Salvatore Zambito, rogue scholar, yoga teacher and author of The Unadorned Thread shared his wit and wisdom on the inner practice of yoga last Sunday at the La Jolla Yoga Center. He said: “Before you go through Bliss, you must go through Contentment.” A simple directive. Listening to conversations…there is a shortage of contentment. Why? Contentment requires practice. When the content of the moment is … Continue reading To Do: Contentment
With over $2 Trillion dollars being spent annually in the U.S. to manage chronic disease it is safe to conclude that there are a lot of people feeling terrible. Yet, we know that chronic disease can be reversed and even eliminated by lifestyle changes. The chart below illustrates blood serum concentration of Vitamin D relative to the percent of prevention available for specific chronic diseases. … Continue reading Cheers to Our Health in 2012!
“Life is the one gift we are always unwrapping.” Our season of gift giving, shopping and celebration is rich with surprises, memories, joys, gatherings and pressures. Some set a high bar to do and be “it all”. Now more than ever people are reaching out to share joy and hope creatively. We have a game in our organization. Each person identifies their intrinsic “gifts” from … Continue reading What’s Your Gift?
Can we reduce stress hormones and increase our chances of connecting with others by changing our posture? Amy Cuddy’s Power Pose presentation at PopTech 2011 Continue reading Wonder Woman
October 10, 2011 The Apple Store in Carlsbad CA The lasting echo of inspired genius… love notes, sketches, kisses, beehives of children, magical things, blue clad brilliance. Wise words from the loyal: fruitless hardware crashes. This is a computer store… feels like holy ground. Continue reading Steve Jobs and an Apple Customer Experience
When we find that experiences of meaningful accomplishment and engaging relationships are essential for our well-being then listening to our hearts and intuition before “spending, wasting or investing” our time is a healthy idea! Vitamins for the Mind by Jim Rohn Time Management Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one … Continue reading Is it easy to get faked out by being busy?
Image courtesy of GapingVoid! Cheers to the crazy ones…the world changers ….divide and multiply… ASAP! Continue reading You Have to Be Crazy…..
My research on personal empowerment and transformation led to David Grove’s work: “Clean Language”. From the outset my experience of “Clean Language”, a therapeutic and/or coaching approach, felt like entering a parallel universe devoid of opinion, advice, assumption, and projection. Imagine that universe! Sweet genius! In “Clean”, as practitioners refer to it, the “secret sauce” for changing our experience is held within our own metaphors. … Continue reading Is there a Magician in Your Metaphor?
“You must become the change you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Ghandi In his talk on the Evolution of Consciousness, Shore Slocum shares the above quote, which is often misquoted as “be the change”. In the spirit of “becoming the change”, I recently expressed my concerns about the declining level of service at a favorite shop catering to our beloved canines. The … Continue reading Become the Change?
“The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness”, a thorough research study published by Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers in 2009 reports that the subjective measures of well-being in the female population have steadily declined since the 1970’s. Continue reading From Unhappiness to Un-boring to Flourish!
Rhana Pytell 