In the Balance

As a special bonus this week, Susan talks with Anna Toufexis in a 15 min short conversation about trusting your heart, being vulnerable, and practicing compassing with strangers. You don't want to miss this insightful and moving discussion!

With each breath we begin again. It’s not about right or wrong, good or bad. It’s about being present with what is. “It’s so simple and so profound,” Jean says. “When we breathe more fully, there is less tension in the body.” Kevin suggests taking two really good deep full body breaths a day. The practice of mindfulness begins right there.

Listen in as four women talk about their evolving, ever changing identities as mothers, teachers, and artists. Passionately committed to claiming their voice, finding their path, and fulfilling themselves as authentic women who are taking responsibility for who they are and what they value.  

Carrie Owerko teaches Iyengar yoga as a joyous practice, through a prism of loving kindness and play ~ “Enter the body door with curiosity and affectionate attention, explore ways to relax with uncertainty, surrender to process ~ Let’s not know and see what happens!”

Anthoula is the daughter of a Greek immigrant father who taught her “Always give back to your fellow man.” Faced with great loss she found his words to be a path, a way back into the world and into an even bigger heart than she ever thought possible. Her motto - “My HEART, in all caps, leads the way.”

Ana Paula Cota knows a few things about confidence from her years in the beauty industry and from her grandfather in Brazil. Listen in and prepare to be gently challenged to move out of your comfort zone.