Hosted by Rosaria Cirillo, in this “Happiness practice” (5 to 30-minute recording in which we guide you through one practice that contributes to our happiness or increases our awareness), we recorded a guided #yoganidra session.

This practice includes the following stages:

1. Getting ready with our body, breath, mind, and emotions
2. Making a resolution/setting an intention
3. Doing a body scan
4. Focusing on breath awareness
5. Going through a visualization
6. Going through different senses' perception
7. Repeating the resolution/intention
8. Returning back to normal

This session has been validated with Himalayan gurus during my Yoga TT in Nepal, about which I shared more in episode 21 and in this blog post ⁠15 takeaways from my Yoga Teacher training & journey in Nepal⁠.

In the wider yoga wisdom, Yoga Nidra is one of the stages of Raya Yoga, about which we shared more in the blog post ⁠What is Yoga and what are the 16 types of Yoga connected to 7 chakras⁠ ⁠

In previous episode 24, we shared more about the theory behind this practice, sharing:

🌻 a poem written by Swami Satyananda Saraswati

🌻 a shortened abstract from the article “The Origin and Clinical Relevance of Yoga Nidra” published in 2022 on ⁠PubmedCentral⁠

🌻 A few key insights from the book Yoga Nidra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, focusing on the four main benefits of Yoga Nidra.

We hope you find both episodes insightful and helpful, and we look forward to hearing your feedback either in the Q&A session on Spotify or by sending us an email at podcast@wownow.eu!

🤨 Curious? Tune in and listen to this episode.

You can find out more about the Himalayan Yoga Academy I stayed at and the courses they offer ⁠⁠on their HYA website ⁠⁠or check them on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠

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Connect with Rosaria ⁠⁠on Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠

If you liked the show, we appreciate it if you shared it with one person who may benefit from it too. Subscribe to our channel & tune in for the next episode. You can find all the episodes and discover more business happiness contribution tips on our ⁠⁠The Happiness Contribution™ Show website⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Instagram page⁠⁠

Want to be inspired (or get your company and colleagues inspired) by our host Rosaria? Check out her ⁠⁠keynotes⁠⁠, ⁠⁠sessions⁠⁠, ⁠⁠training programs⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠advisory⁠⁠ offerings ⁠⁠on her website⁠⁠ and all ⁠⁠her books available on Amazon⁠⁠

🌻Stay healthy & happy, keep smiling, nurture #happinesscontribution, and tune in for the next episode!

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“The Happiness Contribution™ Show is hosted by Rosaria Cirillo (Happiness Change Catalyst, Certified Happiness Trainer, Customer Experience Professional, and Laughter Yoga Teacher), and is available as a webcast on YouTube and Spotify, and on your favorite channels as a podcast. In this podcast, we talk with incredible people about the various roles Happiness plays in our lives, and we share knowledge and practices about what contributes to our happiness and how we can contribute to others’ happiness as individuals and as business leaders.

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Welcome! Just back from a full month in Nepal, in this episode I (your host Rosaria Cirillo) share with you:

• 🌻 How did it all start and why I went to Nepal
• 🌻 What did I do in Nepal for a whole month (spoiler: followed 200 hours Yoga Teacher Training, Reiki Level 1 course, and Singing Bowls introduction course)
• 🌻 What is actually Yoga (spoiler: is not just postures or Asana)
• 🌻 What are my key learning and take away from the best gurus and teachers I had this month

• 🌻 What are my new intentions and habits building now that I’m back home (a special thank for this one to Marjolein Van der Kruk for her suggestion on the day before my return to prepare such a list to make sure I would keep the expansion from this #transformationaljourney also when back into "normality")
• 🌻 three gifts technique that allows us to turn any challenge into an opportunity, from Shirzad Chamine #PositiveIntelligence Coaching program I followed in April & May (spoiler: inspired action, knowledge, and power)
• 🌻 3 types of recovery recommended by Tal Ben-Shahar to handle any type and amount of stress (spoiler: mini-recovery, mid-recovery, and macro-recovery)

🤨 Curious? Tune in and listen to this episode.

You can find out more about the Himalayan Yoga Academy I stayed at and the courses they offer on their HYA website or check them on Instagram

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Connect with Rosaria on Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube

If you liked the show, we appreciate it if you share it with one person that may benefit from it too. Subscribe to our channel & tune in for the next episode. You can find all the episodes and discover more business happiness contribution tips on our The Happiness Contribution™ Show website & Instagram page

Want to be inspired (or get your company and colleagues inspired) by our host Rosaria? Check out her keynotes, sessions, training programs, and advisory offerings on her website and all her books available on Amazon

🌻Stay healthy & happy, keep smiling, nurture #happinesscontribution, and tune in for the next episode!

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“The Happiness Contribution™ Show is hosted by Rosaria Cirillo (Happiness Change Catalyst, Certified Happiness Trainer, Customer Experience Professional, and Laughter Yoga Teacher), and is available as a webcast on YouTube and Spotify, and on your favorite channels as a podcast. In this podcast, we talk with incredible people about the various roles Happiness plays in our lives, and we share knowledge and practices about what contributes to our happiness and how we can contribute to others’ happiness as individuals and as business leaders.

