🏔️ Week 1: Mountain Pose (Tadasana)

If leadership was a practice, what would it be like?

For me, it has always led to the practice of yoga. 

On or off the mat, I often find myself reflecting on the practice of yoga to the principles and practice of leadership.

For example: 

🌱 Yoga: My head spinning from an upside-down view in a downward dog? 

🚀 Leadership: Looking at a situation in a different perspective

🌱 Yoga: Attempting to "fly" in a crow pose?

🚀 Leadership: Trying something new (and potentially falling flat on my face).

🌱 Yoga: Inhaling and exhaling during a balance pose and miraculously staying upright after taking that breath?

🚀 Leadership: Pausing and breathing through the hard stuff.

And there are so many more. 

In an attempt to capture these, I'll be sharing one pose a week. 

The goal: to inspire your own practice of leadership, and maybe spark a little movement, too.

Yoga for Leadership™

🏔️ Week 1: Mountain Pose (Tadasana): Root in What Matters

The world feels like it’s moving faster every day: new crises, new technologies, new expectations.

When everything is shifting, steadiness becomes a superpower.

In yoga, Mountain Pose looks simple. You just stand - feet grounded, spine tall, gaze forward.

But when you actually do it, you'll find that it's an active stillness. Every part of you is engaged, alert, and balanced. It's a choice to be still.

In leadership, it’s the same. 

Stillness isn’t passive. It’s a way to center yourself before you move.

And like a mountain, great leaders re-center back on what grounds them, in their values, in what matters most, even as (and especially when) conditions around them shift.

That grounding is what gives their teams stability and direction.

🌱 Leadership Practice: Before reacting to pressure or change: 

pause, breathe, and root down.

Ask yourself:

How can I lead from what matters most in this moment?

💫 Invitation: Take one minute today to stand still.

Feet grounded, shoulders soft, breath steady - and and reconnect with what centers you.