Mind – Body Exercise

Hey everyone, I’ve been a busy bee plugging away on the final stages of my book - The Bodylove Diet – The 3 Keys To Your ‘Skinny’, Rich and Juicy Life. The process you’re about to watch is a small delicious taste from the Bodylove process. You’ll discover the one thing you can do to feel LOVED up instantly and why it’s integral to your health, beauty and weight loss!

The simple visualization and prayer will gently support you to clear out the emotion that could be keeping you stuck, fear based and in a full on funk! Your heavy energy could also be making you FAT and LETHARGIC! Yikes!

As soon as you start to release the energy and emotions that’s toxic, weight loss and your healthy mojo will become an organic response to your LOVED up state of being! How cool is that? Pretty revolutionary we think!

Please share this video if you think it’s groovy!

Much Bodylove, Beauty & Bliss,
Ingrid Arna xo

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There is no time like NOW to unveil my new wellness model for a juicy life and a hot bod! The US government has recently dismantled the food pyramid replacing it with a very large plate including grains and diary. EEK!! If I followed either the pyramid or plate I’d be most likely be fat and sick! I strongly suggest you don’t follow government eating guidelines if you want to be healthy and live a juicy life.

I don’t eat grains or dairy (apart from goats cheese) which I go into more detail in my new book. Now, please note that everyone’s body needs different things but considering that over 70% of people are fat and protein efficient (not carb or sugar efficient) and dairy has been linked to all sorts of diseases then perhaps you might want to reassess what you think is ‘healthy’! You maybe shocked to realize that what you are eating is actually quite harmful to your body and your health! Just because a big brand tells you it’s healthy and places a grazing cow on the cover does not mean it’s good for you. In fact it might be killing you. I most cases it’s just a marketing gimmick to get you hooked into believing your doing all the right things to get healthy when in fact you’re literally poisoning yourself! Read the label. Understand what you’re eating! Don’t believe everything these big companies tell you!

The Bodylove Circle of Life is based on energy, emotion, love, rest, movement, trust and nourishing foods. Notice that water is predominant fixture along with all the other supporting and vital mind set values to set a strong and formidable foundation for rocking health. The important thing to remember is that any type of food guide is just a GUIDE, and once we have evaluated the science we must tune into our bodies to ascertain what is best for us. That said, by eating whole foods from the Bodylove Diet and by clearing out the junk in my trunk energetically, I have healed psychically, physically and spiritually.

I know what works and I’m now free to live my live from worry or confusion about how and to eat. I literally don’t listen to all the related hog wash so many unfortunately buy into.

It can be overwhelming and confusing and in many cases you don’t get the results because what you’re eating and how you are feeling is creating pain and not pleasure in the body. As you can see, on the image that TRUST & RECEIVE is a high priority! This the main area women have fears around and in my opinion it’s one of the most crucial elements to master for a rocking bod and juicy life.

After 15 years of study and research, I know what is right for my body and the emotion and confusion about what to eat and how much is over! Woo Hoo! It’s given me a huge amount of inner peace because I can fully enjoy my food because I know it’s nourishing my body and spirit. Gone are the days, that I used to fear gaining weight, experienced guilt or utter confusion. Working with my lovely clients (loving referred to as Bodylove Babes) we work to set them free from fear of food, body image woes and toxic emotions to recreate their beliefs, reshape their bodies and to reinvent their relationship with themselves, others and finally the reality they are creating for themselves.

Beautiful Emotion + Beautiful Food = A Beautiful Body & A JUICY LIFE!

This is an except from my new book The Bodylove Diet: 3 Keys to a ‘SKINNY’ You!

Much Bodylove, Beauty & Bliss,
Ingrid xx

http:// www.bodylovediet.com

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Hi lovelies! I was recently interviewed by a rocking site HerFuture.com and I thought I would share it with you! It was a great chance for me to further share the Bodylove Diet principles which include mind-body nutrition, emotional detox and energy healing! Enjoy!

How did Bodylove Diet come to be?

My Bodylove journey was ignited by my deep desire to get out of the funk and fear of body hate.

Once upon a time, I was a model and an aspiring actress. Everyone told me I was beautiful, but I was blinded by my insecurity, my career aspirations and my skinny obsession! At the ripe old age of twenty I hot tailed it to New York City to pursue my acting and modeling dreams! In a desperate attempt to get super thin, before you could say “Jimmy Choo”, I was popping a copious amount of diet pills or if we want to get real legalized speed was my daily fix.

It was the height of the Kate Moss waif era and the lifeless grunge look was all the rage. Before long the weight fell off and I was skinny. At five foot five I became a petite model and spent most days going to castings and auditioning for acting roles. Existing pretty much on coffee, diet coke, sorbet and a handful of Gummi bears for weeks on end, my daily diet pill addiction kept me speeding along. Within nine months I had gone from the new kid on the block and the life of the party to a sick, miserable and disillusioned young woman.

I vividly remember my agent, Dorian, taking me to bustling Fifth Avenue late one afternoon. Dorian, a crack addict, was a bigger mess than I was. The consummate self–promoter, Dorian claimed to be Claudia Schiffer’s booker at the start of her career. I didn’t trust him but I willingly let him lead my career. Dorian drew me close, and with animated exuberance shouted, ‘Ingrid, look up at that model on the billboard. That is going to be you one day. You’re going to be a star!’ But his predication was so very wrong. I did not become the next Kate Moss but rather just some wannabe who was literally dying to keep up.

