How Yoga Improves a Lawyers’ Journey and Practice featuring Dana Shaker

You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law

English - December 29, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 20.3 MB
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Dana Shaker believes that your legal practice can be improved when you improve your mental health. Why? Because participating in community-based activities, like yoga and journaling, allows lawyers to reflect on their journeys and better serve their clients. How? Because Dana Shaker did it first and it works!

After failing the bar exam, Dana had some tough conversations with herself about whether the stress and anxiety of taking the bar exam were worth the damage it caused her. When Dana decided that the would take the bar exam again, Dana knew that she needed to make some major changes during this second experience. This was when Dana dusted off her yoga mat.

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Initially discovering yoga as a competitive swimmer in college, Dana enjoyed the practice and the benefits it had for her body. But would Dana have time to practice yoga while memorizing statutes for the bar exam? Yes. She had to.

Journey and Practice offers the Heart-Centered Lawyers membership, a community of lawyers who participate in coffee chats, group yoga sessions, journaling activities, and more to connect with each other and improve their journey and practice.

Dana explains that we “go on an inward journey, find out more about yourself and practice what you have learned [in law], as well as practicing yoga.” Because being a lawyer is a journey and practice and yoga is a journey and practice.

Now, in addition to being a certified yoga and policy consultant, Dana Shaker is a third-generation law firm owner.

Don’t call this a comeback or remix, Episode 71 will remind you that taking time for yourself will allow you to better serve others.

Practicing law is a journey and yoga is a practice. Dana Shaker cares about how your yoga practice impacts your legal practice, bar studying, and overall mental health.

NOTE: Always consult with a medical professional or your doctor before beginning any new exercise regimens.

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EPISODE TIMESTAMPS

VIDEO CHAPTERS

00:00 - INTRO

00:13 - WELCOME TO YOU ARE A LAWYER

00:38 - FOLLOW-UP RECORDING

01:31 - WELCOME DANA SHAKER

02:06 - DANA’S BACKGROUND

02:48 - JOURNEY & PRACTICE

04:15 - YOGA PRACTICE