We are already Two weeks into the new year and, after listening to countless resolutions, I feel that we all we want to learn how to love and look after ourselves better.

Whether you’have pledged to include healthy foods in your diet, drink more water, exercise, reconnect to that yoga group you used to go to or find a better job, the way I see it, it’s all about self -love.
And love is also about communication. With the busyness of our lives, we forget that we have the answers within.

Wouldn’t it be so much easier to listen to the first whispers of your body instead of waiting till your whole being starts screaming and your voice gets muddled up with chronic conditions, pain, anxiety or fear?

Try this simple exercise to listen to your body:

• Sit with your back straight, preferably supported and your feet firmly on the ground.
• Allow your hands to rest on your lap, with the palms up, open to receiving.
• Close your eyes. Know that when you close your eyes you can ‘see’ inside your body.
• Take a deep breath and breathe out your day.
• Check which parts of your body need attention. Starting from your head, your neck, your shoulders and continue down the rest of your body.
• Sometimes you might be drawn to a painful area that you are already familiar with. Sometimes it will be a different one. Be open to receiving whatever your intuition and the silence of your body want to tell you.

Love is communication. Talk to yourself (and listen).