by Lisa Kohn | Nov 29, 2015 | My Story
Now. Now. Now. Sometimes it feels like everything needs to be done right now. That I need a few more of me, so that I can just handle this one moment and all that’s in front of me. And in my head. Only what if that’s not true? What if there’s really nothing, or at...
by Lisa Kohn | Nov 22, 2015 | Resilience
I tell myself very silly things. Sometimes subconsciously. Sometimes unconsciously. Sometimes, I hate to admit, while I’m completely aware of what I’m doing. Really very silly things. In my worst moments, when I get stuck in the grooves in my brain and come to my...
by Lisa Kohn | Nov 18, 2015 | Hope and Amazement
Why are we always rushing through this moment? Why do we feel the need to get to the next thing? The next task? The next experience? What if we stopped – okay, what if I stopped – and took in this instant? Because, guess what? Whether or not I did, it’s already gone....
by Lisa Kohn | Nov 15, 2015 | Hope and Amazement
At the beginning of each yoga practice, my instructor reminds us to set an intention. For a while it was always “Love.” I just wanted to feel love. To feel loved and lovable and loving. To give and receive love. Love. Love. Love. I’m pretty sure anyone who knows me...
by Lisa Kohn | Nov 12, 2015 | Hope and Amazement
Again a yoga instructor reminding me. Again a chance to surrender. Surrender to the moment and to what is right here, right now. I sometimes think of surrender as only a big, tough thing. Of surrendering to what’s difficult. To what’s painful. To what’s hard. I...