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A NAKED DATE WITH MY BATH

Do you plan for self care? It’s an art and a necessity to integrate beauty rituals into your busy life if you want a juicy loved up experience! I’m all about PLEASURE and enjoying all the juiciness life has to offer! Pleasure is the ultimate beauty elixir! I’ve tried the struggle, force and control and that just made me miserable, tired and bloated. As I learned to surrender and be kinder to myself, my body began to heal and my life became more fun, playful, abundant and happy! Yipee! So here’s something that will make you salivate – 40% of your metabolic power is linked to your ability to receive pleasure. Yeap, pretty cool. So the more we bash and bully the body into weight loss the more we actually diminish our bodies ability to digest food, heal and burn fat. The solution – RELAXATION!

My man is out Friday night and I’m pondering on what I want to do and it looks like I’m going detox body and soul on Friday solo in my bath! Bliss! I’ve learned over the years that in order to feeling fabulous, grounded and connected to myself and my body, I need to take time out to replenish my soul. It maybe a 15 minute bath or a bit more sleep, a girls night out or a bit more time for cooking and eating nourishing meals or exercise. Note to self – a beauty regime takes planning and a commitment to ones self as a priority.

So the question is, do you plan for self care, a chill-lax and pleasure or do you push forward expecting someone or something else to take good care of you?

Many women grow tired and resentful because they’re so exhausted and it’s understandable. Women have a lot of roles to play and for many as we build businesses and have families the responsibilities and the to do list becomes endless. So what’s a girl to do? Plan for YOU. You must. It’s imperative. Don’t wait till you reach exhaustion and then blame others. It’s waste of your time and typically damaging to your relationships. Also you need to take responsibility. It’s no ones fault but your own. Sorry but I am here to support you not BS you!

When was the last time you planned for your own pleasure? There is always a way to make it happen IF you make it a priority. Take ACTION! What are four things you can schedule in over the next month for you? Do you need someone to baby sit your kids? Can you offer to baby sit their kids to create a swap system? Do you need to hire a virtual assistant? A house cleaner? Or book in a facial once a month, see a health coach or have a girls night out or in the sanctuary of your own home once a month? Perhaps, it’s as simple as getting off the computer and phone for 24 hours! Hmmm, I wonder what you will come up with? Please let me know!

If the ugly beast of GUILT sets in. See it and let it go. It’s not serving you and it’s certainly not good for your health, fueling fat storing hormones that take over your body. You deserve rest. Take it. Perhaps life was meant to be easier than we make it? Rest allows me to tune inwards and the stillness without fail always taps into my inner wisdom. It will work like that for you too.

I bet you a million bucks if we plan for baths and pleasure we’d all be a lot more loved up, healthy and chilled out. So I’m off to have a bath in the middle of my renovations, TV pitching, book writing, wedding plans and clients. I know I can fit in 20 – 30 minutes to be super deliciously kind to me. Can you? I used to feel guilty and now I don’t. Feeling deserving of a juicy life comes from starting to integrate juicy experiences into your daily routine. As you enjoy the pleasure and see that the world is still standing, and that you personal don’t need to hold it up, you will start to relax into a whole new way of living.

I don’t believe in the power of will power but more in FREE WILL. Desire, creativity, passion & intention come from free will & it feels FAB! That’s how I lost weight, healed my body, overhauled my metabolism and got my sassy mojo purring in fine form – with intention, desire, energy and trust. As you relax into life, you will in fact attract more abundance because you’re actively saying I trust life, I deserve to feel good, I’m abundant and a person deserving of rest and pleasure. And you know what you get what you put out, right? So stop stressing and start a new sensual relationship with YOU!

Welcome to the Bodylove Pleasure Revolution!

Much Bodylove, Ing x

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Bodylove Beauty Tips #2 – Treat or Threat?

Hey, lovely peoples! Ok so today, I’m going to expose how your perception of what a treat is can really determine what you eat, then how you feel and how you look! Yeap, totally true!

If you think a treat is cake, ice-cream, soda, alcohol or candy as opposed to divine berries, home made low sugar desserts and other pleasures like flowers, a good massage, a big hug or a beautiful cup of organic tea, then your view of a “treat” could be the one thing that is threatening your wellbeing.

