Week 11 — A second look at Self-Leadership

This week Jenn Dorby brought in  Kalpna Mangat from Art of Living to show us a more holistic approach to leadership. Kalpna really brought home the idea that leadership is more approachable than we sometimes think, and the qualities we see in great leaders are all things which we too possess. Through Breathing exercise and yoga Kalpna helped give us strategies to lead ourselves through centring ourselves, living in the present and being self aware. 

I loved this class. I love yoga, and I do not do it nearly enough. Sometimes I need that reminded to take a minute to meditate and just stop to collect my thoughts. Every time I do a yoga class I feel like a new person. I feel grounded, relaxed and like I can take on the tasks in front of me, yet it is the first thing I drop when I get stressed out or busy. Yoga is a big part of general wellness which I try to incorporate into my life, but I have to say I have been failing at recently. This class let me reflect on that and try to come up with ways that I can work on my wellness. This all comes back to my goal I created for myself at the beginning of the semester. I wanted to work on my self leadership and I don’t think I have been meeting that goal. Whether it be the fact that I have other things going on in my life — preparing for a trip to Nepal, preparing to move out to my apartment and head up to Haida Gwaii for three months, or if the fact that I am graduating in three months is all I can think of, or I am just making excuses But I think it is time to take a closer look at my self and set some goals for the last month of the semester so I can go into a very busy summer with some habits or strategies in place to succeed.