
“Here in this body are the sacred rivers. Here are the sun and moon as well as all the pilgrimage places. I have not encountered another temple as blissful as my own body.“
Marla Mervis-Hartmann is the the creator of Love Your Body Love Yourself. After years of struggling with her own dysfunctional body-relationship, Marla has transformed her experiences into services to help women discover honor and find appreciation for their bodies. As a professional Marla, has been featured at TEDx Salinas. She was the leading body image expert and Reiki Master at Journey Malibu, a Drug/Alcohol rehabilitation center.
Marla has followed her passion for women’s health down many paths of study including women’s sexual wellness; postpartum care; Restore Your Core educator; Tantra teacher certification; Yoga teacher training, and massage therapy. This collected body of knowledge shines through in her offerings of Love Your Body Love Yourself. In all of her work, Marla is devoted to empowering women to feel good about themselves and to live the life they desire.
She lives in LA with her husband and son where she works full-time as a professional coach, speaker, facilitator and Living Light Reiki Master and Teacher.
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Resources:
- Body-Love Meditation
- Get out of Your head and Into Your Body
- Peace with Food and Body Confidence Group
Show Notes:
- Could you tell us what is over-exercising? What is the difference between just exercising and overexercising?
- How did you listen to your voice to stop overexercising?
- Would you say that your pregnancy was your turning point?
- How do we cultivate the skill of listening to our body?
- How can we practice this moving meditation?
- What is your favorite music that you listen to?
- How can I love my body? Could you give me some practices?
- What was your self-talk when you were overeating and overexercising ?
- What practices and frameworks you developed or adopted cultivate positive self-talk and move forward in a positive way in your life?
- It looks like you found some secret recipe to feeling good.Could you reveal that secret to us?
- What is the first step to get started on this journey to realize that you’re worthy to do the work?
- Did your lack of self worth towards your body and not loving yourself showed up in different areas of your life as well?
- Why do you think we obsess over food and body?
- And, much more
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