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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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		<description><![CDATA[The ability to step back, not get caught up in the fray, see the forest for the trees, is key for leaders in all capacities.  When the chaos of an emergent crisis grabs everyone&#8217;s attention, it is so easy to jump in with both feet.  All our attention gets pulled to the details of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=162&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took an aerobic dance class yesterday at my fitness center.  We were doing the cha cha cha and a series of steps with lot&#8217;s of turns.  Long ago as a modern dancer I was trained to &#8220;spot&#8221; when I turned, that is, to focus on one spot during a turn so that I could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&amp;blog=6257156&amp;post=130&amp;subd=speakingpresence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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