It was my first time joining the Spirited Bodies as a model. I wanted to be there in the morning but as I overslept so I only came for the afternoon session.
I was rather calm and reserved sitting on my own after getting into my dressing gown…I was very much into my own bubble for the last two weeks going through very painful things. Esther was great in encouraging me because she knew I wasn’t in a good place.
When it was time to get in and pose, I first put myself in a corner in a very simple pose sitting down at the bottom of the “stage”. I wasn’t sure what I was meant to do…I just started to change position as I felt it or when I got tired and then I went with flow… It was then a beautiful feeling of freedom…I was trying a lot of different poses to get to know my limits.
There was this wonderful warmth coming from the group, everybody seemed to be so happy to be together and we were communicating with each other very easily. There was definitely a strong connection amongst us and we were all moving smoothly, in harmony.
Each one of us was beautiful, in our own ways. It was a celebration of our individual beauty!
My reasons for joining in was to give myself/my body a loving and gentle experience…As a child I was physically, sexually and emotionally abused and I recently had a struggle with treasuring myself and my body.
I wanted to be in the mixed group to experience a gentle closeness to the men around me. They were all beautiful in their own ways and it felt safe to be here together.
It was a liberating and freeing experience for me to be with these wonderful and beautiful people. We created bonds of friendships and I definitely look forward to seeing some of my fellow models and being creative with them.
Sylvie has a blog; http://happylittlebuddha.tumblr.com/
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