We give Amy Cuddy 30 seconds to describe power poses, and she tells us we should all stand like Wonder Woman.
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How have Black women elders managed stress? In Black Women's Yoga History, Stephanie Y.
Confidence is really your ability to access empowerment in all areas of your life. It’s the opposite of victimhood, and that’s why it’s so liberating. Empowerment doesn’t come from others, it comes from within, and confidence is the same.
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The Path of the Yoga Sutras with Nicolai Bachman
The Stoics bring forth the theme of self-control on a regular basis. Epictetus, for example, spoke about abstaining from talking about vulgar things, and Marcus Aurelius points out that we should set limits to comfort and consumption.
Needless to say, Marcus Aurelius was a busy man, carrying the burden of leadership over an empire, and all the stress that comes from this. His work, Meditations, gives us an idea of how he coped.