Are You a Traitor to the Eating Disorder Rule of Law?

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Eating disorders can feel like a dictator who controls subjects’ lies, threats, intimidation and increasingly severe penalties—including death.
SOURCE: Eating Disorders News – Read entire story here.

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Best morning ritual- Abhyanga self-massage

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Nourish and heal with IntuitiveBody.com Rituals Saturate your self with love. Anoint your body with this ritual called abhyanga self-massage and you’ll see why I’m in love with it. My hair looks better, my skin is softer, my nerves calmer and my sleep better. I made a video for you about abhyanga self-massage. You can watch the video here: http://youtu.be/pwdZyCysJeI Warm sesame oil applied with loving care is to me a kind of “laying-on of hands”. It’s more than the massage, the properties of the oil, the peaceful time in your bathroom. This practice allows us to reconnect with our bodies with love and care and healing energies. I read that abhyanga is like being saturated