ourselves, and then each other.

Slip in the tub and wash away the words you wrote;

their meaning won’t go away now that you’ve tattooed them on your soul.

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Shakaya Leone is an Earth Empress who elevates a woman’s life into one of regal, feminine, sensual beauty. She is the author of Naked Beauty and Nude Food, and World Detox Day. Shakaya is an inspired voice in the natural health and raw food community dedicated to helping women embody their essence through Exquisite Self-Care. Shakaya works with budding icons and goddesses who desire to learn how to Receive Health, Wealth, Beauty and Self-Love  https://earthempress.com.