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This episode was recorded using StreamYard. Want to check it out yourself? Here is our affiliate code which will give you 10$ credit: https://streamyard.com/pal/5135760815816704

In this episode, I share the highlights, and the learnings made during the three months of my husband's hospitalization and after, and what contributed to my happiness also on hard times.

Welcome to “The Happiness Contribution™ Show!

Hosted by Rosaria Cirillo (Happiness Change Catalyst, Certified Happiness Trainer, Customer Experience Professional, and Laughter Yoga Teacher), in “The Happiness Contribution™ Show” we talk with remarkable people about the various roles Happiness plays in our lives, and we share knowledge and practices about what contributes to our happiness and how we can contribute to others’ happiness as individuals and as business leaders. And we do so grounded in the reality of life.

Episode 16 –  the first episode after 3 months unplanned hiatus – was a “special” edition in an unusual format… a solo during which I shared the life that happened to me in the 3 months which turned out to be the hardest time of my life to date. It turned out to be a very long episode.

In the first 1 hour and 15 minutes I share the chronicles of my husband hospitalization and in the following 30 minutes I shared what depleted me and what enriched me during these 3 months. Given the length and the answers in the poll attached in the spotify episode which asked to split it in two episodes, on March 22nd I recorded this new solo where in the first 10 minutes I share really the highlights of what happened November through January and how I’m doing now and then the conclusions and learnings I initially shared in February in episode 16 (and that I will soon remove from there) including the insights from Tal Ben-Shahar on how to turn a traumatic experience into an opportunity for growth, and my overall learning and conclusion.

Ready? Tune in and listen.

Links mentioned in this show: 

- New sessions and programs open to individuals to nurture your well-being and flourish: https://wownow.eu/opentraining/

- Book extract of the entire Smile chapter of the book (and a few extra chapters as Lagniappe): https://wownow.eu/YellowFactorSmile 

- Reiki Healing mantra ra-ma-da-sa-sa-say-so-hung. You can listen to it on ⁠Spotify⁠ 

- You can read more about it and how to use it to send headlong wishes to someone sick at https://www.laviadelreiki.org/2017/11/18/mantra-ra-ma-da-sa-sa-say-so-hung/ 

- Rosaria’s in-company Wellbeing boosters sessions https://wownow.eu/sessions/ 

- More details on the Uppiness Game session Rosaria’s can run on demand for your company or as an open class: https://wownow.eu/uppinessgame 

~~~ Connect with our host Rosaria ⁠on Instagram⁠, ⁠Linkedin⁠, and ⁠YouTube⁠ 

If you liked the show, we will appreciate it if you share it with one person that may benefit from it too. Subscribe to our channel & tune in for the next episode. 

🌻 Stay happy & happy, keep smiling, and nurture #happinessdrivengrowth

Welcome to “The Happiness Contribution™ Show!

Hosted by Rosaria Cirillo (Happiness Change Catalyst, Certified Happiness Trainer, Customer Experience Professional, and Laughter Yoga Teacher), in “The Happiness Contribution™ Show” we talk with remarkable people about the various roles Happiness plays in our lives, and we share knowledge and practices about what contributes to our happiness and how we can contribute to others’ happiness as individuals and as business leaders. And we do so grounded in the reality of life.

In this episode, I share with you the recording of the keynote I did for the European Customer Centricity Awards held by ARCET Global in September 2022. ARCET Global helps to recognize organizations around the world who are doing amazing things in customer experience. If you would like to learn more you can visit their website www.arcetglobal.com or their awards site https://customercentricityworldseries.com/

Here is a glimpse of some of the topics covered in this episode:

🌻 my vision of Happiness Driven Growth and HCX, Human-Centric and Happiness-Contributing Experience,

🌻 why happiness matters in business

🌻 how we can embrace a version 5.0 of business where happiness is at the center of what we do, and profit, prosperity, and growth follow as result for all stakeholders,

🌻 how businesses can contribute to happiness for their customers, employees, and society overall, nurturing 9 types of Yellow Factors, conveniently fitting the acronyms HAPPINESS, using the 6 DRIVEN competencies, and moving through the 6 stages of GROWTH

🤨 Curious? Tune in and listen to this episode.

Thanks to Firat Aras (from FiratFotografie.nl) for recording this talk outside along the Zaan, enduring boats, planes, and ducks passing by, and birds chipping all around. Thanks to ARCET for the permission to share this keynote and spread the message further.

If I can be of any help or support for you and your company with my advisory, keynotes, sessions, or training programs, I would love to hear from you. Get in touch. Connect with me Rosaria on Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube

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If you liked the show, we appreciate it if you share it with one person that may benefit from it too. Subscribe to our channel & tune in for the next episode. You can find all the episodes and discover more business happiness contribution tips on our The Happiness Contribution™ Show website & Instagram page

Want to be inspired (or get your company and colleagues inspired) by our host Rosaria? Check out her keynotes, sessions, training programs, and advisory offerings on her website and all her books available on Amazon

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🌻Stay happy & happy, keep smiling, nurture #happinesscontribution, and tune in for the next episode!

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