Cultivating self-love takes time. We may have been harming ourselves through our words and actions for some time so we have to be gentle with ourselves as we begin to reveal more of our patterns of self-harm in its many guises. We need to weed out our resistance to self-love and anything which gets in the way of our ability to love and accept ourselves as we are in this moment.
We offer these suggestions based on our own experience and understanding, but what works for one person doesn’t always work for the next. So please always work with your own intuition, keep checking in and doing what feels right for you on your path to better health.
Yoga poses
Breathing & Relaxation
Brahmari breath
Abdominal breath
Thoracic breath
Directional breath
Potions
Aromatherapy Oils
Rose Otto
Jasmine
Melissa
Lavendar
Ylang-Ylang
Grapefruit
Frankincense
Sandalwood
Chamomile
Rosemary
White Chestnut
Chakra balancing
Lack of self-love can be a sign of an imbalanced heart chakra.
Click to find out more about the heart chakra and how you can work towards balancing it.
Affirmations
“I love and accept myself just as I am”
“I love and appreciate myself”
“I am worthy of giving and receiving love”
“I am healed and whole”
Audios & Videos
Yoni Yoga Practices - watch this one or this one
Restorative Yoga Sequence - watch here
All of our Yoga Nidra audios
Yogic Sleep - A Guided Relaxation
Chakra Balancing Relaxation
Crystals
Rose quartz
Pearl
Moonstone
Amethyst
Clear quartz
Books
‘You Can Heal Your Life’ - Louise Hay
‘The Universe Has Your Back: how to feel safe and trust your life no matter what’ - Gabrielle Bernstein
‘Opening to Spirit’ - Caroline Arewa
‘Rise Sister Rise’ - Rebecca Campbell
‘Start Where you Are: How to Accept Yourself and Others’ - Pema Chodron
’A Path of Heart’ - Jack Kornfield
Other things to try
Reiki can help, especially becoming attuned to Reiki so that we can give Reiki to ourselves on a daily basis - find out about Reiki attainments here
Ayurveda can also help - click here
Slowly, slowly we will cultivate the love for self that we seek, don’t give up!