An Exercise in Self-Love

 

An essential part of healing and journeying along our path is learning to love ourselves.   I wanted to give you a simple exercise that you can work with to help you on the path to self-love.   It will help you take a good look at yourself and realize just how amazing you really are! 

Find a quiet place where you can be alone for a while.  You will want to choose a place where you can have at least fifteen minutes of quiet time.  

Choose your favorite incense and start it so that the scent wafts through the area where you are sitting.  Some of my favorites are lavender and vanilla.  Now that it's fall, I love all the scents that go with it, like pumpkin spice, apples, and cinnamon.  

Choose three candles that best represent you.  They can be the color of the month you were born, your favorite colors, or another color that has special meaning for you. 

You can put on some soft music if you like. 

Get at least a handheld mirror or position yourself in front of a mirror while you do this exercise.  

Grab a pen and paper. You may also want to choose a notebook just for this exercise so you can look back on it each time you do it.  

Now I want you to sit down, relax, and concentrate on your breathing.  You can use this time to ground and center if you wish.  

Now sit down, and I want you to come up with all the positive things about yourself.  It can be personality traits or physical traits.  Really look at yourself and describe what you love.  You want to get at least 20 things.  If you can... go for 50!  It can be done.  If you want to, you can work up to it over a few months.  Really take your time and spend it with yourself.  I promise it will help. I hope that you have a magickal day!

Much Love and Many Blessings,

Jasmeine Moonsong