The truth was I had lost my sparkle by trying to fit into a world that I didn’t belong to. I had run away from my problems in Australia and, rather than deal with them, I put all my focus on attaining beauty on the outside whilst suffocating on the inside. The pills kept me buzzing all night long. The insomnia and stabbing hunger pains drove me nutty but I kept habitually repeating the same regime in a desperate attempt to be thin, happy and successful. All I got was thin for a brief moment. Happiness and success eluded me. What made my situation more precarious was that, like so many young girls, I had blindly entered into the drama of crazy diets at twelve. If we do the math, I had been on this rollercoaster ride for thirteen years already. My body was freaking out and so was I!

On my twenty-fourth birthday I headed home to Australia to discover that I had uterine cancer – or so the doctors told me. After several surgeries, I found out it was something else – not a terminal condition, but serious and life changing nonetheless. As I later learned when I decided to walk away from my past, my health problems were linked to my dark emotions, my grief, rage and trauma. This was my mega wake up call and I was forced to listen. My metabolism hit rock bottom after years of starving myself and bulimia and when I started eating again I gained 30 pounds. After two years of healing my body and soul, the weight came off and I felt free because I didn’t have any fear around food or body woes either. I am now l free to enjoy life to the fullest because I’m not stressing out about what to eat and what not to eat or about how my body looks!

The word ‘Bodylove’ came to me during this dark and painful time in my life. I knew that if I felt such excruciating torment then other women did too. It was at my lowest point that I had this vision. I vowed to find a new way of living that would free me from critical judgment and paralyzing fear. I was so over struggling. I had to find a way of living that was based on pleasure, peace and love. As I healed, I felt compelled to share the Bodylove philosophy.

Bodylove is like discovering that one true gorgeous loving partner who devours your loins with such an appetite of appreciation that you feel like you’re in a constant state of bliss – only what you have found is your own true self and the magic of learning to love your body with absolute conviction and gratitude.

What do you believe the connection is between our minds and our bodies?

The mind and body work as one inter-related entity, each communicating with the other part, each equally important and powerful. It’s your choice whether the body-mind dance together in unity or not. Your emotions and your mind can either create beauty or dis-ease and it’s largely dependent on how you process, relate, perceive and respond to life.

The mind is controlled by the emotions and our emotions control our body on a cellular level. When we are angry, anxious or bully ourselves with the all too common internal rants of “I’m too fat” and “I’m not good enough”, we place the body and spirit into fear mode setting off chemical and emotional reactions in the body. I also believe that everything is energy and that our emotions and the food we eat create the energy within the body and then in every other part of our lives. It starts within and moves outwards!

To have peace and health in the body we must first create it in the mind and soul. In a nutshell my Bodylove philosophy is – we are all divine beauty. When we are disconnected to that truth we are at war with ourselves and the body retaliates by showing signs of illness, depression, weight gain and lethargy. Unfortunately most women are exhausted for many reasons but the most common reason for our lethargy is the constant ugliness and toxic energy that we expel into the body with self-bullying that typically sounds off from the moment we wake.

I believe that what we say holds a vibration, and that vibration can either cause pain or pleasure depending on thought. In my opinion, it’s imperative to get our self-talk to vibrate in love and joy if you really want to have a juicy life.

When the mind is at war, the body is at war. When the mind lives in beauty, the body creates beautiful miracles. – Ingrid Arna

Can you describe your own path of healing your relationship with your body?

Integrating mind, body, and spirit, Bodylove was initially a mantra I used to heal my body and spirit = to get my mind and body to live in the energy of love, trust and self-acceptance.

I made a commitment to myself to heal, transform and to become a vital, confident and loved up chick. I literally got down on my hands and knees and prayed to God to show me the way. It’s amazing what we attract when we are fully committed to healing. We grow, we let go of the BS and we transform. There is no other way!

My first step to invoke the desire and make the commitment to myself and the second was dealing with my stored emotional trauma. I started to take a good look at how my past shaped my beliefs and I worked to release and heal all the bogus thoughts that were causing such destruction in my life. I purged out a truck-load of crap, forgave myself and others, and reclaimed my divine connection to source, love and limitless bliss, baby! I believe we experience the same process of reinvention. As soon as we move from the wounded victim to the woman who takes charge her world, divine intervention steps in to support you!

My healing really took hold when I started to call out and ask for what I wanted. My call was my desire to create a new life and body. In my counseling practice I teach women how to get the CALL process down and it works in every area for your life from love to money to yeap your body baby!

I wanted peace and I wanted to feel sensual, confident, sexy and in tune with my body. I also wanted to eat food without feeling guilty! I wanted to be able to not freak out at every meal overwhelmed by my fear of putting on weight. So I had to go within to clear out the emotional junk in my trunk that was driving my toxic beliefs and emotions.

I prayed, visualized and was totally committed to growing because I wanted to get out of the hell I had experienced and then kept creating. So I did. I also studied holistic health, mind-body healing and nutrition to obtain the knowledge I needed to reach my goal of ‘Bodylove’ and a sexy radiant body to boot without struggle or sacrifice.

I have a free e-book on my site at mybodyloveblog.com that clearly outlines the 10 Rituals To Bodylove but the key is start being kinder to yourself.

When you’re not loving to yourself it’s your inner bitch talking to you, not your true divine sacred self. As soon as you become aware, you can work towards being more loving and appreciative of the divine woman you are.

So tell me about the Bodylove Diet?

The Bodylove Diet is a new juicy eating and living paradigm.

The word DIET for us Bodylove babes stands for: Daily, Intuitive, Energy and Transformation


I think it’s quite genius!

