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The Three Commitments

Sometimes the weight of life can seem heavy. You can either be crushed by it or learn how to carry the load. In the fall of 2016, I was traveling non-stop for my work with yoga master Tao Porchon-Lynch. At now almost 100 years old, she shows us how to live with vitality regardless of age. Dancing Light, the book we co-wrote (along with my mom Janie Sykes-Kennedy) won ten awards, and then Tao and I were featured in Athleta’s Power of She campaign. It’s been an exciting time. However, I’ve been experiencing a very strange dichotomy. In between amplifying Tao’s light, I have been fighting extreme darkness in the sunny state of Florida.

Dare to Do

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A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Dare to Do – As Sarah Ban Breathnach said, “The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.”

Kiss The Earth

A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Kiss The Earth – As Rumi said, “There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.”

The Yoga Sutras teach us that the entire world is our own projection, and that things outside neither bind nor liberate us; only our attitudes toward them does that.
- Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy
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For more, read The Power of… PERSPECTIVE.

Define your own Year Zero, a new base point, representing an awakened consciousness and a renewed spirit.
- Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy
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For more, read The Power of… ZERO

10 Qualities of Greatness Inspired by Nelson Mandela

INSPIRATION: For the last ten years, I’ve been talking about a world where “power” is not defined by how much control you have over others, but how much control you have over your Self. It’s not about how many things you acquire, it’s about how many people you inspire. Nelson Mandela epitomizes this Power Living vision and gives us a model of a life well-lived. His example can inform our own daily choices.

Keep Your Head Up

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A DOSE OF POWER LIVING®: Keep Your Head Up – As Nelson Mandela said, “Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.”

Being Optimistic

QUOTE CARD: “Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up despair. That way lays defeat and death.”
-Nelson Mandela