I share my idea of treats; a clear ritual and action I take to truly nourish mind, body and soul. My treats are really good for me! They don’t make me feel sick ½ an hour later! I don’t kid myself and pretend that having a cocktail each day or ½ a block of chocolate is a treat. It’s not. Rather, it’s a potential threat to rocking health and emotional stability and stable rocking glowing energy. Least we not forget the hot bod you want right? So, remember each decision you make can either be loving or not so loving.

HOTNESS in BODYLOVE LAND:
Now, let me be clear HOT goes beyond the physical and the word ‘HOT’ is linked to METABOLISM and powerful digestive FIRE = HOT, HEALTHY & HAPPY! The moment we honor the body with good food and a self loving juicy Bodylove mindset, the body transforms. More to come on that! It’s quite a spectacular thing!

So do yourself a favor and start to review your own perception of what is good for you. Write down how you treat yourself and then come up with replacements. Try it out for a few weeks and see how you feel and look improve big time! I challenge YOU!

Remember if you want a different result you need to do something different! A great way to do that is to evaluate your beliefs. In doing so, we start to cultivate AWARENESS and the path to change will come more easily. Perhaps you can try treating yourself with something far more nourishing? Come on give it go and let me know!

Much Bodylove, Beauty & Bliss,
INGRID x

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Bodylove Beauty Food: Spice Up Your Life Moroccan – African Fish

There is no time like the present to enter into a new sassy mode of living! I just love living the good life and I’ve dedicated much of my time to the pursuit of nirvana or heaven on earth, as I like to call it. So with my passion for all things juicy, I’m launching Bodylove Beauty Food with me, Miss Bodylove A.K.A Ingrid Arna, in the kitchen.

You see, I’m on a mission to help women heal their bodies, on both an energetic and physical level! So to support your journey, I’m going to cook up a storm bringing you divine food to nourish your body, mind and spirit.  With Bodylove Beauty Food and The Bodylove Diet ( launching in MAY – a ground breaking myth busting program), you will gain a whole new appreciation of food, sex, love, beauty and your body.

You will receive lots of juicy information on mind- body rituals, energy clearing, healing foods, releasing fears, weight loss tips and juicy delights to inspire self love, pleasure, weight loss and YES, least we not forget a beautiful rocking and healthy body.

Many of us have been told that we need to deprive ourselves and suffer to reach  beauty but that is absolutely not the case and quite BOGUS actually!  In other words BS. I love to curse just to get my point across! J

To live in beauty we must be beauty. So how to we BE BEAUTY? Simply by learning to love and nourish the divine sacred bodies that we have. This is the beauty that is limitless and never ending. So if your 20 or 70, this kind of sacred  beauty lives on! Now, how gorgeous is that? Woo Hoo! The health – happy – beauty revolution is finally here!

Some of you know me well and others of you don’t know my full story. Here is a brief snap shot. I used to have a whole truck load of fears around food and it caused me great pain. I’ve had chronic health issues including a life threatening illness and an eating disorder. I starved my body from 12 years of age to about 25 before heading to hospital for four surgeries. I had blood poisoning from a bacteria infection, my immune system was completely shot and my metabolism was pretty much non-existent after torturing myself in an effort to be a success in the world of entertainment and modeling. After being a diet pill addicted stressed out skinny mini for ten years, I gained about 20 kilos (45 pounds) the minute I started to eat again. Expletives could be heard world wide as I keep piling on the weight!

I decided that my life was too hard and that in order for me to really live in beauty, I had to create a mega shift, if I was going to have the pleasure filled live I wanted. I literally got down on my hands and keens and prayed for guidance and that is when the word “Bodylove” came to me. I got my groove on and set about creating a new reality for myself. In the process, I healed my body and my relationship with myself and with food. As I surrendered into my pleasure path, I began to reveal a new way of living that recreated my beliefs, then reshaped my body on a spiritual, cellular and physical level. Then from that point, I reinvented my entire way of living and relating to live. I filled myself with love and then in turn became a magnet to love in all areas of my life. I met the man of my dreams, got rid of the toxic relationships and attracted a new juicy, sassy, loving possy of empowered friends and business partnerships.