Any diet that’s not loving is a waste of your time and detrimental to your physical, spiritual, and emotional health. The Bodylove Diet is a new and revolutionary philosophy that goes way beyond what we are eating and looks at how we eat and the emotion that determines how we digest and metabolize our food.

Eating great food must be combined with a great mood for vital health. Food and emotion work in harmony together and each feeds and dances with the other. Having a positive attitude and eating crap food won’t take you far. And in the end the low vibrational foods you ingest will affect your mood – and vice versa. Eating nourishing food and having a crap attitude won’t hold out for long. Eventually your body will suffer and it will let you know!

When you don’t nourish the body with the right vitamins, fats, and nutrients, it effects your emotions. In fact, the right foods work to create healthy, loving emotions that reinvent the body. That said, if you eat really well but have blocked emotions and spiritual torment trapped in the body and soul, eating well will support you but it won’t give you that rocking vital health we all want and deserve. If you want the full ‘Red Carpet’ makeover then you need to address both mind and body and see them almost as one entity dancing together.

The Bodylove Diet marries the quality of food, the energy of food, the energy we have towards food, and the emotions we have about ourselves, our lives and the body, to create a powerful program that friggin’ rocks!

Why do you feel so moved now to help others heal?

I think my life and my dedication forever changed after experiencing a chronic illness. The compassion I feel for others drives and inspires me. A divine power keeps me moving in the healing realm. The older I get the deeper and more compelled I am to share my knowledge and the way in which I do constantly evolves.

I love women and I think we really hurt ourselves by not loving who we are. Not only is it a great shame that so many women battle with self image, their sexuality and food but the truth is this can be totally transformed if women know what to do. When you have a solution, I think it is our responsibility to share it and pass it on.

I have a provocative way of communicating and it’s so much fun to perform, connect and radically guide someone’s life. I don’t know if you choose this sort of work or whether it chooses you!

The Bodylove Diet is the culmination of 15 years of study and it’s the program I put myself on to heal. I’m sharing it with as many women as I can so they too can live juicy, sexy and rocking lives. My mission is to inspire as many women as possible to enjoy nourishing food, connect to pleasure and look and feel great without calorie counting or stepping on the scale. Imagine this – if each woman really loved herself, the revolution and beauty that would unfold would be miraculous! It’s time to live in the beauty of Bodylove babes!

Featured in Cosmopolitian, Instyle, Grazia, Body & Soul magazines, Ingrid Arna is an holistic health counselor, weight loss and new energy coach, speaker and blog addict! Her daily diet is Bodylove, good food, hugs and lots of laughter! Check out her blog at www.mybodyloveblog.com or www.bodylovediet.com

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There are only 21 days till my wedding! Woo hoo! I promised to share some of juicy tips on what I’m doing to prepare for my big day to look and feel fabulous! So what’s a girl to do when she’s pulled in five different directions – wedding, my coaching business, house renovation, my iTunes show – Love, Sex & Money, pitching TV shows, a book deadline and her own personal wellbeing?

PRIORITIZE, PLAN & THEN SURRENDER!

Like all of you, I’m extremely busy so I’ve had to prioritize and let go in order to stay sane, healthy and happy! How we manage our wedding kind of sums up how we manage life really! How’s that you ask? Well, we put so much hope, planning, time, money and energy into expecting it to turn out just how we planned it both with life and getting married! But when does everything ever go exactly as we envision it? Pretty much never.

I’ve learned that when you let go of perfection to become perfectly you life gets more rich and juicy! I’ve carried that ethos into my wedding preparations too! Of course I’m preparing for an awesome day but I’ve got a laisssez faire and a big dose of what will be will be, attitude going down! Honestly, I don’t know how else to do it unless I want to be a knotted ball of stress!

What I’ve found in my life is when I hold a clear vision and then allow synchronicity, energy and the universe to take over, that’s when plans work out better than you dreamed! When you hold on too tight and don’t let what needs to come in ENTER and what needs to go out, EXIT, life just doesn’t flow as well. Period. Trust me I used to push, control and force and after ten years of that hell, I decided to surrender and live with a lot more trust and that’s when life got grand, juicy and loved up. I’ve used this new groovy attitude in every area of my life and the more I practice it the better and more beautiful life becomes.

To top it off, we’re having the wedding ceremony at our house currently under renovation. Each weekend and most evenings are spent with a paint brush in hand or rushing around doing laundry and cooking for my fiancé and my father as they work like Trojans to get the house ready for our rocking wedding party. I’m very aware that this situation could be a catastrophe so I’m upping the anti on self-care.

Note to self: Do NOT renovate a house whilst preparing for a wedding!

I’m manifesting being The Bodylicious Bride by following the Bodylove Diet. I naturally have a ‘sharing is caring’ nature so part of my regime is focusing a bit more on ME!

I think this is pretty much a constant in all of our lives despite our circumstances. We do our best to balance it all and sometimes we rock it and others times everything gets a little crazy. So today, I’ll do a bit of work and then stop at 3pm SHARP. I will do my best and get in a good dose of rest by doing what I need to do in a deliberate, conscious and playful way. I will slow down to speed up, ensuring that I don’t get sick cause I’m running on empty! Now, that’s no good for anyone’s beauty baby!

In my past life I was addicted to speed. Not the drug you put in your mouth but the fast moving rocket speed life I created. My huge learning was to TRUST & RELAX and not has those two new features in my life improved my energy but it’s also made me a manifestation mojo and weight loss Queen! How fabulous!

