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		<title>What do fear of public speaking, trauma, and yoga have in common</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a conversation with a colleague today about how much I incorporate yoga practices in the coaching I do with my public speaking clients and it reminded me of this article, which I wrote back in 2008.  I thought readers of this blog might be interested and so here it is:
In 2008 I attended [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=542&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from a lint filter, water bottle and electric toothbrush</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somehow, as much as I’m trying to slow down and simplify my life, I always seem to be in a hurry.
Every time I do my laundry I’m reminded that hurrying through my tasks isn’t the most efficient way to get things done.  I always seem to want to quickly empty the lint filter in my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=526&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>About making mistakes, being human, and connecting</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/01/22/about-being-human/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discovering presence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure last night of being invited to a small dinner party for two extraordinary young performing artists who are touring the US from Europe.  Carolina Ullrich and her pianist, Marcelo Amaral, will be performing tonight at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland, Vermont. After playing the Paramount, Carolina, who has just won the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=490&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Openings&#8230; The biggest stumbling block</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2009/12/16/openings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The first few moments of a presentation always terrify me.”
“I know my subject really well and know what I want to say, I just don’t know how to get started.”
“If the first few minutes go well, then I relax for the rest of the talk.”
Statements like these are almost universal. It seems that for almost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=399&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The yoga of public speaking</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2009/12/16/the-yoga-of-speaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discovering presence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[calm down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equanimity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a yoga practitioner for more than 20 years.  At one time I taught yoga.  I now take every opportunity I can to study with different yoga teachers from different traditions.  I do so to expand my experience of myself and to extend my ability to return to a state of inner quiet while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=437&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;What do I do with my hands when I speak?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2009/11/07/hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was having an important conversation with my daughter this week when I became very aware that I was not connecting at all with her.  We were standing by a car and I couldn&#8217;t find a relaxed, comfortable position.  So instead of really listening to what she was saying, I was focused on where I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=411&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking with both feet on the ground</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2009/11/07/swbfotg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago I gave a workshop on this topic with the intention of, for the first time, beginning to clarify what I mean by the phrase &#8220;embodied presence&#8221;.  Here is some of the thinking that went into the workshop.
Where we put our attention, that&#8217;s where energy goes.  This is probably the core principle of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=396&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Self-consciousness vs. Presence</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2009/10/30/self-consciousness-vs-presence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to David&#8217;s comment to my last post about fear arising not at the beginning of a talk but rather 3 or 4 minutes into the talk, I thought I&#8217;d share the first article in a 26 week article series I&#8217;ve written entitled The ABCs of Presence in Speaking, Leading, and Life!  This first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=402&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fear of the first few minutes in public speaking</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2009/09/29/first-few-minutes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I swim for exercise. I swim in pools that are kept relatively cool so that lap swimmers don’t overheat when they work up a “sweat”.
This means that it’s always hard to get into the pool at the beginning of my swim. Once I’ve been in the water for even one lap, the chill wears off [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=365&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;less is more&#8221; approach to public speaking</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2009/04/05/less-is-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am moving!  My new home is about one quarter the size of my current home.  This is a conscious choice for me as I have begun to realize that the only way we can truly impact our ever growing environmental crisis is to make a much smaller footprint on the planet.  And, I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=310&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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