Let’s start or end your day with calm and alert focus and a 14-second photo meditation at blue hour. Blue hour is that hour before sunrise or after sunset when the sun is low on the horizon and the light is soft and cool toned. It evokes a lovely mysteriousness to your photos (and when you're at a lake, it's beautiful to see!).
Remember to let your exhale be longer than your inhale.
Breathe in and out through your nose.
inhale to a count of 5
pause for two
breathe out to a count of 7
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Do you know what horses can teach you about creativity, self-care and stress?
Are you ready to meet and have your life changed by one of the most extraordinary creatives out there? She's a poet, a self-help author, a photographer, leadership coach and (of course) a cowgirl! And she's one of my favorite humans on the planet. Let me introduce you to: Beth Anstandig.
Beth calls herself "a noticer of things".
She notices the way an orange peel can become poetry.
She notices the subtle shifts in the space between horses.
She notices the art of barbed wire, the beauty in a shadow and the healing power of a hug with a four-legged friend.
And she notices how humans have become so adept at swapping stress for self-care, busy-ness for being, and productivity over prioritizing basic needs, that we don't even notice how much it's affecting our relationships and our wellbeing.
In her Natural Leadership work, Beth has guided heavy hitters from Google, Facebook, Adobe and many other leaders of today in how to slow down and use the wisdom of horses (and the...