My life has never been easier or more pleasure filled! I have more of what I want with ease! Go figure! But in actuality it’s really a science and not some fluke. It’s a combo effect of the law of love, intention, energy, emotion and food, all working in harmony together for rocking health on every level. Sometimes, I might have a slight wobble but I know myself and my body and I listen when it says – TIME OUT! I learned this the hard way so now I really do live it. When I was at my worst I could barely function. That’s what high stress, fear and adrenal fatigue can do to a girl. So start loving your body by being kind. Trust yourself and it’s wisdom. That will never fail you. Not listening will.

THE BODYLICOUS BRIDE by BODYLOVE DIET:

Step One – Intention:

Create your vision by asking yourself what you want? Write it down for clarity. It’s just like planting a seed then all you need to do is water it with love and action!

I set a clear intention around what I want to create on my wedding day. In my invitation, I clearly stated to ‘bring your dancing shoes’ because I want to create and communicate a sense of celebration and playfulness. I’m deliberating letting everyone know that the wedding is not a stuffy affair and to let the good times roll!

I’m visualizing the energy, the space, the outfit, the food, the energy of the catering staff and setting clear energetic boundaries with family and loved ones.

Step Two – Energetic Boundaries:

Everyone’s stuff is their business to deal with, not yours!

If you really want to be healthy, you must energetically and emotionally step back. Instead of being fragmented in lots of little pieces with your energy and attention all over the place, you come home to your body and reclaim your focus, energy and deliberate creation = manifestation mojo!

In order to stay grounded and to effectively manage everything I have on my plate, I need to effectively manage what I take on an my expectations. This is a special time for my partner and I and in order for me not be an exhausted mess at the time of my wedding, I have no time for drama or being at everyone’s beck and call. So sometimes, I need to cull my to do list and do less to be kind to myself. What can you do to focus more on you?

GIVE TO YOURSELF TO FUEL YOUR SOUL!

I can be a giver but at this time I really need to give to myself and to the wedding. When people want my time or I sense a freak out coming from someone I love, I stand in my power energetically, smile and say something loving and reassuring and move on, focused on what I need to do and how I want to feel. If we work from the premise that thoughts become things, I certainly don’t want to be buying into everyone else thoughts and emotions!

The remedy is to send love to all and to myself and then disconnect and focus on my intention: peace, happiness, abundance and feeling fabulous and looking fabulous.

Step – Three Clarity = Simplification:

Once you have clarity and you know what you want the universe will bend over backwards to give it to you.

The vital step for me was knowing pretty much exactly what feeling and energy of the day I wanted to create and then I let go. From how I want to look and feel to how the food tastes, I know what I’m creating. The really important aspect for my partner and is the energy of love, celebration and friendship! The rest is not really that important.

Because I am very clear about what I want everything is falling into place and all sorts of other gifts, blessing and surprises are coming my way. From choosing the catering company to the makeup and hair artist and photographer I’m using, each person has a great vibe and is in alignment with our big day!

Step Four – Let Things Go, Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself & Prioritize

I need to watch my health and so I prioritize my nourishment. It’s not a luxury but a necessity. I don’t want to be exhausted for the big day so I decided that everything must be done with the house one week prior to the wedding to give me time to chill, breathe and do some delicious girl pampering.

After a weekend of back to back renovation I need me some BIG CHILL TIME, only I have my book to write and a list a mile long. Have you ever experienced a similar dilemma? I’m sure you have!

I’ve had to let my book writing go a little in order to focus on preparing the wedding and that was big for me. Not feeling like I had to get it all completed before we depart because my life right now is on overload. Sometimes you just have to say, to heck with it! It will be finished when it’s finished. Ironically, when I do sit down to write once a week even for a few hours, I get a lot completed and it’s flowing beautifully, without FORCE. The minute I push everything gets HARD and I’m swiftly reminded to chill the F out! It’s amazing but the book is almost full written! Woo Hoo! Now, that’s a big lesson about incremental action = many small steps become huge strides and gains. It’s the same with weight loss, business and relationships!

Bodylove Prayer Mantra:

I chant beautiful mantra’s daily to align my energy! Here is one for you:

I am clearing the energy that no longer serves me. I am love and I am loved. I attract divine connections and my relationships are full of beauty. With each breath I take I’m healing. I’m releasing all that doesn’t belong to me. My body is beaming in light, love and beauty. My digestive system is on fire and metabolism is purring along. Thank you!

Slow Down For Weight Loss

Sometimes in life we need to slow down to speed up! That’s a big thing I’ve had to master and trust. I don’t need to rush! Neither do you! If we really trust life, our bodies, ourselves and our careers then why rush? Food for thought right?

You don’t need to rush and truth be told rushing just creates more stress = more fat and fear! EEK! So take in a big dose of Vitamin (T)rust and mix it with Vitamin (S)low Down, if you want to create in a new grounded mode. It will be a richer and more joyful experience I can assure you.

Step 5 – Eat For Love:

I’ve created the Bodylove Diet, the world’s most loving weight loss and wellness plan for your best body ever without struggle or deprivation!

You can check it out here http://www.bodylovediet.com

I’ve been eating in this way for the last five years. It’s radically improved my wellbeing and my body baby! It rocks!

After healing my body and recovering from severe adrenal fatigue, my addiction to diet pills and starving my body and soul to lose weight I now eat more fat and food than ever and I’m sexier, healthier and slimmer than ever! Funny that! Why?

Because I know what and how to eat to nourish my body and soul. There is no confusion or fear around food at all. Now for a past eating disorder weight obsessed chick to be this comfortable in my body, I do believe wholeheartedly that it’s possible for every woman. Once you know what do and trust the process, you will be in a relaxed state and that’s when weight loss is easiest. This is vital and a crucial element most diets fail to tell you!

