Welcome to the New Moon and to Daring Greatly - an exploration of vulnerability as courage. Join me as we open our hearts and minds to the possibilities of choosing vulnerability as a path to courageous acts each and every day.

Props: 1 bolster or 2 bed pillows, 1 block, 1-2 blankets and any other props or support you would like to have for your practice.

Reading: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt

David Whyte quote (from Consolations): Courage is what love looks like when tested by the simple everyday necessities of being alive.

Courage definition: Cor is Latin for heart

Early definition: To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.

Affirmation: I will not let my fears hold me back. I will elevate my thinking and empower my purpose. I joyfully live my best life out loud, on purpose, and on my own terms.