When we release our fear of food, we can embrace eating for pleasure and self love, which reconnects us to the wisdom of the body. We then begin to trust in life and in love which taps into our inner radiance, divine beauty and intuitive guidance. We come vessels of love and then the world around us changes to match our new energy! – Board certified health counselor, Ingrid Arna

So this is my contribution and gift to all women (and you too boys!) to inspire a healthy, happy, beauty revolution! So the truth is if I can heal my body then you can too! I now have over 12 years of intensive study behind me. I know I look so very youthful but in actual fact, I’m 36!! Yeap, you see the great thing about eating for self love, pleasure and rocking health and body, is that it has anti-ageing benefits too! How super is that!

So, please join me by posting your questions here at my Blog or on Facebook @Ingrid Arna. I would love to hear from you! Also if you like my blogs and video please share the beauty of Bodylove my forwarding to your friends and loved ones. You can do it in two seconds by sharing below!

My first guest is beauty and cosmetic entrepreneur, Lydia Jordane otherwise known as my MUM. We cooked up a storm last night for you! African fish cooked in coconut oil which was to die for and Sexy Spicy Chicken Curry served with Garlic Infused Green Vege Medley! Yummy in my tummy!

If you want to lose weight, radically improve your health and feel groovy baby tune in to gain a whole new appreciation of food, sex, love, beauty and your body.

I’m also launching my pod cast how Love, Sex & Money in May. So to get your Free Bodylove E-BOOK, my Bodylove Chocolate Beauty Mousse and to be on the VIP list for Love, Sex & Money please sign up on the sexy bluee banner titled FREE GOODIES! Your email will not be shared EVER!

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Much Bodylove, Beauty and Bliss,

Ingrid Arna x

Ingrid is a board certified holistic health counselor with extensive expertise in mind-body healing, integrative nutrition, women’s health and body image. Endorsed by celebrities like Kate Winslet and featured in numerous magazines including Cleo, Cosmo, Instyle, Grazia and Body & Soul.

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Bodylove Beauty Chocolate Balls – Pure Pleasure & Bliss For Your Body

Hi everyone! Here is the BODYLOVE BEAUTY BALL recipe  that I made with Megan Castran (Jewel Chic Page) for chocolate goodness that cultivates healthy, sexy, sassy and happy living.

Did you know that raw cocoa offers the highest anti-oxidant in the world 30 times higher than red wine,15 times higher than blue berries, 20 times than green tea. This is like a mineral supplement with therapeutic grades of cooper, magnesium and chromium and iron and zinc some of the most deficient minerals in the world. So with one ball you can diminish cravings, boost your immune system, relax, start to lose weight, love your body and feel happiness and beauty in every cell of your gorgeous being! Enjoy!


Bodylove Beauty Chocolate Recipe:

1 cup raw cocoa powder
3 cups of natural protein powder
3 tablespoons of coconut oil
1 cup of coconut milk – not too much, add in as you go to make sure you don’t put too much in!

1 cup shredded organic coconut
½ cup goji berries add more minerals and a chewy texture
½ cup pepitas / pumpkin seeds for a nutty taste
Stevia to taste

(Thanks to Tanya Regan for her lovely shot of the Bodylove Beauty Balls!)

Mix in bowl and then roll into small little chocolate balls of goodness. To make sure the balls don’t stick rub a little coconut oil on the alfoil before placing on the plate. Store in fridge or freezer depending on the firmness you prefer. Feel free to leave out the goji berries and pepitas. Experiment to suit your taste preferences.

When eating, to add to the beauty experience, make sure to see beauty filling your body as you eat the chocolate balls. For added bliss repeat this mantra – “I’m a beautiful, radiant and healthy!”. As we connected to feel it we become it, aligning with the truth that you are divine and beautiful in this moment right now. And your literally eating for beauty at the same time so this is a mega law of attraction and manifestation tool in full mojo force!

Then see beauty (pink light or your favorite color) fill every cell in your body! Notice each cell from head to toe beaming with pink light and come home to your divine magnificence.Doesn’t it feel good!

