Joyful movement

Let’s face it - our cultural relationship with exercise is pretty messed up. With no pain, no gain as a mantra, we often overlook more pleasurable types of movement, or shorter exercise sessions we don’t think will count. This post teaches one of our favorite tools for building a more intuitive relationship with movement - how to build a movement menu!

Find joy with movement. Exercise to celebrate your body, not punish it.

One of the principles of intuitive eating is movement for pleasure. But if you have a fraught relationship with movement, it’s probably not that pleasurable to you! This post explores what joyful movement is, and gives tips for how to learn to like exercise.

If you grew up in a plus size body, it’s very likely that you were “encouraged” or even coerced into sports or some sort of physical activity by family or friends. How do we change that mindset to one of celebrating joyful movement?

keys to enjoying movement include picking an activity you enjoy, not forcing exercise, and getting a making exercise exciting!

Working out is not a moral imperative. Joyful movement doesn’t have to include skipping or frolicking (unless you want it to). But if you’re gonna work out, you might as well enjoy yourself right?

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Let go of strict exercise routines and instead explore moving your body in ways that help you feel good! Learn about joyful movement.

You may be seeing the term joyful movement getting shared more often on social media, but what is joyful movement and how can you find yours?