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Breathe Lab | Tara & Aidan Sheahan | TEDxYouth@KC

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Tara, an olympic athlete and son Aidan, an action sports adventurer team up to demonstrate how present moment awareness and breathing techniques can be used to activate the nervous system to create a sense of focus and calm.

Tara co-founded Conscious Global Leadership (CGL) in 2010.  A former elite athlete, Mom, sports marketing and TV exec, Tara got “sick to get well” from Lyme disease and discovered the mind/ body/spirit connection to healing. After recovering and at age 42, she trained and raced to qualify in the 2006 Winter Olympics in cross-country skiing, and was bit again, by a rattlesnake, on the eve of the trials. This inspired her to study Native American medicine and wisdom traditions, particularly the Lakota Sioux of South Dakota. She is a meditation expert, with 9 years of instructor training at One World Academy/Oneness University. 

Tara partnered with Dr. Deepak Chopra and Dr. Rudy Tanzi on a global research study about the anti-aging and health benefits of meditation and a balanced lifestyle. She and son Aidan, a.k.a DJ Sunfeathr, Dr. Mark Testa, and Qualia Threads created Breathelab -- practices to entrain natural nasal breathing -- to make breath work and meditation accessible and fun.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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