The Happiness Contribution™ Show Rosaria Cirillo, Wow Now

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:


Getting ready with our body, breath, mind, and emotions
Making a resolution/setting an intention
Doing a body scan
Focusing on breath awareness
Going through a visualization
Going through different senses' perception
Repeating the resolution/intention
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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Hosted by Rosaria Cirillo, in this “Insight episode” (20 to 30 minutes recording in which we share in-depth content about happiness, what contributes to our happiness, and how businesses can do their part in contributing to the happiness of their employees, customers, or society) I share with you a bit of background and theory about Yoga Nidra, a great well-being practice I first learned about during pregnancy Yoga classes in 2010, then during the Laughter Yoga Teacher Training in 2021, and then again 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 this episode, I share:

🌻 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:


It’s a powerful relaxation and recharge technique, that releases all three basic types of tension that are responsible for all the agonies of modern life: Muscular, Emotional, and Mental tension
It’s a great Mind Programming Technique
It’s a great Gateway to Meditation
It’s so easy anyone Can Do it  

In the next episode (25), we recorded a guided meditation, so that you can use that track as often as you like without having to fast forward through the theory.

We hope you find it insightful, 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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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

Welcome! In today's episode, our guest is Dorota Klop-Sowinska, Executive Career Coach, Author of Career Jump, Founder of DoSo! Coaching

Dorota Klop-Sowinska is a certified coach and counselor from the Dutch Academy for Psychotherapy. Dorota is an international career coach with over 14 years of experience in coaching. In 2020, Dorota completed a breakthrough study in neuro coaching and obtained a BrainBased Coaching Certificate and Results Trained Coach certificate from the NeuroLeadership Institute. Dorota is also a certified Mental Fitness Coach. In 2022 Dorota was selected to join Forbes Coaches Council.
Dorota is the author of “Career Jump! How to successfully Change Your Professional Path” & “How to Get a Job in the Netherlands."
Before transitioning into coaching she worked in a corporate
setting which enables her to understand the challenges of a
corporate career.
Her focus lies predominately on career development, career
transition, communication skills, leadership skills, talent
development, and cross-cultural communication.

In the past 14 years, Dorota has worked with a wide range of
clients, from top company executives to middle-level management, and individuals willing to take charge of their careers. Dorota's clients describe her as a balanced person, who creates a strong feeling of comfort and trust. A person who is not afraid to confront and respectfully ask difficult questions.



Dorota in 5 sentences:

💛 I am the wife of a Dutch guy, the mother of two great daughters, and of a wonderful dog, from Poland.

💛 I am passionate about my family, learning, my job, and being in
the forest.  Crazy about Matcha. Yoga fan. 

💛 I love Matcha & Yoga. 

💛 I hate war.

💛 To me, happiness contribution means making sure my family is happy and making sure my clients have jobs that they love. 



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

🌻 Definition of Happiness & Dorota Yellow Factor Inward & Outward

🌻 Health, Play, & Purpose

🌻 What gets in the way of people finding their path and leading a
fulfilling career

🌻 How do we know or feel when we have found our path to a fulfilling career

🌻 Whether there is just one path to a fulfilling career and life

🌻 How the Adult Parent Child psychotherapy model applies to career choices

🌻 Life changing book & Golden nugget



You can learn more about Dorota on www.dosocoaching.com and connect with her on Facebook LinkedIn and Instagram



Books mentioned in the episode:

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher

Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work by David Rock

Career Jump!: How to Successfully Change Your Professional Path by Dorota Klop-Sowinska

Yellow Factor: Happiness in Business by Rosaria Cirillo



🤨 Curious? Tune in and listen to this episode.

