What does compassion have to do with mindful leadership?  Compassion and empathy are great tools to develop and maintain personal relationships.  What happens when leaders encourage the development of compassionate actions in the managerial staff?  The leader becomes a visionary.  Tune in for a controversial discussion about compassion and empathy in the workplace. 

Take the Compassion Quiz and get a full transcript handout at The Mindstream Center.  This episode is an excerpt from a chapter in the upcoming book GETTING TO GAMMA: A Journey for Those Who Didn't Expect to Take One.  Visit the Book Portal for more information or Subscribe at the Mindstream Center to be notified when it's published.  

This podcast is a live, relaxation technique. Imagery you should download and listen to and use while in a safe and comfortable setting.  DO NOT LISTEN to this Podcast while driving, operating machinery or anything that requires your full attention. 

SIT STILL LIKE A MOUNTAIN: 
What happens when you combine yoga, hiking and meditation?  This is our first #relaxationUnderground  "on location meditation."   We are taking our meditation recordings "on the road."   This meditation was recorded on top of a mountain along the Appalachian Trail in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. 

Meditators are often troubled by the appearances of thoughts while practicing. Other times, silence or stillness itself can be agitating. It is designed to help meditators use the natural stillness of a mountain to deal with turbulence in the mind. It uses three breathing techniques and three yoga poses (Easy Pose, Prayer Pose and Seated Mountain Pose) to help the body and mind enter into peace and solitude. 

Enjoy!

Join Host Janet Doucette for a humorous interview with drone pilot and outdoor enthusiast John Winchell, founder of HEALING THROUGH NATURE.  He is also the web portal designer and book editor for her upcoming self-help book GETTING TO GAMMA.  Listen to a behind-the-scenes discussion between the writer and her editor as they approach the end of the book production. 

Janet describes grounding and meditating in nature as necessary elements to the process of re-inventing a successful life.  John offers his personal insights to that very process and the means to  experience a connection to nature using a variety of methods.   SEE HIS VIDEO

"Conventional medicine stresses the importance of good diet and regular exercise for a long healthy life. However, many people tend to head indoors for their workouts at a gym instead of going outside in Nature.

 At first, the benefits of exercising outdoors are not readily apparent. However, once you grasp our elemental connection with the Earth, they quickly become crystal clear. Key to this understanding is the silent bond of consciousness shared by all living things. Our resting state within that awareness is still attention.

 Still attention is when your mind stops, and you suddenly observe everything around you with total clarity of perception. It’s the space between thoughts, the gap between notes in a song, and the silent pause between words on a page." -  John Winchell