after her presentation as seen here. Nice to hear her so up close and personal – as after all she’s had millions of viewers on her TED talk – as has her sister, on a totally different subject, still as fascinating (on virtual gaming). So it’s a treat to see her actually LIVE at a local high school auditorium. Very town-hall-ish, very down to earth in spite of her celebrity? status.
She can be seen on TED talk – someone who practices yoga, taught yoga, living the yoga off the mat into the world we live in. After the talk, there was the book signing. She responded by citing her past involvement in the field of yoga therapy when I mentioned my current training – who are your teachers? she asked – and gave a big nod. She has served on the board of IAYT knowing most of my teachers. Lovely reassurance from a lucid one. So let’s appreciate this scientific finding, that our stress does not kill us; how our mind frames the experience of stress can either make us more resilient and courageous or … kill us. As we know the mind-body connection, yoga and meditation practice can go as far as rewiring those connections to improve our stress response. The practice, then becomes … therapeutic. That’s when it makes a difference since that relief changes people’s behaviors and mindsets for the better.
