POETRY AND BODY IMAGE


15 cropYears ago I was fortunate to meet the thoughtful and talented Margarita Tartakovsky, who pens the Weightless blog for Psych Central online.

As she and I became friends and collaborators, we talked often about our shared love of reading, writing and, yes, poetry.

As our conversations grew, we started talking about creating a poetry eBook that people could use to support their journey towards deeper connection with and appreciation for their own bodies.

And this is how Heart to Heart: 20 Poems, Meditations + Affirmations to Embrace Your Body & Cultivate Kindness was born.

We are so very excited to introduce you to this eBook, which is near and dear to both of our hearts. I think if you asked either of us, we’d say we don’t identify as poets. But that’s actually, in many ways, the point.

 

 
 

“Margarita Tartakovsky and Anna Guest-Jelley are the kind of women you want as your best friends. You want them in your ear at a minute’s notice, when your heart is racing and your thoughts aren’t kind because you know they will have your back and help you to right your ship. Now, with this collaboration, we can have their gentle encouragement and expansive worldview at our side whenever we need them! Heart to Heart is a gorgeous invitation to get quiet, be real, and embrace your healing. With poems that will help you feel less alone and meditations that will comfort you in your solitude, this e-book is an indispensable tool for your self-acceptance journey.” ~ Rosie Molinary

 
 


THE EBOOK


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This guidebook is about pointing the way to a path, offering you some words for the journey and letting them show up for you however they do. It’s not about us being poets or you “getting” poetry.

It’s about another tool for figuring out what works best for you when it comes to getting to know yourself and supporting yourself on days when you may be feeling less than loving towards your body.

Margarita and I would be so delighted if you feel like this eBook calls you. We’ve made it available as a PDF so you can read it on any computer or device — no eReader required.

Grab a copy of Heart to Heart: 20 Poems, Meditations + Affirmations to Embrace Your Body & Cultivate Kindness below – it’s just $15!

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“Brimming with heart opening truths and quiet vulnerability, the poems in Heart to Heart is a gorgeously designed string of reminders that you are good enough, in this moment, exactly as you are.” – Mara Glatzel

 
 


THE INTERIOR


Here’s what you’ll find inside of Heart to Heart:

  • Starting Anew
  • Celebrate Your Body
  • Curvy-Loving Kindness Meditation
  • Embodiment
  • Your Body Isn’t Currency
  • When You See All of Me
  • A Manual for Healing Your Body Blues
  • Tonglen Meditation for Body Love
  • Chasing Thinness
  • Fluttering
  • A Reminder for the Trail Less Travelled
  • Stop, Drop and Love: Affirmations for Right Now
  • Send Love
  • On Not Being “Over It”
  • You Are Beyond a Body
  • The Pause
  • Instant Body Image Booster
  • Let Kindness Lead
  • It Will Become Familiar
  • This is Why

Here is the book cover and a sample poetry page to give you an idea of what to expect inside.

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“Each time I open this eBook & soak in a poem I feel a softening happening and feel myself getting out of the sometimes vicious cycle of negative thoughts and back into my body and breath. Margarita & Anna’s gorgeous affirmations & poems feel like a place we can land when we are having a tough self-love day, a way to shift towards more self-compassion. Heart to Heart will be a vital companion for so many of us as we travel our paths towards more self-love & body acceptance!” ~Vivienne McMaster

 
 


ABOUT THE AUTHORS


margarita-croppedMargarita Tartakovsky writes the blog Weightless, which focuses on loving our bodies and ourselves at every shape, size and weight.

She’s also an associate editor at PsychCentral.com, where she pens pieces on psychology and mental health — everything from anxiety and ADHD to creativity and couples.

Learn more about Margarita at her website.


Anna Guest-Jelley is the founder of CurvyYoga.com, a body positive training and inspiration portal for people of all shapes and sizes.

Connect with Anna:

@CurvyYoga (Twitter)
Curvy Yoga (Facebook)


Big thanks and love to Maria Marcoff for the gorgeous photos found in Heart to Heart! Connect with her on her website and on Facebook.