I have been working hard on my yoga teacher training. I keep making links between my yogic practice and my holistic leadership practice. It's the same linkage between global spiritual practice/wisdom and modern business insights. There's a sweet spot and a joy that bubbles up knowing that the work is the work. It's the same work. I've been researching the yamas and niyamas over the past four months, reading a lovely book called The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice by Deborah Adele. In my coaching of an executive leader at a private school in Chicago, I can't help myself think about the Yama (principle for how you're supposed to treat yourself) called Asteya, or non-stealing. Part of Asteya is "Building Our Competence." There's a concept called adikara in Sanskrit, or the right to know or right to have. If we want something, then we better grow the competency required to have it. We can dream and wish all we want, but we only get what we want if we have the competency to have it and keep it. You mean to tell me that it's STEALING not to act on our dreams? Yes. That's what I am saying. I never thought of it quite like that before. Deborah Adele says that adikara is like a colander with lots of holes. I might seek something -- a promotion, a new job, a higher salary -- but it eludes me. These are the holes. Building our adikara is like patching our holes. Building our competency takes practice and learning. It takes willingness. It takes a beginner's mindset. Yes, a willingness to be bad at something for a while until we get the hang of it. Preparing ourselves to hold what we want is an exciting full time job. It moves away from any victim stories of "they didn't give it to me" or "I didn't get it" into full responsibility for our lives. Imagine becoming a capable steward for what we ask for. Focus on your goals, dreams, and desires, and then get to work. Build the competency to have them. Seek out mentors and learn from people who have already accomplished what you are seeking...and compensate them fairly.

Everyone is a leader, think of leadership of top-down, bottom up, and sideways. The leadership that is practiced here is about self-appreciation, self-exploration, and the alignment of words and actions. A combination of global spiritual practices and modern business insights. Feel free to connect with each other here. I'm building out coursework for you to grow in your leadership practice. For example, the 7 Holistic Leadership Centers each govern four business principles and overlay the chakra system. The Holistic Leadership Experience Leadership Lab follows the podcast, "Inside the Holistic Leadership Experience: A Leadership Lab.' I'm swimming through yoga teacher training and reading the Bhagavad Gita, so you can learn right along with me. More to come! Tell me, what's your biggest pain point in your leadership practice? Glad you're here! Laura

Welcoming our two newest members. Excited you're here! This is where we practice our leadership in the form of self exploration. This is the leadership lab where we can work together to grow in our leadership practice. Holistic leadership sits at the intersection of business and spirituality, aligning words and actions to create integrity. Glad to have you on board! Laura

I have been developing content for a long time and honing my holistic leadership scholarship, methodology, framework, practice and I have found some folks to participate with the work but I thought I would try connecting on skool. Holistic leadership sits at the intersection of Business and spirituality. Finding a group of conscious business people and entrepreneurs is Right? Certainly the sweet spot. As people hone and find their way, I act as a concierge, attache, and doula in the process of deepening your holistic leadership practice. Holistic leadership is code for self-exploration, self- appreciation, and self-discovery. Once you work on your inside landscape with your inner leader, it is so much more effortless and easy to connect with the outer leader in the outside space. Join me as we learn together! I have tools and resources and am a holistic leadership coach ready to assist you in honing your leadership practice in a creative way. Feel free to introduce yourselves!