Standing Tall!
My dear friend Lupé Carranza introduced me to the culture of bragging.
As a process, bragging goes along with desires and gratitude - find 3 things that you are proud of, 3 that you desire, and 3 that you are thankful for.
I love the whole process, and in our interactions, we use the brag quite often. It's giving yourself permission to celebrate your achievements. It's also a lovely way to interact - last week, she sent me a postcard saying: "I brag I have a friend like you." Isn't that too lovely?
So today I BRAG that I'm getting ready to present a workshop at this year's AVMA congress. That's the annual congress for the American Veterinary Medical Association. I am SO excited to have been chosen as a workshop presenter! The congress is going to be online this year, and my workshop will be one of only a few live workshops (as opposed to recorded lectures).
I am grateful for the opportunity and I desire to meet lots of wonderful people online at this workshop!
Standing tall at your work
Standing tall is easy if you are satisfied with your performance at work (and your successes in life).
Standing tall doesn't just reflect your perception of yourself in a moment. It also isn't just a physical exercise.
Standing tall opens your chest and allows your breath to flow freely. Deep breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system, helping you to feel calm and relaxed.
Standing tall stretches and balances your spine, allowing your weight to be evenly carried on your feet. When you stand tall, the weight of your body is balanced and doesn't need to be held in awkward positions of hunching and leaning. This "grounds" you and frees energy to move forward.
Standing tall opens your heart chakra, and your emotional state improves as a result. The heart chakra is the seat of love for the self and for others. With a healthily developed heart chakra, we can reach out to the world around us from a place of profound self-love and self-acceptance.
Standing tall allows a wider perspective of the world around you. You don't look down or sideways, but ahead, and around. You are able to see more of what is happening, and this aids comprehension.
For all of these reasons, standing tall gives you confidence. What are your brags for standing tall today? Hit reply and let me know so I can celebrate you!
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Emmalou Penrod's passion is to support families, specifically during these long times of isolation and fear. In our talk together we explored how inquiry and self-awareness can help you be a better - and more SANE and RELAXED - parent! Another Brag - I get compliments on my parenting all the time, even from my daughters!
Recommended reading:
 STOEP ZEN
THE BEST introduction to the practice of Zen I have read. This book really helped me 'get it'.
Timeless and beautiful reading by South African author, lawyer, and monk Anthony Osler.
If you want the beauty and immediacy of life to break your heart - in a good way - read this.
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Stoep Zen - A Zen Life in South Africa
DEAR 2020
Chris Palmore of GratitudeSpaceRadio has published his second anthology in 2 years! I have contributed one of the letters in March.
Dear 2020 is a collection of letters to the year that changed many people's lives. The contributors to this anthology have shared not only what happened to them and how the year affected their lives but also how they coped with it and what they learned from it. It's a book about perspective, about life and death and everything in between, about "the other side of lockdown," about lessons learned, about growth, about living life.
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"From One Taste all things issue, and to One Taste all things return—and in between, which is the story of this moment, there is only the dream, and sometimes the nightmare, from which we would do well to awaken."
—Ken Wilber
If you believe you have any reason to NOT stand tall, you are caught in the nightmare. The rest is also the dream - but at least it's a pleasant one! You can always use inquiry to question your nightmare.
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Stefanie E Skupin
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