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Ramona Wis

The Conductor as Yogi: The Brain-Healthy Rehearsal

November 1, 2022 by Ramona Wis Leave a Comment

In my last post, we looked at the brain’s response to stress and the importance of understanding stress not only as a “feeling” thing but also, a “thinking” thing.  The effects of stress can negatively impact our short-term memory and our ability to manage the details of our professional and personal worlds and can have […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Others, Self Care, The Choral Life Tagged With: Choral Method, Wellness, Yoga

The Conductor as Yogi: This Is Your Brain on Stress

October 18, 2022 by Ramona Wis Leave a Comment

One of the most common reasons people come to a yoga class is to de-stress.  Stress is at the center of our modern lifestyles, so engaging in the physical practice of yoga, as well as the meditation, mindfulness, and breathing that are built into the eight-limbed yoga practice, go a long way to helping us […]

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The Conductor as Yogi: Letting Go

October 4, 2022 by Ramona Wis Leave a Comment

“Letting go” is hardly a surprising topic for a yoga blog.  But for the conductor?  Now there’s an interesting exploration. Letting go is central to yoga and other wisdom practices.  We sit on the mat and focus on our breathing, letting go with each exhale.  We consider the words of poets and sages, of scripture […]

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The Conductor as Yogi: The Illusion of “Done”

September 20, 2022 by Ramona Wis Leave a Comment

We are list makers, task accomplishers, and detail managers.  We juggle between our professional and personal lives, never really stopping for long because there is always one more item on the list, one more email to send, one more errand to run.  When we finish that, we think, then we will be “done.” The only […]

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The Conductor as Yogi: Our Invisible Practice

September 6, 2022 by Ramona Wis Leave a Comment

Welcome back to The Conductor as Yogi!  I took a break from blog writing this summer to create some space to breathe, be with my family, explore other writing projects, and to enjoy the summer’s long days and what nature has to offer.  I hope you, as well, had a chance to make some space […]

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The Conductor as Yogi: Lighten-ing Ways

May 31, 2022 by Ramona Wis Leave a Comment

As I write this, it is 5:47 AM on a Saturday morning.  It is light outside and has been for a while.  While I prefer sleeping in a little later, there is something about these longer spring days of earlier sunrises and later sunsets that creates an expanded sense of space and time. We can […]

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