For more on my LOVE VISUALIZATION, SHAPE SHIFTING THE BODY FOR RAPID TRANSFORMATION check out my program at http://www.BodyloveWeightloss.com

We are all beauty, that is the essence of who everyone is. To be disconnected to that truth is like ripping the soul and body into shreds. It doesn’t make sense and no wonder the body cries out in illness and emotional discord. The body and spirit can’t stand it! The only thing that is true is to love thyself then we will be truly free. - Ingrid Arna

Please note, that this course is not just for those who want to lose weight but for those who want to release worn out beliefs, learn what to eat for beauty, improve vitality and heighten beauty and bliss in every area of your life. If you want to free yourself from diets, body bashing and confusion around what food to eat and feel divine, then I encourage you to work with me. My mission is get women off diets forever so that we as a collective group, can feel truly nourished on every level.

LIVE IN BLISS!

Much Bodylove, Ingrid & Megan xx

Well, it’s about time. I love what you’re doing with Bodylove. This is so needed. - Kate Winslet

BODYLOVE BEAUTY AND WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM

If you want to go on the Bodylove Beauty & Weight Loss plan like me then join the revolution today. Ingrid is offering 50% off for a limited time! For $97 you get a private 50 minute session with Ingrid, diet plan, recipes, prayer rituals, affirmations, belief integrations and a powerful healing LOVE visualization and more! So if you want to detox mind, body and spirit for rocking health, beauty and happiness email Ingrid today to purchase and book in for your private consultation. Ingrid@mybodylove.com

For More Information Check Out and To Book In ( This super deal will only last until April 2011, then Ingrid will launch an audio program and her private sessions will be $200.00 an hour, so don’t miss out to work privately with Ingrid for a bargain!)


www.bodyloveweightloss.com


More about Ingrid Arna:

A body image expert, a holistic health counselor, energy healer, mind-body ninja and the founder of Bodylove. Ingrid Arna is on a mission to change the way women view their bodies, themselves and ultimately the quality of their lives with pleasure, knowledge and love. She is committed to getting women off diets forever so that they can have more pleasure in all areas of their lives. Her work is endorsed by Hollywood celebrities and has been featured in Cleo, Cosmopolitan, Instyle and Body & Soul.

Ingrid has studied all the major dietary theories, learning from top nutrition and wellness experts such as Deepak Chopra, Andrew Weil, Barry Sears (founder of the Zone Diet) and David Wolfe (the guru behind the raw-food diet). A board certified holistic health counselor, Ingrid has a diploma in eating psychology and certifications in energy healing, reiki and theta healing (a spiritual faster version of NLP).

Ingrid uses incredible tools to unleash incredibly dramatic results. – Poppy Montgomery., Without A Trace, CBS

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The Feel Good Show: How to Lose Weight & Feel Great With Less Effort

If you want to feel and look healthier and sexier this year then you might want to consider getting off sugar. This is Part Three of the QUIT SUGAR SERIES (part one link below). Holistic health counselor, writer and founder of Bodylove Ingrid Arna, interviews best selling author of Sweet Poison, David Gillespie for the inside scoop on foods that are making us fat and ill. You will discover which foods to avoid, allowing you to eliminate products that might be making you over weight and unhealthy. We will also give you tools to support the sugar withdrawal process! We deserve to feel good! Empower yourself by learning more about what not to eat! Knowledge is power – you don’t want to miss this video!

* I have posted an article on Facebook with my top quit sugar tips. They work!

Video Part Two: http://bit.ly/e5sHa4
Video Part One: http://bit.ly/gl4XPt

FACEBOOK:
Please head to Facebook to engage in the Bodylove conversation at username INGRID ARNA. Ingrid would love to support your wellness journey so make sure to ask questions!
For private coaching and upcoming seminars with Ingrid please email ingrid@mybodylove.com

TWITTER: BODYLOVEROCKS
Get David’s book at http://amzn.to/g8VCer

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Snack To Stay On Track

A great way to fuel your body and to keep your energy balanced through out the day, is to eat 5- 6 small meals or snacks to stay on track. If you want to feel great then snack to stay on track and experience the difference; boost your energy, develop focus and mind power, lift your confidence and improve your health.

taro #2: nice bento stuff too!The secret is the following:

1. A STRONG DESIRE TO FEEL FABULOUS.
2. SELF-CARE.
3. PREPARATION.
4. AWARENESS.

Eating a yummy snack every three hours keeps your metabolism burning and your body powering along, avoiding energy slumps and potential binge behavior when your absolutely starving. If you want to have bread, eat sugar free whole grain bread 3 times a week in the morning so you burn it off during the day.