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Connect with our host Rosaria ⁠on Instagram⁠ ⁠Linkedin⁠ ⁠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 , and ⁠training programs⁠ 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, Yoga and Laughter Yoga Teacher), and is available as a webcast on YouTube and Spotify, and on your favorite channels as a podcast.
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Welcome! In today's episode, our guest is Shay Klomp Bueters, Functional Medicine Consultant & Founder of Contagiously Healthy

Shay graduated from the University of Montana with Bachelor of Science in Health and Human performance with a focus in Exercise Science and Corporate Wellness. After over 10 years in a 9-5 as the Director of an International Trade Organization, she decided it was time to go back to her roots in health and wellness, graduating from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and The School of Applied Functional Medicine (SAFM). Shay has given nutritional workshops in English and in Dutch at corporations in the Netherlands such as ASR Verzekering via High Five, Oracle, Cisco, Nike, along with organizations and schools such as the Impact Hub, the “Zo Blijven Wij Gezond” Festival, The International School of Amsterdam, and the American International Community School in Amsterdam. Shay was invited to join the Sugar Summit hosted by Sugarwise, an international certification body for sugar claims, which took place at the European parliament in Brussels, along with being an expert on the Global Kick Sugar Summit. In experiencing firsthand the power of nutrition and lifestyle changes to overcome infertility and burnout, Shay is keen to empower others to reclaim their health. The body has an incredible ability to heal when allowed to! Implementing Functional Medicine has been a game changer for Shay personally and professionally, in healing her own asthma, as well as sharing the knowledge with the clients she is blessed to educate, inspire and empower enabling them to move step by step into a place of sustainable wellness and vitality. 

Shay in 2 sentences:

💛 I am a wife and mother, who has a passion for transforming health care from a grassroots level with the lovely clients who I am blessed to partner with on
their unique health journey.

💛 To me, happiness contribution means partnering with people to transform their health so that they feel optimal and vital and truly can enjoy life to the fullest



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

🌻 Definition of Happiness & Shay Yellow Factor Inward and Outward,

🌻 Health, Play, and Smile,

🌻 Contagiously Healthy,

🌻 Impact of sugar and gluten on inflammation

🌻 Nutrition

🌻 3 key steps of optimal health: Maximize, Minimize, Prioritize

🌻 Life changing book and Golden nugget

 

You can learn more about Shay on her website and connect with her on  Instagram and Facebook



🤨 Curious? Tune in and listen to this episode.

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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 S

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

Welcome! In today's episode, our guest is Alwin Put, the author of Captains of Leadership: Build your Facilitative Confidence, a Design Thinking expert, sought-after facilitator, trainer, and speaker. He has a long track record in Marketing & Brand Strategy, working with start-ups, scale-ups, corporates, and his own ventures. His book summarises his learnings when leading co-creation sessions with countless people from all kinds of organizations. 



I first met Alwin while I was delivering a workshop on using the science of Happiness in Business during the Design Thinking Conference in Amsterdam in 2019. Later on, I followed his journey of publishing his book Captains Of Leadership –which I loved and I highly recommend reading - and last year I followed two of his courses, one on Facilitative Leadership and one on Breathing work. He fully embodies and applies in his work what I call HCX: Human-Centered, Happiness-Contributing, and Heart-Centered Experience, and I’m glad to have had him on the podcast to share just a pinch of his wisdom with our audience.



Alwin in 6 sentences:

💛 I am a father of two sons and a husband to an amazing woman living in the area of Belgium which is close to the Netherlands and Germany.

💛 I love reading and writing, movies, theatre, concerts, and basically everything that conveys stories.

💛 I have been exploring the concept of spirituality since my teens and I have spent half of my life in corporate environments and some but too little in start-up environments

💛 I honestly hate parsnip, it really makes me nauseous which is one of the strangest words to write in English 

💛 I wish I could turn the whole world into Captains of Leadership. If that happened I would finally watch the news again

💛 To me, happiness contribution means making other people happy



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

🌻 Definition of Happiness & his Yellow Factor Inward and Outward,

🌻Empathy, Autonomy, and Purpose,

🌻 Facilitative Leadership,

🌻 Importance and impact of managing our own state

🌻 3 key steps of facilitation: Guide, Conduct, Catalyze

🌻 3 key steps of facilitation

🌻 Golden nugget: there is no truth in life, everything changes continuously and there are just different perspectives. Facilitation is about the celebration of different perspectives. There is just creation, and life keeps changing and evolving.



You can connect with Alwin on:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alwinput/

On his blog:  https://www.captainsofleadership.com/captains-blog



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Connect with our host 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 happy & 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?