Breathing Through Stress: Using The Principles Of Yoga To Manage People The 2017 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat Wednesday, September 27, 2017 3:30pm-4:45pm Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS 1 www.openminds.com 15 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Phone: 717-334-1329 - Email: info@openminds.com
Breathing Exercise 1: Counting Breaths
The Eight Limbs Of Yoga Yama : Universal morality Niyama : Personal observances Asanas : Body postures Pranayama : Breathing exercises, and control of prana Pratyahara : Control of the senses Dharana : Concentration and cultivating inner perceptual awareness Dhyana : Devotion, Meditation on the Divine Samadhi : Union with the Divine 3
Our Focus Today Yamas Niyamas Pranayama Simply put, the yamas are things not to do, or restraints, while the niyamas are things to do, or observances The yamas are broken down into five "wise characteristics." Rather than a list of dos and don ts, "they tell us that our fundamental nature is compassionate, generous, honest and peaceful Pranayama has to do with breath or prana 4
Yamas Ahiṃsa-Nonviolence, non-harming other living beings. Satya-truthfulness, non-falsehood. Asteya- non-stealing. Brahmacharya -chastity, marital fidelity or physical restraint. Aparigraha-non-stealing, non-possessiveness. 5
Niyamas Shaucha-Self-Purification Santosha-Contentment Tapas-Self-Discipline Svadhyaya-Self-Study Ishvara Pranidhana-Self-Surrender 6
How Is This Pertinent? The type of leader you are should be congruent with your life principles Principled leadership is crucial for getting your team through difficult times Why do people follow you? Fear Respect??? 7
How Can These Yogic Concepts Help? Violence Truthfulness Ahimsa-Non- Satya- Santosha- Contentment 8
Ahimsa-Non-Violence Do you treat all people as if they are valuable? When we have a difficult employee, do we wish them away? When we have a challenge in life, do we want to use power to solve it? 9
Satya-Truthfulness Do you create a culture of truth or of hiding the truth? When we have a difficult employee, do we tell them what makes them difficult? When we have a challenge in life, do we share the challenge? And where is the line between sharing too much and not sharing enough? 10
Santosha-Contentment Does contentment mean that we are complacent? Do we do a good job of triaging issues? Do we create crises? Is anything ever good enough? Or how do we continue moving forward if we are content? 11
Breathing Exercise: 4-7-8 Breathing
Making This Practical There is an employee who is always agreeing in meetings and then bad mouths ideas or other staff, or you, outside of meetings? How do you discuss this with them? How do you confront them? 13
Group Discussion: Real Life Example
Final Thoughts Who you are as a leader, is your way of being. We generally want to be with compassion and truthfulness. How, do we both practice truthfulness and ahimsa, especially if we don t like someone? Why is this called a PRACTICE? 15
All People Are Worthy As leaders we are committed to maintaining standards of professional competence and integrity, supporting the mission of our organizations, working for the best interest of our clientele, and supporting the growth of our staff. If we truly commit to the well-being of our staff, embrace truthfulness when dealing with others, don t discriminate, treat others with respect, respect other opinions, we end up as leaders who people follow out of respect and esteem. 16
Final Meditation: Compassion
Questions & Discussion
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