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How to Self-Massage as an Act of Self-Love

Posted by strange on November 13, 2018
How to Self-Massage as an Act of Self-Love

Self-massage is one the greatest forms of self-love. Set aside time for date night with yourself, get naked (I’m not kidding), and simply use your fingers to knead and caress your skin from your scalp to your toes while talking to your body. Ask your body how it’s feeling, what it needs, what it wants, and tell your body thank you and I love you. I like to start standing up, and work my way down to my feet so I’m in a forward fold with my hands on top of my feet (see this link). Hang there and breathe in relaxation, bliss and love. You can use coconut oil, massage oil, or essential oils such as lavender to calm, or peppermint to open and bring down inflammation.

Posted in: Diana Flores, Self Care, Self-Care Practices, Shannen, TSIB Guide | Tagged: back massage, body love, body positivity, daiso, head massager, how to massage your back, how to massage your neck, love your body, massage for anxiety, massage for depression, massage your feet, self love, self massage

Write a Love Letter to Yourself – with Chulita Vinyl Club + Enrique J.H.

Posted by strange on February 9, 2018

Our February theme is self-love and body positivity, so we decided to write love letters to ourselves and hope you will too!

Posted in: Advice for Mind Obstacles, Self Care | Tagged: body positivity, chulita vinyl club, cusi coyllur, enrique jesus hernandez, february, galentine's day, how to write a love letter to yourself, linda nuves, love yourself, self love, self love date, shannen roberts, the strange is beautiful, valentine's day, write a love letter to yourself

Botanica in the Body: A night of reclaiming the body, the soul and the mind.

Posted by strange on November 7, 2017
Botanica in the Body: A night of reclaiming the body, the soul and the mind.

A bright orange typewriter made out of cardboard sits in the middle of the room. Flowers spring from its keys. On the top of the typewriter, is an offering. Pan dulce and the novel Like Water For Chocolate. Surrounding the typewriter, placed on the stark white walls, are portraits of brown faces and bodies. They seem to stare from every corner, enticing you to read a snippet of their lives.

Posted in: Kelly Duarte, News & Events | Tagged: body image, body positivity, eating disorders, kelly duarte, POC, self care, self love, the strange is beautiful, woc author, woc authors, women of color author, yesika salgado

Chingona Fire Part 2: Self Love

Posted by strange on October 26, 2016
Chingona Fire Part 2: Self Love

Chingona Fire, a feminist poetry collective consisting of Angela Aguirre and Yesika Salgado, shares a self love poem on body positivity with The Strange is Beautiful and talks about their mind obstacles and what it means to be a “chingona.”

Posted in: Interviews, Interviews of Poets, Self Care | Tagged: angela aguirre, badass women, body positive, body positivity, chingona, chingona fire, cusi coyllur, express yourself, feminism, feminist, feminists, gal palace, inspiration, latina, latinas, nalgona, poetry, poets, self care, self help, self love, the strange is beautiful, yesika salgado

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