Ginny Whitelaw (Page 6)
Embodiment is trending. At a time of deep divisions and discontent, the dissociations of head from heart, of talk from walk, of action from a felt sense of its consequences, are wholly inadequate for dealing with the wicked issues we face. So it’s not surprising that an antidote is resonating in the Zeitgeist, what many herald as an emerging stage of human development in which the clever head re-integrates with the deep wisdom of the body. Embodied leadership is showing the way.
From a global pandemic, to rising racism, division, tempers and temperatures, it’s easy to get triggered in this time by a sense of urgency or helplessness, anxiety or depression. Yet there is a way to lead into this time, making the difference that is ours to make. That way, grounded in the 1500-year tradition of physical Zen training moves us beyond a struggling self, where we can be in a mess without being a mess.
When does a spiritual Way become leadership? When does leadership become a spiritual Way? I’ve been reflecting on our new brand, our radiating Zen Leader…
Message from Ginny: I write, a storm rages up the East coast, bringing damage and disruption in its wake, even as it deposits a fine…
FocusOn Winter, 2018 Moving beyond fear into the New Year “Fear is excitement without the breath.” – Fritz Perls Just back from integral Life’s What…
Ginny Whitelaw and David Riordan for Integral Life: originally posted October 7, 2017 It is my pleasure today to talk with Ginny Whitelaw, President of…
Ginny Whitelaw for Integral Post: November 2nd, 2016 “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man…
September 2016 Brown and crinkled leaves begin to collect on my patio, the vanguard of the leaf-onslaught to come. Did summer already shoot by? Not…
Two groups of women, training at a Zen Dojo, thirty years apart. I met the first group when I was a Chozen-ji live-in. For three…