February: Body Month

It’s a new month in Cultivate Club!

This month we’re examining our relationship with our Bodies. 
Look for the ✔️ which notes action items to take for the New Month!

“As for the body, it is solid and strong and curious
and full of detail: it wants to polish itself; it
wants to love another body; it is the only vessel in
the world that can hold, in a mix of power and
sweetness: words, song, gesture, passion, ideas,
ingenuity, devotion, merriment, vanity, and virtue.”

― Mary Oliver, Evidence: Poems

Celebrate!

This step is critical.

✔️ Take the time to celebrate the past month and record your wins and lessons learned.

✔️ Scroll back through your photo gallery. Do you have a photo from your Solo Date? Or Self-Care Experiment? Or perhaps a photo from a moment that represents a shift you’re seeing?
(Now’s also great time to delete any random screenshots or duplicate photos to keep your photo stream managable!)

Contemplate.

✔️ Download a fresh Monthly Planning Worksheet and start planning the month ahead with a focus on this month's theme: Body.

When considering your relationship with your Body, what do you need to clear? What do you want to cultivate?

Here are some ideas:

• Cultivation Mantras

  • "I am beautiful today, right now."

  • "I nourish my body."

  • "I allow my emotions to flow through me. I see them. I feel them. I learn from them."

• Boundary Mantras

  • "I will not let my mind bully my body."

  • "I will not let work or family obligation keep me from caring for my body."

  • "I speak about my body as I would a beloved lover."

• Decluttering Categories

  • Books

  • Exercise equipment

  • Oils, lotions, body care products

• Solo Dates

  • Get a massage or facial

  • Have a solo dance party or take a dance class

  • Take yourself out for a three course meal and savor every bite

• Self-Care Experiments

  • Daily stretching before bed

  • Track your daily water intake, aiming for a specific amount

  • Cold Plunge or Cold Shower—Start with 20 seconds at the end of your shower and work your way to a complete cold shower

Connect.

In Cultivate Club, our small groups meet every other week as a primary point of connection for our members while they are on their journey, but you can also build your own community for connection!

What does that look like for you? Perhaps a coffee date or a zoom call after the kids’ bedtime with a long-time friend. Or maybe it’s couple people in your living room once per month for “real talk, real sharing”.

Enrollment in Cultivate Club opens once per year in October.
You’re always welcome to request a Guest Pass for one of our monthly Guest Experts, viewable on our events page!

💜 Wishing you continued cultivation this Body Month.