RESTRICTION OR PLEASURE?
- Jacquelyn Smith
- Jun 13, 2021
- 2 min read
Depending on where you are at in your journey of health and wellness, the idea of what it may take to reach states of a pain free and energetic body, calm mental clarity, fitness, joy and pleasure may feel daunting.
I often receive a good deal of resistance when clients first begin their healing journey from their current physical habits and mental paradigms.
I am here to assure you that the truth of the transformation is, that profound joy and deep pleasure in the caring for you mind and body awaits. What may start off as feeling like a burden, an uphill battle, and a restrictive lifestyle soon becomes your greatest source of freedom and excitement.
As your body transforms so does your mentality and emotions around it.
A great parallel to equate any transformation to is the story of an addict choosing to undergo rehab. In the very beginning, the first few days you experience the most severe withdrawals from that which you are letting go. As time passes it becomes easier and easier. Until one day the drug no longer has any pull on them.
The person that went into rehab is a completely different person now.
Becoming this evolved person is a source of pride and excitement, and may even find themselves repulsed by the very thing they clung on so hard to at the beginning of the journey.
So you see, as we are asked to give up foods, choices, habits and thought patterns that no longer serve your highest good, it may feel difficult at first. Your ego may put up a good fight to "protect you from the unknown" and yet on the other side lies your joy, freedom, and pleasure.

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