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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>
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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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=542&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=365&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Contemplative practices reduce anxiety</title>
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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&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=302&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consciously slowing down can reduce anxiety</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just caught the tale end of an interview on NPR with Michael Tilson Thomas, music director for the San Francisco Symphony, talking about the audition process for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.  I tuned in to the interview just as he was talking about how musicians tend to speed up when they are nervous. My [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=241&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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