No Bra

I remember when I stopped wearing a bra to bed. It felt amazing. Figuratively and literally freeing. There is something about being restricted that has never felt natural to me. When I was a newborn my mother tried to put me in a front carrier and I would have nothing to do with it. I don’t want to feel tied down. Now, that isn’t to say that I don’t like structure and stability because I thrive with them, but external restrictions I resist and always have. 

Let me be clear, it isn’t all restriction. Let’s revisit the fact that I thrive in an environment of structure and stability. I don’t like external restrictions that don’t align with my soul, and clearly my body given that both examples thus far are about physical restrictions. It’s simple restrictions that don’t feel good, that hold me back or down. Those, I want to run from, I want to trash at, I want to slip out of, I want to free myself from. 

The more that I sank into spirituality, the more I understood what alignment felt like. Also, the more that I understood what lack of alignment felt like. The more that I understood, the less tolerant I became of being out of alignment and the less apologetic I became of finding my alignment. You see, you don’t have to wear a bra to bed, there are no rules that say that you must. Infact, there are no rules that you must wear a bra at all. 

While I won’t be burning my bra anytime soon, I sure will be cheering on everyone who is burning theirs. You see, I like the support and structure of my bra during the day, it feels good to me and so I wear it. When I am done wearing it for the day, I remove it. Sometimes, I’m done wearing it at 10am and sometimes not until 10pm. There are no rules about when I take my bra off, it’s when it feels right to me. Whenever that time is, I unapologetically throw it on the counter and embrace the freedom that taking it off offers me. 

So, cheers to those of you who love sleeping in a bra! Cheers to those who never wear one! Cheers to those who wear one when they want! 

Now, ask yourself, is this blog really about a bra?