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A Simple Tool To Make Better Decisions: The Whole Body Yes
Yash from Authentic Austin
September 13, 2024
Hello, Authentic Austinites!
Ever felt torn between what your head says and your feelings? If our head is all about cognitive capacity, our heart is all about emotional fluidity. Emotional fluidity refers to how deeply you can feel your emotions without contracting or taking them personally.
This week, we're exploring a powerful tool for inquiry that taps into the body's innate wisdom: the Whole Body Yes. Aligning your heart to your decision-making can lead to more authentic choices and a more fulfilling life.
Connecting at our recent event
🎯 What’s Included
Skill Spotlight: Whole Body Yes
Try This: BQ: Bodily Intelligence Mapping
From the Community: Updates from our latest meetup + Authentic Leadership Series!
Resource Corner: Somatic Intelligence Tools
Join us IRL: A²’s Authentic Leadership series is in full swing! Authentic Leadership from the ❤️ + Meetup is on September 25 at 6:30pm. We'll practice centering, reflecting, and catalyzing authentic connections from the heart together. It's a great opportunity to test out this tool in an intimate setting and make authentic connections.
Note: I’m testing out a shift to “require approval” for attendance to reduce no-shows at these events. Let me know what you think of that!
📫 Our calendar is the hub for A² IRL gatherings. Subscribing is the easiest way to get notified of these!
💡 Skill Spotlight
The Whole Body Yes is a practice of building BQ (Bodily Intelligence) that moves attention to the body to discern the internal wisdom around a particular issue/ask/desire/phenomenon. By tuning into our bodily sensations we:
Make better decisions that are more aligned with our true perspectives
Reduce decision fatigue and second-guessing
Align our actions more closely with our deeper values
This practice helps bridge the gap between logical reasoning and intuitive knowing, leading to more confident and fulfilling choices.
🏃🏾♂️Try This
Are you interested in putting this into action?
🧑🤝🧑 From The Community
Partner walks
The group (kind of a trippy pic because it was dusk, but it’s also a vibe!)
Our Authentic Leaders Meetup was ENERGIZING. We connected, meditated, tested out a tool to catalyze authentic connection, and got deep on our #1 challenge right now over a walk!
The most common feedback I heard was “I’m leaving with a new friend that I’ll actually keep in touch with”.
Looking for more of that in your life? Check out our event calendar!
📚 Resource Corner
Book: The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel van der Kolk, explores the connection between body and mind in decision-making and healing
Podcast Snippet: The Whole Body Yes with Tim Ferriss and Diana Chapman, discusses this topic more deeply
📆 Join Us IRL
A²’s Authentic Leadership series is in full swing! Authentic Leadership from the ❤️ + Meetup is on September 25 at 6:30pm. We'll practice centering, reflecting, and catalyzing authentic connections from the heart together. It's a great opportunity to test out this tool in an intimate setting and make authentic connections.
Note: I’m testing out a shift to “require approval” for attendance to reduce no-shows at these events. Let me know what you think of that!
📫 Our calendar is the hub for A² IRL gatherings. Subscribing is the easiest way to get notified of these!
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