MyBodyLove.com's Ingrid Arna LIVE on TMW Radio

Monday May 2, 2011  6pm EST, The Movement Within Radio welcomes Ingrid Arna of MyBodyLove.com.

Bodylove encourages all women to fully embrace themselves and no longer be controlled by society’s beauty ideals. So how did MyBodyLove.com come to be?

Born and raised in Australia, Ingrid Arna worked as a model and actress in New York and Los Angeles in the mid-90s. It was the Kate Moss waif era and thin was “IN”. Ingrid suffered from years of diets and self-image issues, masking pain that caused the root of her weight obsession. As she began to heal her mind, body and spirit, Ingrid’s health continued to spiral due to associated issues developed after years of dieting.
Three operations later, the Bodylove journey began. Ingrid’s near death experience was the wake up call needed to heal herself and in turn heal women worldwide. Ingrid went from living with body hate, a point where depression and anguish almost killed her, to living in a state of constant joy and peace from practices and tools learned through Bodylove.
In a world that is appearance focused and addicted to attaining contorted images of physical beauty, Ingrid is dedicated to helping women discover their inner loveliness and strength through the creation of a healing, powerful and light-hearted brand called Bodylove. Ingrid assessed the market and identified a gap in women’s apparel and Bodylove “the clothing that loves you back” was born.

A wellness coach, poet, singer and Reiki healer, Ingrid uses her intuitive ability and experience to unleash the shackles of self-defeating beliefs that haunt most woman, combining the power of the word and symbolism to the range of Bodylove.
Bodylove represents women everywhere…..a woman with so many layers and so many roles to play in our world today.
So let the channels of love open wide to make Bodylove’s miracle stride!

“At the risk of sounding ridiculous, I say all true revolutionaries are guided by great feelings of
love.”– Che Guevera

I developed a range of T-shirts that affirms the power and strengths of all women, to assist in bringing forth your dreams, to create a deeper love of self and to affirm your values and beliefs. The affirmation technique is so powerful and tapping into the affirming force of energy can be truly magical in shaping the life you desire. So be bold, have clarity and treasure the unique beauty that you are. No one can ever take that from you.
“Bodylove is about creating a new paradigm. Going from the old addictions of body criticism to a new attitude of Bodylove.”
Iris, Poet Extraordinaire

Bodylove is a healing line of women’s clothing. We are already developing new products that will extend into all sort of divine things to nuture and revitalize the mind, body and spirit. Bodylove combines the power of the word, vibrational healing, visualization, manifestation and above all the energy of love. Bodylove has been coined TONIC wear, “the clothing that loves you back.”
“The practice of doing affirmations allows us to begin replacing some of the stale, worn out, or negative mind chatter with more positive ideas and concepts. It is a powerful technique, one which can in a short time completely transform our attitudes and expectations about life, and thereby totally change what we create ourselves.”
Shakti Gawain, acclaimed author Creative Visualization and many other fabulous books.

“It’s not your smallness that you’re afraid of. It is your greatness that you’re afraid of.”
-Nelson Mandela

April Claxton's The Movement Within Radio Joins CBS Radio Monday May 2, 2011

On Monday May 2, 2011 at 6pm EST, April Claxton's The Movement Within Radio officially debuts on CBS Radio's NewSkyRadio.com. April Claxton created The Movement Within Radio on Blogtalk Radio January 11, 2010 which aired Mondays at 6:30pm through April 25, 2011. TMW Radio moves into its new home on CBS NewSkyRadio.com.

April has interviewed guests such as Melody Beattie, Dr. Craig Martin, Doreen Virtue, Leslea Newman, Oprah Radio's Derrick Ashong, Zoe Moon, Barrie John, Mick Quinn, Susan Murphy Milano, Durga Holzhauser and Agni Eickermann, Larry Smith, Dr. Clint Pearman and many others. She brings her show of inspiration and hope to CBS with excitement, gratitude and enthusiasm- all for one reason: You.
Tune In to Move In with TMW Radio, now on CBS. Mondays 6:00pm EST.

From Unhappy To Happy In 4 Steps

From Unhappy To Happy In 4 Steps
By April Claxton
http://www.themovementwithin.com/

“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” -Unknown

Clients always ask me, "April, HOW do I become happy with all that IS going on in my life?" Many of us experience bills that pile up and medical issues and separations and divorce and changes and miscommunications and job problems and money issues and... The list goes on and for many of us we can keep adding to it.

My reply is simple: DISTRACTIONS.
For beginners, distractions are one way in which we can make the transition from Worry Wart to Happy Henry. If we continue to focus on what IS hurting us, upsetting us, angering us, saddening us, scaring us or worrying us, we cannot focus on all that is there to enlighten, uplift, encourage, guide and delight us. Our focus is our rudder (the thing on a boat that steers it in any direction). It directs us to where we are going emotionally, physically, mentally and even spiritually. How many times have we thought, "I just don't feel connected?"

So, just HOW do we shift our focus? On a boat, there is a lever. In our minds, we have one too-
1) We stop- completely in our tracks. And we breathe. That's right. In. Out. Visualize your breaths entering and exiting your body. Feel your skin. Notice your body and its sensations. Become aware of the moment you ARE in.

2) Relax (continue breathing). There is nothing that can be done at this very moment. If there was, the solution would be evident. Maybe the solution is evident but many times we are so worked up that we are unable to see it. Count to ten and go to step 3.

3) Find something that will "fill" your mind and distract you. What is it that would make you feel a little better right now? A walk? A song? A bath? A meal? A meditation? A book? The article links below have some GREAT ideas to get you started. Allow yourself to become inspired to "think different." If the way we are thinking now is working for us then chances are we wouldn't keep reading this article. <3
4) Understand. Understand that it's OK to not understand at all. There are bigger things going on sometimes than we can understand- things that may have nothing to do with us at all. What someone else may be learning in a situation may not be what you are to learn. In one single situation someone may be learning self-acceptance while someone else is learning patience. Someone may be learning how to exercise restraint while another is learning how to speak up effectively. EVERY situation is an opportunity to learn something. Once we learn (and practice) to say, "I don't get it and right now that is ok," we allow ourselves to do the one thing we dream about all day long: we let go and go with the flow. We give up control over things we have no control over- at least at this point in time. In doing so, we are taking control over ourselves- the ONLY thing we completely have control over at ALL times.

Life isn't easy. Actually, it becomes easier but the difficult part is learning how to recondition the way we've been conditioned. We have been conditioned by people and events our entire lives. We have also been condition by ourselves. With a little bit of patience, persistence and lightheartedness the impossible becomes possible, the undoable becomes doable and the hidden becomes revealed. Life is what we make it- once we learn how to shift our focus and follow our heart. Time makes a big difference. Patience and practice make it happen. <3 -ac

Happiness and Health (Time Magazine)

An E-book by Dr. Timothy Sharp

7 Reasons to Be Happy Even if Things Aren’t Perfect Now (tinybuddha.com)