Ally's A-ha Moment: inside a Body Liberation coaching session

What we do in body liberation coaching sessions

Sometimes we celebrate! Clients share wins like:

• “I’m letting myself enjoy food again!”

• “I thought I looked kinda cute today!”

• “I rediscovered the joy of dancing!”

Sometimes we dig into the hard stuff:

• the grief that comes with releasing control

• the painful feelings of comparing

• the noticing body and all its changes

We laugh and cry, we move around and we are very still.

Sometimes we focus on learning practical tools:

• Intuitive eating

• Setpoint weight theory

• Health at Every Size®

• The Body Trust®  framework

Often body liberation coaching sessions include a-ha moments- when a client realizes something, and it’s like a window opens inside of them.

Ally's a-ha moment

In one of our coaching sessions, Ally was beginning to redefine her relationship with movement, letting go of limiting beliefs about exercise and embracing joyful ways of moving her body. She realized that she wanted to give herself permission to be awkward, that she didn’t always have to look cool while stretching or dancing. Her realization resonated hard for me too.

I asked Ally if we could share this wisdom in the newsletter, and she responded with two beautiful body liberation haikus.

Hope you enjoy Ally's haikus as much as I do.

Two body liberation haikus

A Haiku to Move to

I have the right to

dance, walk, bend, stretch, fold, move this

body awkwardly.

A Haiku to Dress to

I have the right to

wear clothes loose, tight, plaid, or bright

on this big body.