Yoga of Leadership: The Secret to Sanity in Insane Times

Tired of the normal prescriptions of do more be more do it faster cheaper better smarter? Todays leaders need a break! This book shows leaders a way to be powerful and effective in the midst of it all while retaining (or reclaiming) sanity serenity and grounded focus. Yoga provides tools to survive and thrive in an increasingly complex world. Presence of mind peace balance strength confidence space freedom what leader couldnt use more of these? The principles and lessons of yoga have a direct and profound impact on how leaders create and operate their organizations and themselves even if those leaders never take up the physical practice of yoga.THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU IF: -You are a leader: whether emerging novice experienced or sage. -You are a leader: whether of a company a not-for-profit organization a small business an initiative a project a social movement politics a team a community a congregation a family a group a life or yourself. -You are seeking an easier way to connect to your role as a leader amidst the frenzied pace of business and life today. -You are overwhelmed and know theres a better way. -You want strategies for how to regularly access your inner wisdom and find your voice as a leader without missing a beat in your day-to-day work or life. -You are anywhere on the yoga spectrum: practicing or not love yoga or have no idea what yoga is you keep hearing about it or youve maybe tried one class youve seen people do yoga you practice regularly you teach yoga you are an enlightened yogi master.Wherever you are on the yoga spectrum you will find new connections a new perspective and a new way of looking at both Yoga and Leadership.This book could also be subtitled: The Inner Game of Leading since the Yoga of Leadership gives you insight and practices for how to manage your own mind and energy to be most effective as a leader regardless of circumstances in which you find yourself.Its crucial to your success in leadership whether you are leading a company your career a family a team or a community. Think of it as a holistic guidebook that takes you to an integrated approach to leadership. Most education for leaders is outside of ourselves. We go to university and graduate school we read books we attend trainings and webinars watch TED talks or attend conferences -- its all external information coming in from other sources. We have knowledge and wisdom internally that we dont always access or even know how to access in any given situation. Thats what this book is about. Its about how to play your inner game of leadership. This book is written for anyone who finds the competing demands of life difficult to balance. Its for people who aspire to leadership and have questions. Its for people who wake up in leadership roles and wonder what now? Its for people who are entrenched in their leadership role and questioning the demands and perks in search of meaning. Its for people who want success without sacrificing inner peace. Its for people who want to know how to operationalize their intuition.We explore what yoga and leadership have to do with each other. Principles of yoga create harmony balance strength confidence flexibility awareness and joy. The tool of awareness is the secret to the way we impact others. Everything comes from it: motivation leading others mastering yourself making a difference getting results. Yoga of Leadership is access to that awareness of yourself as a leader.