I was recently interviewed by a huge website in the States and I will share that interview with you over the next few days because it shares my philosophy on mindbody nutrition.

MY SECRET food and beauty regime only available for 7 days!

To mark the celebration of my wedding I’m going to sell my E- book – BODYLOVE BEAUTY FOODS:usually only given to private clients for the next 7 days. If you want it you can purchase it for $21 on the button below and I will email it to you. I don’t have time to set up a separate page for this and automate it, so this is a super time limited special!

If you want to know what I eat and how I lost weight and have help hundreds of other very happy, slim and sexy clients revolutionize their way of eating and their relationship to food and themselves then this beautifully designed book is for you! Jam packed with super foods, beauty and weight loss foods, recipes and more! The book pretty much simplifies weight loss and juicy living for busy women who want results!

What is the Bodylove Diet?

The Bodylove Diet ™ is a new juicy eating and living paradigm.

The word DIET for us Bodylove babes stands for:

Daily, Intuitive, Energy and Transformation©

I think its quite genius!

Any diet that’s not loving is a waste of your time and detrimental to your physical, spiritual, and emotional health. The Bodylove Diet is a new and revolutionary philosophy that goes way beyond what we are eating and looks at how we eat and the emotion that determines how we digest and metabolize our food.

Eating great food must be combined with a great mood for vital health. Food and emotion work in harmony together and each feeds and dances with the other. Having a positive attitude and eating crap food won’t take you far. And in the end the low vibrational foods you ingest will affect your mood – and vice versa. Eating nourishing food and having a crap attitude won’t hold out for long. Eventually your body will suffer and it will let you know!

When you don’t nourish the body with the right vitamins, fats, and nutrients, it effects your emotions. In fact, the right foods work to create healthy, loving emotions that reinvent the body. That said, if you eat really well but have blocked emotions and spiritual torment trapped in the body and soul, eating well will support you but it won’t give you that rocking vital health we all want and deserve. If you want the full ‘Red Carpet’ makeover then you need to address both mind and body and see them almost as one entity dancing together.

The Bodylove Diet marries the quality of food, the energy of food, the energy we have towards food, and the emotions we have about ourselves, our lives and the body, to create a powerful program that friggin’ rocks!

Step Six – Movement Mojo:

Move daily to get your body grooving and your spirit and heart connected to your desires and inner GPS ( a.k.a your intuition).

If I miss a day of exercise then I don’t think about it. I just resume the following day but I really do have to make it a priority. Otherwise I will sit at the computer all day writing or on the phone with clients and weeks can go by with no movement mojo.

I’m aware that in three weeks time if I want to feel super duper fabulous then I need ensure that I fit it in even for 30 minutes a day. If I need to take a break for thirty minutes in the afternoon I do and I can tell you it improves my mood and brings me to a more abundant frame of mind.

When you take care of yourself you’re invoking self-love and the energy of manifestation. Essentially, when we take good care of ourselves (especially in the midst of chaotic lives) we are cultivating trust and putting out a clear energetic call that we are deserving and that all is well. Then the magic takes place! Life gives you more of that juicy loved up energy. The more you love yourself the more life and your body loves you back. Pain and struggle fade and pleasure and beauty reign!

Step 7 – Bodylove Body Brushing:

To detox and move the chi and lymph body brush daily!

It’s easy, fast and a cheap and it really works to improve skin texture too! Get naked and brush our body from the soles of your feet working your way up your legs, your front (belly & breasts) and your back, brushing vigorously as you feel able to. Then do your hands and up your arms. Focus the brush strokes towards the heart. Don’t do your face but give the back of your neck and your scalp (hair permitting) a good go! For hygiene reasons use a separate brush for each member of the family and of course wash the brush every couple of weeks.

ASK YOUR BODY TO RELEASE TOXINS BY CHANTING THIS REQUEST: Dear Body, I love you! Please release what I need to release in a healthy and effortless way! Thank you! Send your body love by visualizing the word ‘Bodylove’ float from head to toe! Feel the bliss bloom!

Step 8 – Family Drama:

If your energy is full of LOVE you can stop drama dead in it’s tracks!

So how do I deal with family dynamics and potential drama? Once again hold my vision and intention. As soon as anything starts to get a bit dicey I send out love, remain very grounded, focus on my intention and shut down any funky fear based stuff.

My parents divorced about 20 years ago and now we are all coming together for my wedding. I really won’t allow anyone else fear to effect me. I stay grounded in LOVE and allow miracles to unfold. One of my family members was stressing out and kept saying “I’m worried”. Hmmm I thought. I then responded with “ Why are you worried”. She couldn’t really say but it’s her usual response to stress. You know, I’ll just worry the F out it and maybe that will help? When does that ever help? So I listened. Did not buy into it, gave her a hug and said, it’s going to be fantastic and don’t worry and kind of cut off the conversation. I had to do this a few more times until this person stopped doing it! Now it’s smooth sailing! If I had reacted in fear matching her worry with worry then it could have been a disaster waiting to happen! I used to buy into it but not anymore. I see it for what it is “fear” and don’t buy into it. At this time right now, we are all healing and releasing old baggage as we move towards and embody the energy of love and celebration.

There is a family member that I’m not close to and saying we have some intense history is an understatement. Although she’s been invited to the wedding she’s not coming. I made sure not to talk about it too much, I cried and let it go. I’m at peace with her decision and I trust that it’s played out how it’s meant to. I also let her know that I would not judge her decision as good or bad. I feel divinely protected and guided.

