CL050: Cara Bradley on mindfulness, yoga and creative retreats

Cara Bradley is an author, yoga teacher, mental strength coach and former pro-skater. As the founder of Verge Yoga Center in Philadelphia she helps people combine movement and mindfulness. Meanwhile as the co-founder of non-profit Mindfulness Through Movement, she provides mindfulness programs for more than a dozen schools in urban Philadelphia and runs creative retreats in Italy. Known as a mental strength coach to athletes, she has been training teams and elite athletes for over ten years including at Penn State Basketball, Villanova Football, and the USYSA Olympic Development Program. Cara is also the host of a podcast series called Real Women, Courageous Wisdom and her latest book "On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up and Shine" has just been released on New World Library. In this episode Cara talks about launching her new book, and authoring a book before about in line skating. Cara tells us about the process of launching a book and the book industry. Cara also shares with us how she developed her skills as a coach and as a teacher. "I have the choice to start something and to end something." "We're constantly morphing, and so if we allow ourselves to flow with the constant change of our lives, our businesses, our projects it's okay to start and stop and it's so freeing to live that way." - Cara Bradley Cara Bradley 'Creative Retreats' Show Notes: Launching a book (2:16) Personal mantra (6:10) The operating system for your mind (8:05) Idea machines (10:12) Fear of failure (15:00) Being aligned with your vision (15:25) The neuroscience of mindfulness (19:02) Teaching mindfulness to elite athletes (21:41)  Favorite Tools: On The Verge  Favorite Books: Cultivating Inner Peace by Paul Fleishman Favorite Record: Legend by Bob Marley Join James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameskirktaylor This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show. -------------------- ABOUT JAMES -------------------- As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I'm Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me -------------------- ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE -------------------- The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor. The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me -------------------- SUBSCRIBE -------------------- Never miss a video, and join the Youtube self-help community living the fully creative life: http://www.youtube.com/jamestaylorme