Ready for Love

Day two today of an eight day cleanse, which I'm embarking on for a multitude of reasons, among them:

1) My diet has not been awesome lately, and as a result, my body has felt stiff and lethargic. I can still remember how incredible I felt when I did the Whole 30,  and I want to feel that way again.

2) I am knocking on the door of some poses I've been working on for a long time, and I know (from both my own experience and from my teachers) that cleansing will benefit my practice.

3) Relatedly and perhaps most importantly, I know that although I sometimes feel like I am, as today's song title suggests, ready for love, I also know that I still need to make some progress on loving myself. For me, this is a much less daunting task when I am taking great care of myself. Put another way: it doesn't work for me to hate on my body while saying I love myself.

Hit it Bad Company:

Walkin' down this rocky road
Wondering where my life is leadin'
Rollin' on to the bitter end
Finding out along the way
What it takes to keep love living
You should know how it feels, my friend

Ooh, I want you to stay
Ooh, I want you today

I'm ready for love
Oh baby, I'm ready for love
Ready for love
Oh baby, I'm ready for love

Now I'm on my feet again
Better things are bound to happen
All my dues surely must be paid
Many miles and many tears
Times were hard but now they're changing
You should know that I'm not afraid

Ooh, I want you to stay
Ooh, I want you today

I'm ready for love
Oh baby, I'm ready for love
I'm ready for love
Oh baby, I'm ready for love
Oh, for your love

The tricky part is, with diet and with self-love, to keep choosing what makes me feel good, inside and out, rather than succumbing to the many foods and drinks that take me down a less happy path...