CUTV News Radio Spotlights Wendy Palmer of Leadership Embodiment

San Rafael, CA – Aikido is a Japanese non-violent martial art. Translated it means "the way of the harmonious spirit.” The goal of Aikido to protect yourself and your attacker, an expression of universal peace and reconciliation.

Coach Wendy Palmer is the creator of Leadership Embodiment, a leadership development process that has its roots in Aikido and Mindfulness.

“We're probably the only leadership development process that is not based in psychology,” says Palmer. “Psychology-based methodologies try to understand the problem, but coming from martial arts, we help people discover their capacity for resilience, compassion, wisdom, to step into their potential.

A sixth-degree black belt, Palmer has been practicing aikido for nearly 50 years.

According to Palmer, the goal of Aikido is to protect your attacker as well as yourself.

The founder of Aikido, Morihei Ueshiba, believed that ultimately our attacker is not out there but inside ourselves. For many people their inner critic is their worst attacker; that's what makes them tighten up and lose access to their creativity, their compassion. If we can make this shift to our more centered self, we can very quickly return ourselves to a more resourceful, creative state.

Palmer works with companies all over the globe, primarily in tech, biotech and finance.

“These folks are in a hurry, so they don't have a lot of time to explore themselves. They need something that is going to work on the spot,” says Palmer.

For more information on Leadership Embodiment, visit www.leadershipembodiment.com