El Cuerpo The Body -

Her body didn’t answer in words. It answered in memory.

Sofia hadn’t spoken to her body in years.

So she began.

"Why won’t you cooperate?"

And her body — silently, faithfully — kept her standing. Your body is not an ornament to be looked at, but a companion to be listened to. Treat it with gratitude, not criticism. It has carried you through every single day of your life. That’s not nothing. That’s everything. el cuerpo the body

Days turned into weeks. She stopped apologizing for her shape and started marveling at her function. She stretched when she was stiff. She rested when she was tired. She ate when she was hungry — not out of shame, but out of care.

Thank you, legs, for carrying me to the kitchen. Thank you, hands, for holding my child’s face. Thank you, lungs, for breathing while I slept. Her body didn’t answer in words

Not really. She’d yelled at it in front of mirrors. Bargained with it before parties. Ignored its hunger, its fatigue, its quiet signals.

One morning, she caught her reflection and didn’t look away. So she began

Her body didn’t need her praise. It didn’t need perfection. But it did need something small: acknowledgment.

"We’re on the same team," she said.