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Ananda’s Reflection on Nia (purpose), the 5th Day of Kwanzaa

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Greetings All,

Today is the fifth day of Kwanzaa. We celebrate Nia, the Swahili word for purpose.  Listen to my reflection on Nia  below.

What is your definition of purpose?

What was your purpose for 2009?

What is your purpose for 2010?

In 2009, my purpose was centered in my intention to take better care of myself.  My practice of self-care elegantly unfolded into a commitment to be kind and gentle with myself. Compassion was the elixir that fueled my kind and gentle self-care practice.  As a result, I was able to incorporate more kindness, gentleness, and compassion into my creative/yoga/Reiki healing touch/social media work, service efforts, and interactions with others.

In 2010, my purpose is to deepen my commitment to practice and promote compassion in my creative/yoga/Reiki healing touch/social media work, service efforts, and interactions with others.  I have adopted the Charter for Compassion, a global campaign created by British author Karen Armstrong (launched on November 12, 2009), as a guide for healthy, mindful, and balanced living.  In the coming months, I will mindfully weave the Charter for Compassion’s goals into my creative/yoga/Reiki healing touch/social media work, service efforts, and interactions with others.  To learn more about the Charter for Compassion, watch the video below.

Enjoy your day and week!

Peace, Creativity, Purpose, and Compassion,

Ananda

Happy 4th Day of Kwanzaa – Ujamaa – Cooperative Economics

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Greetings All!

Today is the fourth day of Kwanzaa.  Ujamaa is the principle we celebrate today. It means cooperative economics.  Click on the Cinchcast Player below to hear my thoughts.

I encourage you to practice Ujamaa by supporting indie authors like myself and artists such as Eric Roberson – www.ericrobersonmusic.com.  What does cooperative economics mean to you?

Enjoy your day and week!

Peace, Joy, Creativity, Gratitude, Compassion, Unity, Self-Determination, Collective Work & Responsibility, and Cooperative Economics,

Ananda

Happy 3rd Day of Kwanzaa – Ujima (collective work & responsibility)

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Habari Ghani!  Ujima!

Today is the third day of Kwanzaa.  Ujima is a Swahili word for collective work and responsibility. For me, ujima means coming together to serve and work for my community’s highest and greatest good.  I contribute my gifts and skills as service.  When I join with others in the spirit of unity – umoja and compassion, I am able to promote and create the reality of collective work and responsibility.

What does ujima mean to you?

Enjoy your day and week!

Peace, Creativity, Compassion, Gratitude, Unity, Self-Determination, and Collective Work & Responsibility,

Ananda

Videos from Ananda’s December 6th Book Release Party

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Happy Kwanzaa and New Year!

I hope your holiday season has been a joyous one so far!  Today I uploaded several videos from my December 6th book release party that celebrated my new book That Which Awakens Me: A Creative Woman’s Poetic Memoir of Self-Discovery.  Enjoy! 

That Which Awakens Me and my debut novel Love’s Troubadours – Karma: Book One (www.lovestroubadours.com) are both available on Amazon.com:   http://tiny.cc/7uFsg and http://tinyurl.com/yfxtqyq.

Enjoy your week!

Peace, Compassion, Gratitude, Unity, and Self-Determination,

Ananda

Ananda is talking with best-selling author M.J. Ryan on Go Green Sangha Radio’s Dec. 13th episode

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Author M.J. Ryan

Greetings All,

In February, I had the pleasure of meeting author M.J. Ryan at the Sacred Circles conference held at the Washington National Cathedral. We bonded instantly.  M.J. took me to dinner and helped me flush out my outline and proposal for the next book I am writing.  She is a woman of light, joy, humor, grace, gratitude, adaptability, beauty, and wisdom.  She is also a writing mentor.  That’s why I had to interview her on Go Green Sangha Radio. 

Click here to listen to the December 13th episode of Go Green Sangha Radio featuring M.J. at 7pm EST: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/21325.  We will talk about M.J.’s  writing journey and career as a thinking partner with Professional Thinking Partners, thought leader, and speaker.  FYI – She is also the former CEO and Editorial Director of Conari Press (www.conari.com).  Our conversation will also cover two of her books: Attitudes of Gratitude (I am reading it now and it is great!) and AdaptAbility: How to Survive Change You Didn’t Ask For (May 2009). To learn more about M.J., visit www.mj-ryan.com.

Enjoy your weekend!

Peace, Creativity, Compassion, Gratitude, and Adaptability,

Ananda

Tune into The Ananda Leeke Show on 12.12 at 7:30pm for a chat with Judy Weathers, my financial advisor

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Greetings All,

Tune into The Ananda Leeke Show on Saturday, December 12 at 7:30pm for a chat with my Ameriprise Financial financial advistor Judy Weathers about how she has helped me lay a strong financial foundation for tmy personal finances and business Kiamsha.com (publication of my books, yoga and Reiki healing touch services, creativity coaching, social media strategist services etc.).  Click here to listen to the show:  http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/15820. 

Peace and Creativity,

Ananda