Honestly Cheap: 5 Ways to Promote Wellness in the Workplace
The darkest day I ever had at Honest Tea happened in April 2015, when my beloved personal assistant passed away unexpectedly. It reminded me how fragile life can be, and reinforced why health and wellness are a big part of our…
Virtual Reality: Yoga Class at Google
This 3D video features Sena Shellenberger teaching a corporate yoga class at Google. Every company has employees with talents and passions. At Google, they’ve created the Googler-to-Googler (g2g) learning program to invite multitalented staff to help fellow Googlers grow their…
The six pillars of wellbeing
Deepak Chopra’s latest book, Super Genes, tells how lifestyle shifts can help you reboot your health at a genetic level. DIET A typical modern diet is very likely to cause inflammation, which research has linked to many chronic diseases and obesity.…
Yoga as a Form Of Corporate Stress Management
In a corporate environment one of the things that makes a critical difference for employees is a relaxed congenial environment. The headquarters of Google is one of the most productive places in the world and every idea that comes out…
Can a week of meditation mend my middle-aged mind?
What did you do last Monday night? Eat dinner? Watch Eastenders? Stare longingly at the phone praying for it to ring? I went to a small attic room in Brixton to meditate for two hours with eight strangers. It’s all…
Practice 5-Minute Meditation
Meditation has many wonderful benefits for stress management. One of the most valuable aspects of meditation is that it can build resilience over time, but it can also help one feel less stressed in minutes, responding from a more relaxed,…
The Easy Daily Habits 24 Executives Say Give Them an Edge
The most successful people I know share some common traits. They’re confident, hard-working, astute with money, and health conscious. They also stick to certain routines proved over time to work. Check out these quotes from 24 successful executives who credit simple daily habits for helping them…
Teach doctors mindfulness to avoid blunders, expert says
Teaching doctors and nurses mindfulness can help them prevent errors during treatment of patients it has been suggested. Medical blunders have included leaving ‘foreign objects’ inside a patient after surgery, operating on the wrong body part or providing an…
The First Wellness-Focused Workspace Offers Yoga, Green Juice and Acupuncture
If long days at the office have you missing meditation, and you find yourself staying late instead of heading to yoga class, a new wellness focused co-working space wants to overhaul your schedule. Primary is New York’s first “wellness-focused co-working…
The Science of Meditation – can it really change you?
From infamous criminals, to powerful corporations, to some of the world’s most successful athletes, meditation has never been so popular. But can it really make you smarter, happier and healthier? New research shows that it can affect the body as…