My intention is so strong that everything is coming together to match my vision. I’ve even met some great new friends over the last couple of months and a few oldies that have returned who are taking up more space in my life and it’s nothing short of beautiful.

Step 9 – Breathe of Life:

Breathing in life opens to the body and soul to expansion, relaxation, weight loss and clarity!

I ensure that I’m breathing in life and the energy of love and trust. When I feel a freak out coming on. I stop, rest, regroup and breathe deep. Every baby on the planet has breathing nailed but most of us adults seem to breathe shallow! Breathing is restorative. It can cleanse us of toxins that have built up in the body and the mind. It can help rid us of worries and tensions and bring us back to our true nature and our true place in the timeless universe. This most basic and essential of all our activities can also be the most transformative.

The way you breathe is the way you live. Full, free breathing is the key to enhancing physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. – Bret Lyon, PhD

Step 10 – Sleeping Goddess:

Studies have shown those who sleep less weigh more.

I’m making sure I get at least 7- 8 hours of sleep a tight. I’m waking at 5.30am at the moment so trying to get to bed by 9pm allowing my body to heal and rejuvenate. You can read more about this in the Bodylove Beauty Foods E-Book but when you don’t sleep enough, it drives leptin levels down which means you don’t feel satisfied after you eat. Lack of sleep apart from being torturous causes ghrelin to rise stimulating your appetite. Ever notice that you are ravenous after having a bad nights sleep? So do your best to sleep in a dark room and get to bed as early as you can.

Other Beauty Tips:

- I will steam a few times! I love the Turkish baths, they have a shower in them so they it’s steam and water combo and they really improve my skin! Try it sometime or have a bath at home!
- Get a massage prior to the wedding
- A good nights sleep the night before unless I wake up super early! EEK! Which is highly likely!

The Bodylicious Bride Summary:

- The most important things here are intention and emotional beauty
- Be clear about what you want and stay in that energy!
- Eat for LOVE and trust your body to heal and transform!

Well that’s it in a nutshell!

Live beauty by expressing and being beauty via your emotions and thoughts and the body will correct itself.

Please let me know how you go and if you have questions please post on FACEBOOK and I will reply.

If you want a private session please email me at Ingrid@Mybodylove.com I only have 3 sessions available over the next two weeks and then I’m booked till November!

Much Bodylove,
Ingrid xo

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How has life been treating you? Are things a little intense? Are you letting go of lots of baggage? Sometimes, it can feel really awkward but it’s usually a sign that major growth is on it’s way. Evolving and change can feel scary but in reality it’s how we label it, that determines if we pull the trigger on fear or allow love in, to show us the way forward.

If you knew this time right now, was the beginning of a magical experience in your life and the only way to get their was to clear the junk in your trunk, would you manage it differently? Would you feel safer, stronger and perhaps more open to fully embracing and surrendering into the experience? Just a few questions for you to ponder!

This time is intense for many of us because we are being called to ascend, to change and grow into a more powerful, centered and loving version of ourselves. That’s my take on it. Anything that is not meant for you, will either leave your life kicking or screaming or it will exit with grace and ease. It’s your choice on how the changes come. At the end of the day it’s going to come down to how you manage your emotions, energy, thoughts and behaviors. Will you heed the lessons and make the necessary changes or will you hide pretending it’s not happening or perhaps, you hope to wait it out, until the call to change passes? It won’t PASS. Sorry, but right now, the message is: it’s time to raise the bar on self love! If you want to survive and thrive in this new dimension it’s time to LET GO of what is not working to allow space for something more nourishing.

Sometimes letting go can be scary but the ironic thing is that when you do let go divine intervention always come into play to support your higher purpose and lifestyle. It’s the fear illusion that keeps you locked and blocked, not the letting go of what is not loving you right. Hmmm funny that! When you trust yourself and trust life you can stand in the eye of storm and know 100% that everything is alright. You can be like ‘bring it on’. ‘I’m ready to to rock and roll’! You know that you can handle the situation with complete confidence and then you are set free from the chains of fear, limits and confusion.

It’s interesting to observe what happens to the body and soul when you let fear take over. The body contracts and tenses and stress starts to show it’s ugly heavy face. When you surrender you are open and your body relaxes, the energy relaxes and you’re able to give the situation the grounded attention it needs.The key here is when life gives you a curve ball, it’s best to use your love muscle and courage muscle to support you. In the face of LOVE, FEAR starts to lose it’s power and then the ride gets a whole lot easier. You just have to trust LOVE and when you do you will start to TRUST YOURSELF.

Here are three powerful questions to ask yourself:

1. What do you I need to release?

Ok now, let it go by using this little visualization below! It rocks!

BODYLOVE RITUAL RELEASE:
See it (the emotion, person, situation) coming out of your body, leaving your space and changing and transforming into love. You can see it leave your house and go out the door as an energy or see the literal word say’s its fear or anger moving out of your body and home.

2. What can I do for myself right now that is more LOVING?
Pick one thing you can do for yourself that is kind and caring. Perhaps think of what you might give, say or do for a friend or loved one in need. Imagine what that might be and then give that gift to yourself.

3. What do you WANT?

How often do you ask yourself that question? If you don’t know what you want then how to expect to get it or know which path to travel on or what to let go. You don’t. Then stagnation, confusion and exhaustion brew. So tune in and get clear about what you want so you can start to move towards visioning, asking and receiving it!

