unlike the two poles which are body-centered (bodily hate vs. bodily love; hate your stretch marks vs. love your stretch marks), neutrality takes the body out of the equation. No matter how we feel on any given day about our body—whether our pendulum is swinging toward deep shame or extreme positivity—the body neutral practice is to acknowledge the feelings we have, explore why those feelings may have shown up for us in the first place, and then reconnect with our self-worth.
