Lisa Kohn
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Lisa Kohn. Author. Yogi. Love Embodied. Finder of Joy. Memoir: TO THE MOON AND BACK: A CHILDHOOD UNDER THE INFLUENCE #findjoy #IGotOut https://t.co/wO4IRZRy5w
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2 weeks ago |
lisakohnwrites.com | Lisa Kohn
Again yoga. Again something beautiful to hear and take in. How often do I say that? Of course the instructor was talking about our yoga poses. Look with your eyes where and how you want your body to move and be, and it will. If not now, then eventually. And of course, it is about way more than yoga, as it usually is, especially with this instructor. I first heard this concept when I was learning to drive, and I would turn to look at something and nearly drive off the road.
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3 weeks ago |
lisakohnwrites.com | Lisa Kohn
In my new keynote, I talk about my love for my yellow birds. I do adore them! They bring me such joy!Someone pointed out to me something I think I kind of knew but somehow had not fully stepped into. I created that joy. Full out created that joy. I made it up. I’ve always thought they were beautiful. Their yellow is so bright and gorgeous.
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1 month ago |
lisakohnwrites.com | Lisa Kohn
That’s what a yoga dearest said to me last week, after our pre-class hug. I let it sink in. It’s not often that someone tells us we’re perfect. Even though it’s someone who doesn’t know me well. Even though all we know of each other is our yoga bond, sweaty practice, and pre-practice hugs. I let it sink in. Why not? It’s not often that we think we’re perfect. That’s why it’s worthwhile, in my not-so-humble opinion, to let it sink in.
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1 month ago |
lisakohnwrites.com | Lisa Kohn
Maybe just like you, I was taught to look outside myself for love. For validation. For okayness. To look for love in all the wrong places, if you will. Truth is, when we’re young, we need the love to come from outside us and to fill us up. Second truth is, when we don’t or can’t get that, we compensate and accommodate and repudiate ourselves. Basically, in order to think the world is safe, we “realize” that there is something wrong with us, not the them’s who should be caring for and loving on us.
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1 month ago |
lisakohnwrites.com | Lisa Kohn
I’ve heard this mentioned for decades. I’d given up any hope that it would happen for me. But the other day, during my practice, I noticed the weirdest thing. I was only focused on my breath. Well, also the poses and my body and its placement (and strength and not-so-strength). But mostly just my breathing. I’ve been practicing yoga on and off for over thirty years and consistently practicing for over twenty.
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I'm watching how often I think I'm right to question it to be open to other possibilities and as someone who was groomed to doubt my rightness, to doubt myself to also know my truth as mine #FirstMostAlways #cultsurvivor #keynotespeaker #bookmetospeak #motivationalspeaker https://t.co/7XR3kV7Pzb
joy beauty love amidst all the painful it is there to notice it’s a choice healing and living is about holding space for the hard and savoring the beauty #tothemoonandback #baldisbeautiful #keynotespeaker #motivationalspeaker #bookmetospeak #FirstMostAlways #cultsurvivor https://t.co/cykr1DmI9H
breathe in joy ease love beauty I am making that choice in this moment even as things are hard there is joy ease love beauty when I open my heart #tothemoonandback #keynotespeaker #motivationalspeaker #BookMeToSpeak #baldisbeautiful #FirstMostAlways #cultsurvivor https://t.co/W4LFHNNuWd