Lucia Capacchione - Lighten Up Your Body, Lighten Up Your Life: Beyond Diet and Exercise—The Inner Path to Lasting Change

BOOKS BY LUCIA CAPACCHIONE

The Power of Your Other Hand: A Course in Channeling the Inner
Wisdom of the Right Brain. Newcastle Publishing Co., Inc. (1988) $12.95

The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourself.
Newcastle Publishing Co., Inc. (1989) $12.95

The Well-Being Journal: Drawing on Your Inner Power to Heal Yourself.
Newcastle Publishing Co., Inc. (1989) $12.95

Lighten Up Your Body, Lighten Up Your Life (Co-authored with
James Strohecker and Elizabeth Johnson). Newcastle Publishing Co., Inc.
(1990) $12.95

The Picture of Health: Healing Your Life with Art. Hay House, Inc. (1990) $12.00

The Creative Journal For Teens: Making Friends with Yourself.
Newcastle Publishing Co., Inc. (1992) $12.95

Putting Your Talent to Work. Health Communications.

Recovery of Your Inner Child. Simon & Schuster

The Creative Journal for Children: A Guide for Parents, Teachers and
Counselors. Shambhala Publisher.

Audio Tape: The Picture of Health & Healing Your Life With Art. Hay House, Inc.

Audio Tape: The Wisdom of Your Other Hand (Set of 5 Tapes). Sounds True.

To Order any of the Newcastle Books please indicate quantity and enclose check or Visa or Mastercard # with expiration date and signature for the full amount plus $3.00 postage for the first book; $1.00 for each additional book. CA residents please add sales tax.

Newcastle Publishing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 7589, Van Nuys, CA 91409 (213) 873-3191 (800) 932-4809 Fax (818) 780-2007

For information regarding LUCIA CAPACCHIONE's books, lectures, workshops, and consultations contact:

LUCIA CAPACCHIONE
P.O. Box 1355
Cambria, CA 93428
(805) 546-1424

Copyright 1990 by Lucia Capacchione, James Strohecker, and
Elizabeth Johnson

Foreword copyright 1990 by Suzy Prudden

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the expressed written consent of the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in connection with a review.

ISBN 0-87877-150-6

Edited by Nancy Shaw Strohecker

Cover Design by Riley K. Smith

The authors of this book do not dispense medical advice nor prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the authors is only to offer information of a general nature to help you cooperate with your doctor in your mutual quest for health. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, you are prescribing for yourself, which is your constitutional right, but the authors and publishers assume no responsibility for your actions.

A NEWCASTLE BOOK

First printing, February 1990

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Printed in the United States of America

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Dedicated

To The Light Body Living Within You

THANKS

to the contributors:

Donna Jean Barnard

Lucia Capacchione

Terri Freas

Nancy Graham

Elizabeth Johnson

Ann Parenti

Tom Stitzel

James Strohecker

Marge Windisch

I discovered the work of Lucia Capacchione in 1985. I had just moved to California having left New York and my fitness business of twenty years. I was looking for a new way to experience and work with my body, as I had found the old way didn't work for me anymore. I was in the Bodhi Tree Bookstore in Los Angeles, and came across a spiral-bound book called Lighten Up Journal: Making Friends With Your Body, by Lucia Capacchione and Elizabeth Johnson. It was a workbook for getting in touch with one's body, weight issues, and image. And, although I am a leader in the field of fitness and body awareness, getting in touch with my own body was a new experience. This workbook was one of the great tools which helped me create the body I wanted, while making peace with my body.

You are married to your body. It is with you morning, noon, and night during every change in season, through sickness and health. You wake up with it, go to sleep with it, and always find your self right where you left off, in the body you were born with. The body is your vehicle in life, and the physical manifestation of your thoughts and beliefs. It is what your soul has specially chosen for you to learn your particular lessons in this life. And it is time to make peace with it, to love it, and to know that you and it are perfect just the way you are in your life now.

For so many of us, the body we live in does not measure up to what we think we should have. It does not look picture perfect, and a battle of self against self takes place throughout life. No matter how hard one tries to deny it, and no matter how strange it may seem, loving your body is the key to having the body you want. Loving yourself is the key for creating a high quality of life.

The book you have in your hands will help you to do just that. It is an exquisite journey of self-discovery, joy, and self-love. In Lighten Up Your Body, Lighten Up Your Life, you now have an opportunity to discover new ways of communicating with yourself. You will discover beliefs that have held you back or kept you stuck. You will learn to release the beliefs that no longer work for you, unstick yourself, and move into a more joyous way of being. You will do this through writing, drawing, and journal work.

Lucia Capacchione, the creator of this method, is a personal friend and guide for me. A remarkable woman with a remarkable gift, she teaches you how to feel your body; something you may have forgotten how to do. And as you begin to remember, all the good feelings you ever had begin to return. You will rediscover how very special your own feelings are. And with this knowledge comes the understanding of how magnificent your body is. You will get to re-experience the joy of your own uniqueness, and the special way in which only you can express and create the kind of body and life you want. In this wonderful process, you can recreate a relationship with yourself and become your own best friend. And unlike any other friendship, this one will be with you every moment for the rest of your life.

You are now embarking on one of the most exciting of adventures; the adventure of your Self. I wish you all the joy, happiness, inner peace and self-love that you will find at the end of this journey. But the end of this adventure is merely the beginning of the greatest of all adventures; your new life in your new body. Have fun, dear reader, you are a special being filled with light and wisdomafter all, you picked up this book.

Congratulations.

With love and light,

and peels of laughter,

Suzy Prudden

Creator of:

MetaFitness, Your Thoughts Taking Shape

This book is intended as a guide and road map for the inner journey to reclaim your true body, and experience it as your friend. It contains a series of activities, each with its own descriptive title, theme, and purpose. You may want to read the entire book through once to familiarize yourself with the process. Or you may be inspired to do the activities right away. In either case, in order to benefit from this book you will need to experience it and do it for yourself.