What does it mean to feel nourished?

One of my personal goals is to feel nourished— inside and out, mind and body.

Total nourishment. That's the goal.

Over the past few years of my healing journey it's been something I've clung to. A feeling that has called my name. When the variety of practitioners have asked, "what are your goals?" or "how do you want to feel?" The two things that came to mind were good (hence the name of my business- Live Good, Feel Good) and nourished. I was just so sick and tired of feeling sick and tired.

So what does it mean to feel nourished?

To me, feeling nourished is feeling fulfilled and supported— mind body and soul. It's feeling supported by my body and by those around me.

Feeling nourished is being well taken care of (by myself and others). It's giving my body the doses of food, movement, sunshine, mother nature and mindfulness it so craves. It's living out of abundance, not scarcity.

In general it's a bone deep feeling of contentment.

It's this feeling of knowing I have the resources I need to honor myself and take care of myself. I have the knowledge, the self care, the time, the energy and yeah, even the money to do what I need to do for my health. It's this sense of knowing I can tune into my body, ask it what it needs and then give it to my body.

To feel nourished is a privilege.

A privilege that not a lot of people have whether due to money, time scarcity, or chronic illness. But it's a privilege I think we all deserve.

To feel nourished is to love your mind, body and soul inside out and it's to BE loved by others for all you are. It's loving yourself exactly as you are how you are without judgment or labels but with compassion and kindness.

I often ask my yogis: Can you notice how you feel right here? Can you notice what your body needs— without judgment but with compassion and kindness?

I think that's the first step to feeling nourished. To notice how you feel and what you need. To show up for yourself without judgement but with kindness and compassion. To honor your own needs and do your best to fulfill them.

My goal is to feel nourished this year— inside and out.

What about you?

P.S. My group coaching program Nourish Your Nervous System grew from this desire of mine. It's how I help nourish other people. If you want to learn more, head here. Enrollment opens on 02/06/2023— get on the newsletter to be the first to know!