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		<title>&#8220;What do I do with my hands when I speak?&#8221;</title>
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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&#038;blog=6257156&#038;post=411&#038;subd=speakingpresence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago, I gave a talk with Dr. Sara Lazar, neuroscientist and researcher at Mass General Hospital, a Harvard teaching hospital.  Sara&#8217;s research is centered on changes in brain structures that result from meditation and yoga. Her results are very interesting!  Basically they show that regular awareness (or contemplative) practices like yoga and meditation  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&#038;blog=6257156&#038;post=302&#038;subd=speakingpresence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The power of silence to unite&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended a meeting where after we went around the room and introduced ourselves, we dropped into a period of silence before anyone began to speak.  This was not an uncomfortable silence but simply a time for each of us to become present so that the ensuing conversation felt very different than the way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&#038;blog=6257156&#038;post=258&#038;subd=speakingpresence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More on Obama&#8217;s presence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s one final thought on Obama&#8217;s presence during his inauguration speech. Think about how you felt while  listening to his speech.  Then read the text of his speech. Do you get the same feeling? If we go through the various ways we could have taken in his speech, we&#8217;d get varying degrees of his presence: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&#038;blog=6257156&#038;post=77&#038;subd=speakingpresence&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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