Julie Rosenberg - Beyond the Mat Achieve Focus, Presence, and Enlightened Leadership through the Principles and Practice of Yoga

Dr. Rosenberg has the courage to make the connections between mind, body, productivity, and authenticity. In a cynical world full of self-doubt and fear of the future, Rosenberg presents a way through the commotion and noise that is practical, applicable, and designed to allow us to live more congruent, purposeful lives. Its one thing to talk in platitudes. Its another thing to embrace an approach that increases the probability we will live the kind of lives that we dream about.

P ROFESSOR T HOMAS D E L ONG , senior fellow and former professor of Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School and former head of Human Capital at Morgan Stanley

Dr. Julie Rosenbergs Beyond the Mat urges readers to use yoga to improve their lives in and beyond the workplace and demonstrates the potential power of yoga to transform lives, systems, and organizations. The book is an important contribution to a body of literature that celebrates and cultivates compassion, kindness, and empathy.

D R. B ARBARA V ACARR , CEO of Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health

With a lovely candor and pragmatism, Julie Rosenberg explores how applying yoga practices can transform both the personal and the corporate landscape. Read Beyond the Mat for insight into essential yogic principles, as well as simple and inspiring lessons on how to integrate them into daily life. A vital contribution for anyone trying to bring their best self into the workplace.

N ATASHA R IZOPOULOS , master teacher and teacher trainer; creator of Align Your Flow

Dr. Rosenbergs book examines the internal process of improving mindfulness through the principles and practices of yoga. As someone who has gained great insight through my own practice of mindfulness, the concepts and ideas outlined in this book are highly relevant to anyone working to achieve greater focus, presence, and enlightened leadership.

M ARK B ERTOLINI , chairman and CEO, Aetna

Beyond the Mat serves as a compass for leaders to work and breathe with purpose beyond traditional markers of success. Weaving between easy step-by-step handbook and stories of real-life experiences, Julie Rosenberg offers both path and parable for anyone who hopes to lead by service and clarity of vision and intention. This wonderful book provides a chance to detach from the distractions of business book a leadership and anchor to the precepts of human leadership. Beyond the Mat is my new desktop companion, and I am certain it will serve my company, my employees, and me quite well.

S TANTON K AWER , chairman and CEO, Blue Chip Marketing Worldwide

Dr. Rosenberg combines the rare talents of advanced medical training and practice, leadership in a high pressure industry, and hundreds of hours of training in yoga and meditation to share with us the special sauce and power of success: a practice of yoga that combines mind, body, and spirit. Her tools, even as simple as twisting in your chair purposefully at work, will enhance your life and will be used to coach my patients in my clinic.

J OEL K . K AHN , MD, FACC, clinical professor of cardiology; author, The Whole Heart Solution

Offering easily accessible and concise practices for body and mind, Julie Rosenberg captures the depth and wisdom of ancient yoga in the every-day tools she presents in Beyond the Mat. I am always on the hunt for a book that inspires both my students and meDr. Rosenberg gives everyone the tools necessary to walk through personal and professional life with embodiment, peace, and precision.

J ENNIFER R EIS , certified yoga therapist and faculty, Kripalu School of Yoga and Creator of Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra

Many of us are struggling with busyness, stress, and exhaustion in the face of our over-burdening lives and over-demanding roles. What Julie Rosenberg does beautifully in this book is to apply the ancient wisdom of yoga to the modern challenges of twenty-first-century life and work. This book is both practical and profound. Its like a new set of glasses: it helps you to see familiar problems a bit differently, a bit more clearly. It also provides a host of simple techniques and tools to respond more effectively. For anyone who has found mindfulness useful, this book is a must; it will help you extend your mindfulness through your body, life, and leadership.

T ONY C RABBE , author of Busy: How to Thrive in a World of Too Much

Beyond the Mat unrolls the red carpet of yoga in front of the readerit demystifies yoga and makes the practices of mindfulness, pranayama, and asanas accessible to every reader. Dr. Julie Rosenberg shares her personal experience as to how practicing these techniques can help with stress management, job performance, and personal satisfaction. Everyone wants to feel good, and to feel good about themselves. Beyond the Mat offers a sound practice of how to achieve both.

M ARK L IPONIS , MD, chief medical officer, Canyon Ranch, and author of Ultralongevity and The Hunter Farmer Diet Solution

Full of user-friendly tools that make yoga accessible for even the busiest and most skeptical, Julie Rosenbergs Beyond the Mat is an intelligent and easy-to-read practical guide to life for everyone. Julies own personal journey and experience offer a captivating backdrop and give her words of wisdom great credence. Inspiring!