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Welcome and settle in.
I want to begin with a quote by the Buddha.
What you believe you become.
What does that mean to you?
What do you believe?
What do you believe about beauty in particular?
Because that's why you found me as you're thinking about beautifying.
What do you think about beauty?
Sometimes it's fun to think philosophically about ideas like this because it helps you to better understand yourself and your position around whatever it is.
In this case, what do you think about beauty?
I love asking this question to my clients because it helps me to understand just exactly the path that they're looking to take because the services that I offer are pretty simple and practical.
I help people beautify from the inside out with exercise practices, face yoga, body yoga, nutrition, nourishment and supplementation with whole plants. So that's what I do.
And I think it's really important because I believe beauty is essential.
Beauty is essential to me and I know a lot of people who find aesthetics to be important to them.
What about you?
So whether you're looking for things to be symmetrical in your home or you like that intentional misfit look, just an intentional asymmetry, you know whatever your style is it's something different but beauty you know as it is in the eye of the beholder beauty is essential in nature it's part of nature right it's also a common denominator in the way of….
love how we find love our match our matches whoever you know however many loves that you've had beauty in your view was part of that because in nature we're always orienting to a mate toward survival it's just in it's hardwired in our DNA to survive.
The reason that this is coming up there are a number of reasons actually but one of the reasons is I recently had a conversation with an old friend of mine who we were talking about Tantra and the practical nature of the prostate in a man, which is really set up for a number of reasons but in terms of longevity, the prostate remains vital for men when they are able to express it regularly. This is kind of an odd topic around beauty. But the thing about this is that's one of the reasons men have problems when they're older with the prostate: if it is stagnant energetically. Alas, there are number of reasons for prostate issues, including environmental reasons, nutritional reasons, but one thing is men need is to beautify inside out (with healthy organs), so we survive as a species.
Survival and attraction.
Sometimes we forget about these things and we get caught up in the emotion of love and having a baby and all of that sort of thing. But it really is about the survival of our species. So I think that's interesting personally.
The reason I bring beauty into that particular context is around the mating ritual that all animals do it's about finding chemistry with another animal another person in this case we're talking about people.
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”
- Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, Molly Bawn
Beauty and attraction are part of a mating ritual so there's some connection there with animalistic qualities when we consider beauty and what you believe beauty to be. My belief in beauty is oriented to nature so I love natural beauty. I love seeing the natural angle of a person’s face, the natural highlights of a person’s hair, intellect, and now natural to me isn't all the way natural I'm okay with things like:
plucking hair
dyeing hair
Intrinsic beauty and invasive procedures.
I have a certain threshold, but I do like when people make an effort and try to look beautiful in whatever way it is for them. Unkempt and disheveled doesn’t work for me, unless it’s intentional. After all, you can even make these aesthetics look polished in its own accord.
With the idea is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So if I have a friend or someone in my world who does invasive procedures for beautification rituals.
I'm not going to judge them.
Because that is not what I do… I do face yoga and self-love practices to stay on that natural continuum that I have. However, I do color my hair. Does that mean that's an invasive procedure? I am not sure about this definition of “invasive”.
I like to ask this question because sometimes I'm on social media and certain beauty experts or face yoga experts who place judgements on people who are doing invasive procedures. I just want to give a shout out to holding space for everyone’s idea of beauty. I have I know people in my life who do invasive procedures and I really don't want to alienate them because that's their choice. They get to live their life they get to uphold their standards of beauty in their own unique way. I don't have any business condemning them. That's not for me. I just I feel like I need to add that in here to this idea of “what do you believe in beauty” because it is a wide continuum.
I know a lot of people get tattoos which are beautiful I don't have a tattoo. I'm probably not going to get one and that's okay. To my tattoo friends you are great.. it's beautiful and I admire it you. You know, you have a higher threshold for pain than I do. Maybe you're able to withdraw the senses more than me. I practice yoga every day so this question is really an idea, a thought around what do you find beautiful, right?
How do you contrast that as the idea of beauty in the eye of the beholder and including space for folks who are able to do the things that they want to do to beautify themselves?
So I just want to invite that into my space.
I hope you have a wonderful day.
I would love for you to message me on Instagram.
My handle is beautifyfaceyoga.
And if you want to engage with me about this podcast, it would be a pleasure.
Thank you so much.
Bye-bye-bye.
Angela Rosoff holds certifications in yoga, face yoga, and Ayurveda Digestive Health. Holistic support for women is her focus. She is also a content creator for local and international media outlets and has been featured in the Sun.uk, Sun.us, and The New York Post. Angela teaches weekly yoga and face yoga classes, as well has hosts online courses to help women and yoga teachers beautify from the inside out! As a Healthstyle Emporium Wellness Coach, Angela shares an affordable way to work 1:1 to bring more health into the world. Check out her website: Beautify Face Yoga to learn more!
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