Founder Letter: How We Think of the Body

Dear Rosies,

I want to explore the question of how we see, feel and understand our bodies with you- especially throughout our lifespan.  For me, increasingly, I feel I am all of my ages at once- the girl child lives in me, and the elder I will become. I see the body as a vessel of memory, a place of emergence, sculpted energy, light and sound, a portal between worlds, an anchor to the eternal present...and a vehicle through which all of human life is known and experienced. But it isn't me. The more I include the body as a wholly holy vessel, ALL of the body, including the parts that have been shamed, denied, judged and denigrated, the more alive I become.

Specifically, I’ve been thinking about how we might relate to and through the body guided by the principles of the Holomovement.

To me, this means not treating the body as an afterthought, or as a project to be perfected, but as an intelligent, living part of the whole—worthy of reverence, belonging to the greater web of life, and carrying the imprint of deep time. To fully inhabit and love the body, through all its cycles and changes.

As you read through these reflections, I invite you to notice—where might there be room to live these truths more deeply in your own body? Where can more light, breath, softness enter? Often, in the very crevices where old memory, judgment, and self-negation hide, there is longing for spaciousness and tenderness. I've been making this a gentle, honest inquiry.

Here are some shifts to consider:

1. From control to coherence
Moving from trying to discipline or override the body to sensing its deep intelligence and bringing the systems of the body into harmony—nervous system, breath, movement, thought, emotion all in resonance.

2. From domination to collaboration
Rather than imposing will on the body, learning to listen and partner with it. The body is not an enemy or a machine—it is a wise companion.

3. From separation to interconnection
No longer thinking of the body as separate from nature. Instead, sensing the body as a living node in the great web of life—interconnected with place, space, ancestry, community, and time.

4. From scarcity to abundance
Releasing the idea that energy, pleasure, and vitality are finite resources that peak in youth. Recognizing that vitality can be cultivated across the whole lifespan, and that pleasure, creativity, and intimacy don’t expire—they evolve.

5. From uniformity to diversity
Rejecting the myth that there is one "ideal" or "normal" body type. Embracing the truth that diversity—in shape, rhythm, identity, expression—is natural, necessary, and beautiful. Celebrating your own unique embodiment rather than critiquing it.

6. From certainty to emergence
Letting go of rigid ideas of health as a fixed state or of any deviation as a failure. Embracing the body as a dynamic, responsive, ever-changing organism—phased by environment, feeling, and life stage.

7. From extraction to regeneration
No longer treating the body as a resource to be mined for productivity or appearance. Shifting toward honoring the body as sacred and regenerative—nourishing it, resting it, moving it with love, and seeing joy and replenishment as essential.

8. From linear progress to cyclical growth
Releasing the old story of life peaking and then declining. Instead, recognizing that the body moves in cycles and spirals—blooming, resting, returning, evolving. Aging is not decline; it is deepening, blossoming.

And finally, there is one more shift, perhaps the deepest of all, where I notice myself continually growing: in the movement from a materialist and psychologized world to embodied oneness. I used to think of the body only in material or mechanistic terms, as the hardware or wetware of flesh and the software of mind. Now I know the body is a vehicle to touch the great Oneness—capable of transmitting and receiving the living pulse of the cosmos- and that we are wired to move between the two states—the ecstatic in the everyday.

This feels to me like walking in the heart of love.

On a company note, the team at Rosebud is beginning to step into more offerings that honor the body and the sensory joy of being alive. Over the summer you will see us slowly add in line extensions on our beloved intimate care and full body skin care, and curated items that make the body feel more awake, alive and beautiful, such as these silks.

Also, please save the date if you want to dive into this embodied philosophy. My next 6 week Living Tantra course begins September 16th.

In the spirit of embodied reverence,

Christine 

Founder, Rosebud Woman

@christinemariemason

@rosebudwoman