<![CDATA[Fear Is Teacher - Be Inspired]]>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:15:44 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Wow. This. YES.]]>Sun, 13 Mar 2016 22:03:10 GMThttps://www.fearisteacher.com/be-inspired/wow-this-yesThank you to my friend Lahdan for tipping me off to this David Foster Wallace commencement speech! Wow. Just wow. 
]]><![CDATA[Day 428: Watch This!]]>Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:33:29 GMThttps://www.fearisteacher.com/be-inspired/day-428-watch-thisThere's some good stuff here.
]]><![CDATA[Day 388: On Being]]>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:32:54 GMThttps://www.fearisteacher.com/be-inspired/day-388-on-beingI admit to being biased and slightly obsessed with Seane Corn, but this is a GREAT interview! Give it a listen.
http://www.onbeing.org/program/yoga-meditation-action/248
]]><![CDATA[Day 239: Show Up From Love.]]>Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:00:47 GMThttps://www.fearisteacher.com/be-inspired/day-239-show-up-from-loveI think I forgot, at least in moments this week, that my job is not really to construct a perfect discharge plan, check every task off my to-do list or ask a magically compelling breakthrough-moment question. Which is why I felt, at least in moments, frustrated and powerless. Thanks, Seane Corn, for the reminder that the most we can do, and truly the very best thing that we can do, is to show up from love and commit to that love.  

I cannot believe I'm going to be learning and practicing Chakra Yoga with this amazing woman one month from now at Wake Up Festival! 
]]><![CDATA[Day 230: Manipura]]>Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:34:07 GMThttps://www.fearisteacher.com/be-inspired/day-230-manipuraOn first glance, this is a journey pretty far off the yoga mat--off the mat and into an Esperanza Spalding jam about gitmo.  But if you look again, it's actually a sensory demonstration of the third chakra, manipura, at work.  Somewhere in the sweet spot between shrinking and overbearing, Esperanza lands on assertiveness and makes a point so catchy you'll have absolutely no luck getting it out of your head. Go ahead and try. I assume the only successful antidote would be making a call to a senator or member of congress...  Plus, girl's got some guns. She's gotta be doing her fair share of chaturanga-ing... 

This is pure manipura: where fire turns to flow and creativity catches like wildfire, and all of a sudden Ani Difranco and Stevie Wonder are holding up signs in your music video.  Suddenly one voice spreading a necessary message is amplified into a choir! 
A little bit about the inspiration for and making of the video:
What does your Manipura look like? Or what would it look like with some fuel and some space to ignite...?
]]><![CDATA[Day 226: Fear or Love?]]>Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:16:16 GMThttps://www.fearisteacher.com/be-inspired/day-226-fear-or-loveI've been meaning to watch this Jim Carrey commencement speech since Melissa mentioned it in class a couple weeks ago. Glad I finally got around to it. Eightish minutes well spent!
]]><![CDATA[Phenomenal Woman Indeed.]]>Thu, 29 May 2014 02:43:22 GMThttps://www.fearisteacher.com/be-inspired/phenomenal-woman-indeed Eighty-six phenomenal years.  Timeless phenomenal legacy.
]]><![CDATA[Abide at the center.]]>Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:08:50 GMThttps://www.fearisteacher.com/be-inspired/abide-at-the-centerThanks to Jeff Jackson (previously mentioned muffin-crying impetus) for bringing this Lao Tzu gem to our team meeting one morning last year.
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]]><![CDATA[Urban Yogis in Juvi]]>Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:18:56 GMThttps://www.fearisteacher.com/be-inspired/urban-yogis-in-juvi Oh this is so cool! What an inspiring story! Check out the whole Urban Yogis series on the Chopra Well YouTube channel.
]]><![CDATA[The Journey, by Mary Oliver]]>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:34:37 GMThttps://www.fearisteacher.com/be-inspired/the-journey-by-mary-oliverKristin Neff closed her workshop with this poem. Another good one from Mary Oliver!
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