Limit pasta and potato at night and remember the motto is quality not quantity. If you can have grass fed beef once a week, chicken a few times a week and fish a few times a week with ONE glass of wine that would be a great start. Perhaps you can splurge on two glasses on Friday night!! WooHoo.. just remember one glass is good but much more than that is not so great. Each glass has about 4gms of sugar which is pretty low but you would be cutting out quite a bit over say a week and then a month. It all makes a difference and it all adds up!

Here are a few suggestions for you. To save time and to ensure that you are organized, it might be best to prepare some of these snacks at night to take to work. This makes it easy to grab a bite when you feel you need to. Another great idea is to save a portion of your dinner or make an extra meal at night to keep as a snack or meal for the following day. Charcoal or roasted chicken is another option if you hate to cook or don’t have time. Free range or organic are great. They have great chickens (including salt free) at Wholefoods in the States at most Coles and Woolworths in Australia. You can also request them too. For easy eating, cut the chicken into quarters then wrap small portions and take to work or store in your fridge for quick snacks. As soon as your starting to feel hungry take the time to have a 5 minute nosh to eliminate any energy slumps. If we can take sugar breaks then I am sure we can take a nosh break to refuel.  If you get over hungry your blood sugar levels tend to plummet which can make you feel tired, irritable and unfocused. It has also been proven to drop productivity and memory by over 30%. You might want to avoid that from happening!

Make sure to always eat breakfast to jump start your metabolism to supre charge your energy for the entire day.  Not eating breakfast is one of the worst things you can do deplete your energy. While sleeping, you’ve been fasting over night and your body needs food in the morning to operate effectively. So if you have to get up 15 minutes early to make time for breakfast, do it. Your body will thank you.

Binge Busting Snack Ideas:
1. 200 grams Grilled Chicken & 1/4 Avocado
2. Protein Bar / Raw Food Bar (check to see that the sugar content is low and that there is no fake sugars and try to get an organic bar or raw food bar ) I like Horley’s Carb Less Bar and you can get them at health food stores, buy a box and keep at work provided you don’t eat more than one a day.
3. Boiled Egg with a touch of salt
4. Boiled Egg,  200 grams Grilled Chicken & 1/4 Avocado
5. Protein Smoothie (2 scoops protein, 1/2 banana and or berries, water, ice and soy milk – sugar free, delete banana if on low carb diet but having some carbs is good for you as in vegetables, fruit, salad, legumes and some grains)
6. 8 almonds and an apple, or half and apple and one teaspoon of almond butter or peanut butter.
7. Soup – you can buy at most food stores and eat when you feel like it. Go for low sodium options if you can.
8. Buy a whole chicken from Wholefoods / or any store see if they have free range, cut in quarters and keep at work to snack on. Also baking chicken legs takes less than 5 minutes to prepare, see recipe below, point 10.
9. Limit soda or better yet delete it all together, keep a big bottle of water on your desk and aim to drink it all by the end of the day. Also sugar free iced tea can be purchased or easily made with a few herbal tea bags and lots of hot water. I store litres of it in my fridge and my favourite is herbal berry~ I add stevia to sweeten and I am good to go.
10. Chicken legs, l/4 cup of coconut milk, 1 tablespoon of curry powder, one onion chop finely, one capsicum, one zucchini, cut all vegetables finely, dash of sea salt and mix in bowl, then add to baking tray and back on 180 degrees for 30 minutes.  Substitute with other vegetables if you prefer but no potato.
11. Keep frozen berries in freezer have a small bowl for dessert or ¼ of apple sliced finely so you savor it.
12. Iced herbal tea is great. Get a glass jug, boil water and add about 4 tea bags and add water and then chill. If you like some sweetness add stevia.

For more information on sugar in white check out this article:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/8907-need-sugar-white-bread/

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