Living from the Wisdom of Silence

with Edi Pasalis

(Season 3 | Episode 133)

[TESSA] The wisdom of silence. It brings so much to mind. When you consider that word what do you think about? Yoga? A pause in your day? A morning ritual? The times in between? Contemplation.

As it turns out silence is a thing you can practice. It can help you become more familiar with your own self. A means of feeling your body and looking at your mind. Just the act of inhaling and exhaling has a space in between… a pause… a silence. Try it right now – see that space in between?

Edi does not speak in generalities in this podcast episode. In fact, we do a silence exercise to start. Edi is so articulate: she is able to take us through the thinking behind the yoga practice that she teaches… you may feel like you are inside one of Edi’s sessions in this conversation. So – yes – it’s really great!

Leaving you with these words – prior to listening to our conversation about the wisdom of silence.

Edi Pasalis on Linkedin

Breath | Relax | Feel | Watch | Allow

Edi Pasalis at Kripalu

Before stepping into the lead faculty role at Kripalu, Edi Pasalis spent a decade on the Kripalu Leadership team as the Director of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordinary Living where she helped birth RISE™, Kripalu’s evidence-based initiative to create more people-centered, emotionally intelligent workplaces. She oversaw the mindful resilience training of thousands of educators, health and human services providers, law enforcement personnel, business leaders, and middle and high school students.

Outcomes of this work have been published in the Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health and the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and have been presented at the Worksite Wellness Council of MA, American Academy of Management, the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine & Healthcare, the Embodied Positive Psychology Conference, and the Symposium on Yoga Research.

Edi has been learning, growing, and serving through yoga for over 25 years. She holds certificates in Kripalu Yoga and Positive Psychology and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and Harvard Divinity School, and is a student of the Presencing Institute for awareness-based systems change. Edi is amazed by the power of practice, and is particularly interested in how yoga helps people connect to shared aliveness and embody greater wellbeing for ourselves, our communities, and the planet.

You can read some of Edi’s written work at the links below.

Edi Pasalis The Connection Between Equity and Yoga

The great yogis, knowing all things are interconnected, have always applied the wisdom of yoga to the world around them.

READ THE ARTICLE

What is Generative Listening? And Why You Should Try It

Do you feel overwhelmed by the scope of challenges facing us right now?

READ THE ARTICLE

Embodying Happiness: The Positive Power of Yoga

READ THE ARTICLE

About Tessa

Tessa Krone is the engine behind and the face of The Open Nesters.

Tessa holds an MA in Consciousness Studies and is a speaker, coach, program, and journey facilitator & leader, author, and, of course, Podcaster.

Her offerings are based on her mission to help people open to their most self-expressed, loving selves. Tessa’s specialties include embodiment from all the senses and elements of our inner and outer lives, ranging from mindfulness, dance, play, and sensory exploration in nature. If she had one superpower, it would be to help people, especially as they age, to live more open-hearted lives.