How to make friends with your body? The body is not just a shell of certain parameters. The body is us, the external personification of the internal, a way of communicating with people around us and the world, the language of self-knowledge, sensation and feeling. The first step towards friendship with the body can be considered working with the subconscious. Understanding the causes of fears and saying goodbye to them, working through complexes, removing bodily pressures, negative attitudes and other people’s projections (we can remember for years an inappropriately spoken phrase in the direction of our appearance and get stuck in these memories). Psychological consultations and psychotherapy, work with specialists in metaphorical associative maps and other helping practitioners help with this. The second step is knowing your body. What is it like without inadequate assessment and stereotypes, what features does it have, how healthy and well-groomed is it, how to help the body feel better. This includes what suits and doesn’t suit one’s appearance, what fabric is more pleasant to wear, how to emphasize one’s figure and the colors of one’s appearance. For those who like more rigorous practices, standing on nails is suitable. By standing on nails, the body experiences a little voluntary stress, thereby waking up and awakening energy. With the help of nails, the body says goodbye to tension and tension in the muscles, becoming warmer and freer. But before such a practice, it is better to consult with specialists, since there are several contraindications, such as epilepsy, pregnancy, alcohol poisoning, etc. Nailing is not suitable for everyone. Meditations are also used to strengthen the connection with your body (the easiest ones, without deep dives and travel to begin with) , yoga (here you also need to know the specifics of the practice, since there are different types), stretching, any sport and any dancing. To better feel your condition, muscles and breathing, to maintain yourself in physical and energetic tone. You can also include trips to massages, spa treatments and baths, which bring relaxation and healing. Of course, you need to remember about nutrition. Will the body be friendly, healthy, truly full and energetic if you have the rule “just to fill your stomach, and what is not the point”? The condition of the skin, muscles, bone structure, energy, etc. depends on food. Feel what food is important and tasty to you now, develop conscious nutrition, ask more often whether you really want this or that product, whether you really want to eat now Interaction with nature They also help you feel better about your body. An elementary walk in the nearest park or around the area, interacting with animals and birds and feeding them, working with the soil, gardening, watching the river, sea, and flames. To briefly summarize this article - don’t forget about your body! This is our vessel, what we fill it with is how we will live. Most often, we think about the body when it malfunctions in the form of diseases or age-related reasons. And the culture of careful handling of one’s body is not so developed in society. Therefore, I would like to promote caring for oneself both mentally and physically. I invite you to sessions with metaphorical cards on the topic of self-worth and self-friendship