Empower yourself, just as perfect as you are! 💛🙏🏻 RESPECT to my beautiful friend 🙌🏻 #Repost @siobhandumigan (@get_repost) ・・・ What do you see when you see this photo? My first thoughts were my butt is not very perky, my boobs aren't very big and my stomach isn't flat..... this makes me mad. I love my body, I am a confident woman with plenty of self love. Why were these the first sentences that popped into my head when I looked at this photo? A few things came up. One - since a young age my mum's friends would tell her and myself I would be more beautiful if I was skinner. Why is skinny more beautiful? I'm lucky to have a mum that has always told me I'm perfect the way I am. This doesn't mean those comments by my mum's friends didn't cause some damage to my self esteem and self confidence that took years to overcome. So please use your words impeccably, especially around young minds. This includes the way you talk about yourself. If your kids hear and see you constantly judging your own body, what do you think they are going to do? Two - all the heavily photoshopped images of women on advertisements plastered everywhere since I can remember. Why do I even want to look like these unrealistic images? I don't. Three - how body shapes comes in and out of fashion. When I was young it was the "look anorexic but don't actually be anorexic" look. Now it's the "strong - I go to the gym twice a day look". Why do we do this? Why are we not celebrating all body shapes? Why are we not using a variety of body shapes in advertisements? It's stupid and blows my mind. We only have one body. Fuck the ads and what everyone else thinks about how your body should look. Love your body exactly the way it is. Every curve, every bump, every scar, every wrinkle, every stretch mark. Your body is a beautiful piece of art. Own it. Own and love every inch of it. #OwnYourBody💛 ・ ・ ・ #monkeyyoga #lifeasayogi #yogaguatemala #yoga #yogaeverywhere #yogaeveryday #yogaeverydamnday #inspire #yogainspiration #girl #yogalife #fitspo #love #healthybody #yogagram #fitlife #flexible