Category Archive for: ‘Mind-Body Education’

Emotional Comfort and Resiliancy

Emotions: Energy in Motion   How often do you take time to explore your inner emotional landscape?   Even if it’s a pleasurable emotion, like compassion or connection, we’re often in such a rush that we blow right by the emotional experience itself.  When it comes to negative emotions like fear, vulnerability and shame, it seems the usual inclination is the …

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Stress Reduction by the Numbers

I’ve been having a great time this week sharing the Optimal Mindset message about stress reduction with various professionals in traditionally stressful work environments.   Although Accounting, Law, and Financial Investment professionals are well known for coping with a cyclically stressful work environment, there is now added pressure to reset the corporate balance sheet by operating with a leaner staff.  More work to …

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Is Optimal Mindset for Me?

As I approach my business launch event tomorrow, I’ve fielded some questions about Optimal Mindset training based on the look and feel of my website.  First impressions seem to be that Optimal Mindset is just for high-end executives and big corporations.  Not so! Yes, one of my personal passions is to bring mind-body tools into the boardroom. The typical corporate …

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The Backdoor Approach


I’m grateful every single day for the gift of my yoga practice.  Not only because it keeps my highly compromised body in working order (at least most of the time), but because the skills developed over 13 years of physical practice opened the door to mindful living. Just how does downward facing dog relate to an easeful approach to everyday …

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Anniversary Gratitude

So, how did all this mindfulness education stuff get started, anyway?  Where did it come from and why am I such a passionate fan? True confession — my arrival into the world of mindfulness wasn’t exactly by choice.  It started exactly 27 years ago today with a life changing auto accident when my car hit a patch of black ice.  …

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