Linda Stern Lang, Suzi Pomerantz

Yoga of Leadership

The Secret to Sanity in Insane Times

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Produktbeschreibung

Tired of the normal prescriptions of do more, be more, do it faster, cheaper, better, smarter? Today's leaders need a break! This book shows leaders a way to be powerful and effective in the midst of it all while retaining (or reclaiming) sanity, serenity, and grounded focus. Yoga provides tools to survive and thrive in an increasingly complex world. Presence of mind, peace, balance, strength, confidence, space, freedom ~ what leader couldn't use more of these? The principles and lessons of yoga have a direct and profound impact on how leaders create and operate their organizations and themselves, even if those leaders never take up the physical practice of yoga. THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU IF: •You are a leader: whether emerging, novice, experienced, or sage. •You are a leader: whether of a company, a not-for-profit organization, a small business, an initiative, a project, a social movement, politics, a team, a community, a congregation, a family, a group, a life, or yourself. •You are seeking an easier way to connect to your role as a leader amidst the frenzied pace of business and life today. •You are overwhelmed, and know there's a better way. •You want strategies for how to regularly access your inner wisdom and find your voice as a leader without missing a beat in your day-to-day work or life. •You are anywhere on the yoga spectrum: practicing or not, love yoga or have no idea what yoga is, you keep hearing about it or you've maybe tried one class, you've seen people do yoga, you practice regularly, you teach yoga, you are an enlightened yogi master. Wherever you are on the yoga spectrum, you will find new connections, a new perspective, and a new way of looking at both Yoga and Leadership. This book could also be subtitled: The Inner Game of Leading, since the Yoga of Leadership gives you insight and practices for how to manage your own mind and energy to be most effective as a leader regardless of circumstances in which you find yourself.It's crucial to your success in leadership, whether you are leading a company, your career, a family, a team, or a community. Think of it as a holistic guidebook that takes you to an integrated approach to leadership. Most education for leaders is outside of ourselves. We go to university and graduate school, we read books, we attend trainings and webinars, watch TED talks or attend conferences - it's all external information coming in from other sources. We have knowledge and wisdom internally that we don't always access or even know how to access in any given situation. That's what this book is about. It's about how to play your inner game of leadership. This book is written for anyone who finds the competing demands of life difficult to balance. It's for people who aspire to leadership and have questions. It's for people who wake up in leadership roles and wonder, "what now?" It's for people who are entrenched in their leadership role and questioning the demands and perks in search of meaning. It's for people who want success without sacrificing inner peace. It's for people who want to know how to operationalize their intuition. We explore what yoga and leadership have to do with each other. Principles of yoga create harmony, balance, strength, confidence, flexibility, awareness and joy. The tool of awareness is the secret to the way we impact others. Everything comes from it: motivation, leading others, mastering yourself, making a difference, getting results. Yoga of Leadership is access to that awareness of yourself as a leader.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Innovative Leadership International LLC
• Seitenzahl: 118
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 184g
• ISBN-13: 9780578450179
• ISBN-10: 0578450178
• Artikelnr.: 56865976

Autorenporträt

Linda Lang's studio, The Open Door, has brought yoga into the greater Washington community since 1999. During that time her work has been recognized and recommended by Shady Grove Adventist Hospital's Wellness Program and the Center for Integrative Medicine at the George Washington University Medical Center. She is a frequent lecturer at GWU's Medical School on therapeutic applications of yoga and meditation, student and community wellness. Linda is certified in the medical arena of Cardiac Yoga, is an Anusara-Inspired instructor and serves as a guest lecturer on stress management, yoga and meditation. She presents classes, workshops and seminars throughout the year for the George Washington University Medical School, and is adjunct faculty in the undergraduate Lifestyle, Sport and Physical Activity Program. Linda has taught at The Center for Holistic Psychiatry, the Discovery Channel, non-profit organizations and numerous educational institutions. She holds the professional designation with the national Yoga Alliance as E-RYT ~ for "teachers with significant teaching experience who want to train teachers or conduct continuing education." Linda is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is engaged in research projects demonstrating the benefits of yoga as personal and professional skill development and as a palliative modality. Linda has studied yoga extensively with John Friend, as well as Doug Keller, Martin Kirk, Betsey Downing, Desiree Rambaugh and Todd Norian. Sally Kempton and Richard Miller have been influential in the study of meditation and yoga nidra. Linda works with the Center for Integrative Medicine at George Washington University Hospital as a member of their team of health care practitioners and medical professionals. Linda is a dedicated teacher with a comprehensive perspective, offering public and private classes. Linda's fascination with yoga began 45 years ago, when the Beatles brought Maharishi Mahesh Yogi into the spotlight. Since that time, 1967 to be precise, she has been drawn to eastern literature, art and philosophy, the fundamentals and foundations of classical yoga traditions. Today, she is a highly trained professional, certified in the medical arena of Cardiac Yoga, with an appointment as adjunct faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at GWUSMHSR. In 2009, Linda was invited to join the Center for Integrative Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Research in Washington, D.C., as their Therapeutic Yoga practitioner. In addition to being a frequent lecturer and instructor at GWU's Medical School on therapeutic applications of yoga and meditation, she is a popular presenter at seminars and retreats on medical leadership and professional development, as well as student and community wellness. Linda is known for her innovative and creative contributions to the field of therapeutic yoga and yoga therapy, as founder and director of Therapeutic Yoga of Greater Washington. Her original, ground-breaking curriculum designs are a result of collaboration with medical schools in search of meaningful ways to bring non-traditional, integrative modalities into personal, academic, community and clinical settings. She serves as community and committee member with the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine and the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care, as well as the International Association of Yoga Therapy. At the moment, Linda serves as consultant to Tai Sophia Institute in Maryland, a leader in wellness education and holistic Eastern medicine, as they prepare to offer a Master's degree program in Therapeutic Yoga. She is also involved with the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia.