The Self-Trust Diet & The World Gym

Weekly Resource Roundup

A Diet Built on Self-Trust

Is the “healthy” lifestyle that health and fitness professionals promote actually making us disconnected from our bodies? We’re told, “eat this not that, or you’ll get sick, be disease-ridden, and die early.” When we label foods as “bad” or “unhealthy” it causes shame and is harmful to our mental health. What if we just listened to our bodies and trusted our hunger signals? Health professionals give a “healthy” model of which foods are best for us and the best times to eat but, as Roni Davis states, “it leaves no space for our inner knowing, logic, self-trust or personal power.” This is a powerful podcast episode that had me reflecting on how our culture promotes a “healthy” lifestyle. 

The World is Our Gym

We don’t need a gym, we can use our existing environment to train our bodies. Ross Enamait is master at using the outdoors and is very resourceful at making his own gym equipment. He wrote a wonderful article about how he makes the world his gym. He also discusses how tuned into his body he is. He writes “…no one tells me when I am hungry or thirsty. I just know. My body tells me. I follow a similar approach when I am outside. I do not need a paper routine to tell me that my legs are tired from running hills. My body will tell me and I’ll know it is time to transition to something else. Perhaps I will switch to pull-ups from a tree branch. Once my hands are fatigued from the thick branch, I will also know.” It sounds intuitive but it’s a novel approach from all the exercise programs and seen on the internet and plastered all over social media.

To Try

Grounding Yoga Nidra for rest and to tune into the wisdom of the body.