Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

True transformation is not about having a body that looks good

2 Aug 2022 · 1 min

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Short spoken monologue (YouTube) by Vishen Lakhiani arguing that true body transformation is not merely changing appearance but developing love and respect for the body; contrasts aesthetic goals ("a body that looks good") with deeper goals ("a body that they love and respect") and frames transformation as allowing full expression rather than manipulating or compressing the self.

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But I'll tell you what. I worked with a lot of people, including myself, in the journey of making their body look good. What they want is not a body that looks good. They want a body that they love and respect. And these are not necessarily the same thing. It can be, but only if the process of getting there is a process of full expression and not a process of compression or confirmation. One day you realize that transformation is not about manipulating your body into what you want it to be. Transformation is allowing the body to fully express the power that it wants to become.