Shame is Your Claim to Fame A few weeks ago I was at a conference in San Diego with two of my dear friends. On the last day, I was having a conversation with one of them just before she whisked off to the airport to catch her flight. She said something that was really…
Courage, Compassion, Connection I’m lucky to be taking a wonderful e-course with Brene Brown, a sociologist who studies shame, vulnerability and wholehearted living. Like Brene, I believe every human has had an experience of being shamed at one time or another in their life, if not multiple times. This can have a big impact on…
Are You Hard or Soft? One of the great yoga texts says that yoga postures must be practiced with both stiram (effort) and sukham (ease). This sutra advises us to practice a dynamic balance of effort & surrender, of contraction & expansion, of strength & flexibility. An excess of one or the other (too “hard” or…