{"id":2008,"date":"2014-02-13T22:41:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T20:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2014-02-13T22:41:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T20:41:46","slug":"selflove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/2014\/02\/selflove\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspire your senses : self-love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2014\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" title=\"self love with candlelight and flowers\" alt=\"self love with candlelight and flowers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/self-love-with-candlelight-and-flowers.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/self-love-with-candlelight-and-flowers.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/self-love-with-candlelight-and-flowers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/self-love-with-candlelight-and-flowers-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My senses have been inspired by these simple self-love treats, in honour of <a title=\"February love\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/2014\/02\/februarylove\/\">February<\/a> and <a title=\"St Valentine's Day\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valentine%27s_Day\" target=\"_blank\">St Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>sight : <\/strong>beautiful white tulips I bought for myself to brighten up a dull &#8216;kissing-the-rain&#8217; type of day. My soulsister C. always loved fresh flowers in the house, while my other soulsister C. often reminds me to treat myself with fresh flowers. So I did, ladies, thank you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>sound :<\/strong> the beautiful voice of Andy Mac of <a title=\"MacStanley\" href=\"http:\/\/macstanley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MacStanley<\/a> singing An awareness of you. They are one of my favourite South African groups and you can hear some of their music <a title=\"MacStanley on YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=macstanley&amp;sm=12\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>taste :<\/strong>\u00a0 the texture (and taste) of my new found delight, <a title=\"Chia seeds\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Salvia_hispanica\" target=\"_blank\">chia seeds<\/a>. Nutritious and delicious, plus <a title=\"Ten reasons to add chia seeds to your diet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2013\/06\/03\/chia-seed-benefits-_n_3379831.html\" target=\"_blank\">10 reasons<\/a> to add chia seeds to your diet. I want to put in the good stuff, don&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>smell : <\/strong>burning fragrant candles and smudging with a <a title=\"POD products\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bodyandmind.co.za\/merchant_nc.php?pid=1058&amp;step=4\" target=\"_blank\">POD popsicle<\/a> to clear the air for new beginnings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>touch :<\/strong> putting my hand on the bark of &#8216;my&#8217; tree, leaning my back up against her and feeling her. She is a grandmother tree and she brings lots of healing energy to everyone who crosses her path.<\/p>\n<p><strong>energy :<\/strong> getting to know my &#8216;new&#8217; Goddesses of the New Light cards, that I discovered in a box left to me by my soulsister C. They are really gorgeous with powerful messages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>last words :<\/strong> Despite all these little self-love treats, the key for me is to love my self just as I am and for all of who I am, the light, the dark and the shadows. And I hope that you love yourself just as you are, a beautiful being of light! I like this gentle reminder from <a title=\"Louise Hay\" href=\"http:\/\/www.louisehay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Louise L. Hay<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wishing you a wonderful Valentine&#8217;s Day full of self-love!<\/p>\n<p>And then spread that love to those around you!<\/p>\n<p>What self-love have you given yourself this week?<\/p>\n<p><em>with love, Delicia<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My senses have been inspired by these simple self-love treats, in honour of February and St Valentine&#8217;s Day: sight : beautiful white tulips I bought for myself to brighten up a dull &#8216;kissing-the-rain&#8217; type of day. My soulsister C. always &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/2014\/02\/selflove\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,16,11,6],"tags":[18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2025,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions\/2025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}