“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood, and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery Over the last few days, I’ve been reflecting on how to rally a community around an idea [...]
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Leap: Revolutionaries and Shipbuilders
Posted in community, creativity, dreams, inspiration on May 5, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Leap: A Big Thank You to the Gutsy Female Entrepreneurs of Rent the Runway, Corporate Idiocy, and a Mitt Romney Joke Told in Poor Taste
Posted in business, corporation, creativity, dreams, economy, grateful, gratitude, thankful on May 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Corporate executive who say stupid things are making it easy for us to set sail on our own venture adventures. While I am angered by their behavior, I’m thankful for our ability to turn the situation around and invest in our own business ideas. When things are falling apart (corporate culture), pieces are often falling [...]
Seize the Moment: Let Your Yoga Pants Get Furry
Posted in creativity on May 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Reblogged from A Charmed Yogi: Source: pinleresl.com via maryanna on Pinterest For those of you under the age of 40 (yea, I can say that now), you may not know who Erma Bombeck is. She was a humorist and newspaper columnist from the 1960s through the 1990s. She wrote a column after she found out [...]
Leap: The Great Remaking of Us
Posted in change, creativity, dreams on May 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi Yesterday someone asked me what situation in the world bothers me the most. My answer rose up immediately – I hate to see people give up on their dreams [...]
Leap: Google Teaches Us How to Create World Peace and Other Circumstances of Goodness
Posted in change, charity, community, creativity, peace on May 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »
The New York Times ran a story over the weekend about Google’s efforts to increase mindfulness among its employees. The story, Ok, Google, Take a Deep Breath, featured Chade-Meng Tan (Meng), an engineer at Google and the creator of the Google team course, “Search Inside Yourself.” I clicked the link to watch a sample class [...]
Leap: Change in the Air, and My Email In-box
Posted in change, creativity on April 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Universe, I hear you. The theme of change continues to show up in my life on a very regular basis. And my regular I mean hourly. My Monday post, We Have to Let Go to Be Free, was about the acceptance and release of emotions to generate transformation. At its essence, this idea gets at [...]
Congratulations to In Blue and Sara – the Newest Members of Underground Eats
Posted in creativity on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m having a great time running contests for all of the wonderful readers and contributors to this blog. The latest one for an invitation to Underground Eats has two winners – In Blue and Sara. Congratulations ladies! Your invites are their way to your inboxes. Thanks to everyone for playing!
Leap: What I’m Doing With My Time After I Take the Plunge
Posted in career, creativity, time, work on April 18, 2012 | 16 Comments »
“You’re leaving? What are you going to do?” (Said with an exotic mix of terror, awe, and confusion with a hint of frustration and a healthy handful of ‘I’ll-believe-it-when-I-see-it’.) This is a fairly common response I’m getting as I begin to make my plans for Leap Day known. To be fair, I also have a [...]
Leap: Compass Yoga Joins Forces with the Hester Street Fair on Saturday, April 28th
Posted in creativity on April 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
What are you doing Saturday, April 28th? Come hang out with Compass Yoga at the Hester Street Fair! Hester Street Fair is one of the largest outdoor events in New York City. Around since the late 1800′s, today the fair offers ultra unique shopping, the most incredible vintage finds, and delicious local foods. The Hester [...]
Leap: Compass Yoga Adds 3 New Weekly Classes
Posted in creativity on April 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We’re growing! More yoga to more people in more places. I am so excited to share the news that Compass Yoga is adding 3 new classes to our weekly schedule, all free, open to all levels from beginning to advanced, and all in association with our growing relationship with the New York Public Library. Wednesdays [...]
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