If you need help with it, you can book in with me at ingrid@mybodylove.com

We all get challenged to GROW

It’s important to acknowledge that we all experience curve balls at some point in life. We are here to grow and no one escapes the changes and challenges that evolving brings. Perhaps you’re in it right now or maybe you’re experiencing the shocking aftermath of complete chaos! Notice I used the world “almost”. You see dear ones that’s the clue to all the good stuff that is about arrive at your doorstep. You’ve survived. You’re much stronger than you might think you are. You’re still here and the journey is unfolding perfectly. When we TRUST all seems to fall into place. Sounds simple but do you trust? Do you pour love into your life or vomit fear all over it? Be honest with yourself! Know this, that the uncomfortable feeling you may experiencing will soon become comfortable as you pour love and trust into your body and life.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. – Friedrich Nietzsche

YOU ARE NEVER ALONE
YOU ARE ALWAYS CONNECTED TO YOUR LIGHT, TO LOVE, TO SOURCE AND THE UNIVERSE.
ASK for GUIDANCE and there will be an ANSWER.

So back to my story.

Ok so I wanted to share a little bit of my life with you. I’m a transformational coach, holistic health counselor, intuitive, writer, blog addict, radio show host and entrepreneur, for those of you who just think I’m an opinionated woman who likes to go on about loving yourself (which I am and do)!

Currently, here is my schedule = renovating, wedding in six weeks, moving into new place 50% done, book at 50 000 words and OMG have not touched it in about 3 weeks, writing today thank GOD so I can calm the F down… I think about my book about 80% of the time… drawing in and downloading what I want to say before I write I and the remainder of the time I’m thinking about food and my wedding!

Oh yes, and hosting my iTunes Show – Love, Sex & Money – EEK!!!! Organizing international talent for the show… tracking people down, doing the interview then sending to my co-producer to package and post online! Phew!

Check out the show here:

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/love-sex-and-money/id440026437

There is no good time to get married, move, renovate, have a baby (NOT YET) and write a book – JUST GOT TO DO IT, BREATHE, have FUN with it… laugh at yourself when you FREAK (deep breathing) and start FRESH when you need to. Sex here and there (when we’re not too exhausted) always helps (MORE DEEP BREATHING)!

Last week, I did a one-day shoot for my friend, Belle, on her movie, Phoenix Rising. I had a ball rekindling my passion for acting, although I’m always performing. I was incredibly impressed with the team on the set. On my way back from location I stopped in at Ikea to buy candles and all sorts of pretty things for the wedding… did I mention only six weeks to go before my wedding?

I suppose I better start training to get extra fit so I look fabulous and most importantly feel fabulous on the BIG LOVE DAY? Hmmm… interesting how the bridal industry and the better look FABULOUS factor creeps in a tad. You know the kind of self-expectation to look like you stepped out of VOGUE, which drives most women to crash diet before their big day and then balloon after wards. It’s no wonder a lot of women become Bridezilla-like. NO food = CRAZY BABY! So no, I’m sticking to my healthy Bodylove Diet program and eating foods that I love and that my body loves. Without great food, I wouldn’t be as energetic, focused or rockin that’s for sure. To be honest, I’d probably lose the plot!

Check out my life changing and body rockin program here! It’s only for those who really want a divine bod and juicy life in one month! It’s easy but you have to invest in yourself.

www.bodylovediet.com

In order not to buy into the whole beauty ideal you have to be strong NOT buy into that SHIT! Thankfully, I’m a confident chick and don’t feel I need to prove anything at all. I’m already healthy and look and feel great and that’s the truth but a tiny bit of pressure is there, I can feel it. It’s pressure thought that I put on myself and I can see the CRAP that it is, laugh and let it go! In fact, I tell the CRAP thoughts to piss off and I stay true to me, knowing I’m fabulous and enough just the way I AM. Makeup artist booked and she’s fabulous so I’m good to go! ☺

Self-Care Mojo = A Happy Grounded LOVED UP Chick

I’ve decided to give myself the week off before the wedding to get organized so I’m not utterly exhausted by the big day. This for me requires a little strategic planning and a self-care / self-love dedication to ensure that I take good care of ME. No one can for me. It’s up to me to make that happen. So I got it sorted. How can you practice more dedicated self-care and self love regime? Perhaps a bath, more exercise, better nutritious food, more sleep, water, sex or FUN and adventure scheduled in will do the trick. It’s amazing how lots of small things = big changes.

FAMILY Intervention = Healing & Trust

Next, I brought my family together to celebrate my wedding. My parents had a nasty divorce about 25 years ago. You know the court-fighting, crazy, movie drama stuff that seems to come into play when assets are involved. Anyways… hosted dinner party to bring my parents together after not really talking for over 20 years. We went from eloping to having a joint event with both sides of the family coming together for the first time in decades. It’s an event that I never thought would happen again. It’s a good thing and I’m pretty stoked that we are focusing on LOVE and celebration and not the trials and tribulations of – KON & LYDIA (my parents, GOD LOVE THEM). I did say ‘this wedding would not be a family reunion’ but now it is and it feels GOOD. It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind right? RIGHT! Did I mention that at this stage I am a tad exhausted. Lots of laughs!

Next, managing the hormones!

Got the P’s yesterday and had a RED TENT DAY! Hit the PAUSE button on my life. Got into BED, pulled up the covers…. watched Justin Beiber doco – NEVER SAY NEVER.. balled and loved the inspiration of it. The girls who love Beiber are so cute and adorable. Justin really is super talented and has worked his A off. If you want to be inspired check it out! If you want to feel better, hit the pause button and take some time to rest. It’s a great tonic for the body and soul!

After a nice night chillin’ I woke at 2AM and reviewed my book draft (not a good idea). Spent the day in a bit of a blur. At 6am I did my makeup and headed to my office to be interviewed by the divine Susan Hyatt, author and contributor to O Magazine. Client canceled on me cause she was out having FUN. THANK GOD!

When NOT to call a TV network!

I wanted to get on Sunrise ( a morning TV show in Australia). Had to re-pitch the producer for a segment I want to nab. Decided not to call cause I didn’t trust myself to not sound like some drunk woman on the phone. This tends to happen with three hours of sleep and my PERIOD combined. I visited my acupuncturist and retreated back to bed.

It’s a NEW DAY!

Today is a new day. I can talk again. What a pretty beautiful world it is. Playing Barry White. Thanking the universe for this magical experience we call LIFE. The saying ‘it will pass’ rings true for me. No matter what you are feeling today or right now in this moment with a little R & R most falls away as we regroup and retreat inwards for solace and guidance. It can be pretty hard to hear your inner voice and wisdom, when super busy! I learned that years ago and no matter how full things are, I do my best to always give myself space even if it’s a session of deep breathing on the loo or a 15 minute foot soak in salt water = very nurturing and self loving.

About to start writing AGAIN! Yeah! Just got to keep going… keep focused and pray for heaps for divine guidance and the courage to DO THE WORK, to express myself in my authentic VOICE, allowing me to really connect with women all over in the world in a way only I CAN. My way. I wonder what your way is?

If there is one message here today I would love to share with you and it is don’t let anyone tell you how to share and express yourself. I am writing a book about self-love, effortless energetic weight loss and manifestation mojo and had this lovely editor/publisher tell me to ‘tone it down’. Tone it down? Hmmm I tried. Hated it cause it was fake to me. Was I having fun doing it? NO. Did it reflect my truth? NO. So I said, screw that (to myself) and kept writing in the way that I enjoy. It has a tone and voice that my core client base loves. The others who don’t, won’t and that’s all good. But most do because I keep it real and grounded in action and pure Ingrid Arna energy for the sassy girl who want to get over her crap so she can connect to her own innate power and Goddess GLORY! I want to love you to rocking health, to a bodacious bod and to a sexy juicy life and I find a mix of love, compassion and straight talking works miracles!

Bodylove Juicy Life Vortex

The funny and ironic thing about entering the Bodylove Juicy Life Vortex = you pretty much start to manifest from a very high vibe place = learning a new way to manage endless opportunity = learning to pace yourself and slowing down when needed.

This weekend I am going to spend some time chillin’ but still have three more rooms to recreate. It takes time, patience, perseverance and desire. Pretty much sums up writing a book, losing weight that stays off forever, healing and transformation and nourishing relationships. Thank GOD I have a fabulous assistant who has become my dear friend and my man who is my ROCK, my LOVE and my HEART.

Why am I writing this intimate blog piece? Cause I’m keeping it real! I wanted to express the beauty in chaos and the calm that comes when we learn how to ride the wave with trust, humor and the ability to STOP once in while. The chaos always passes if we just go with it knowing that wherever it takes us will be just right with so much more LIGHT.

Keep riding in beauty!

Much Bodylove,

Ingrid xo

Use whatever challenge comes into your life as a kind of fuel for the flame of consciousness. That is done through surrender to what is. Some people may need more of that than others. If you choose presence in your daily life you may not need the drastic challenges. – TOLLE

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Hi my lovely ones! Do you think a poem of words can heal? I know so! I wrote this poem as a call to my body, to life and the universe to invoke LOVE, SURRENDER, ACCEPTANCE, GRATITUDE, BEAUTY & INNER PEACE. Read this poem daily as a mantra and see your body change with the vibration and intention of the words. Try to imagine how your life and body would FEEL if you lived deeply connected to the magnificence of your body as it is now. Picture the type of emotion and energy you would exude if there was nothing to fix! Wow, how liberating would that be! Enjoy the Bodylove poem! Let me know if you experience any changes! If you want to write your own please share with me on Facebook! I would love to hear from you! It’s time to rock and roll!

Much Bodylove, Ingrid xo

Bodylove

Today I make a commitment
To nurture every part of me
I decided it was time
To love the body divine

I want to be free of obsession
I want to live without confession
That allows me to taste it all
To surrender and stand tall
To see that my body is delicious

Now what I love is me
My small breasts
My rounded plum
The dimple on my bum
My soft thighs
The warmth of my tummy
And my body so yummy

Now I can stand tall
Empowered to show it all
I’m not ashamed
I’m tired of naming blame
I don’t follow social standard
I am totally candid
I won’t allow you to dictate
I’m ending this ugly fate
With Bodylove it’s time to celebrate.

Let me guide all you Goddess gals
So we as one can enter
This beautiful space
Where your head’s in a tranquil place
Where your heart is full and complete
God you’ve got you to still meet

An alchemy for healing
A mantra for freeing
Our feminine power
Our sweet sacred flower
Bodylove is the key
To end all misery
I promise you it’s true
We can together pull through
It’s time for us to love our bodies
It’s time for us to know our passions
It’s time to be free
To unlock chains and dance with me
Oh woman now it’s time to live in ecstasy.

Bodylove is a new way of living
Bodylove is giving
Bodylove will bring you elation
It’s a pure sensation
To heighten every breath
Feeding all that you need
If there is only one thing that I do
It is to give this message to you

Let the channels of love open wide
So that the commercial space will subside
To make Bodylove’s miracle stride.

Then we will be free from addiction
We can celebrate in a new tradition
Let’s honor our creation
Indulge our temptation
It’s a powerful sensation
Bodylove is here
Bodylove lives in you….
COPYRIGHT INGRID ARNA 2011

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