IMAGE: LAURA RICHARDSON
Our bodies host a long history of dos and don’ts. Growing up, what were you told you were not allowed to do with your body? Often, those early rules are still playing out the way you live in your body today. ‘Thou shall smile, even when your gut is telling you otherwise,’ ‘Thou shall dress appropriately, even when it’s not what you want to wear.’ In your journal, draft a list in response to all those body rules you grew up with that have been broken, or that you are now ready to break. Write a new list of body commandments for your body. Body pleasures you can savour. Maybe it’s a treat of a massage once a month, or a long-haul trip alone.