Yoga – The Secret to Finding Your Flow in the Workplace
How work went from being about ‘me’ to being about ‘we’ thanks reflective time on my yoga mat. Back when I started at Reebok, the only time I’d encountered flow was writing the word out in my job title. As…
Doing Yoga changes the way your Brain handles Pain
A New Study shows link between Yoga Practice and increased Pain Tolerance Sometimes, after spending hours at the computer, I have a deep resistance to doing yoga or any kind of stretching. Mainly because my body hurts from sitting. That’s…
Top 5 problems of corporate wellness programs and how to solve them
Corporate wellness programs are gaining traction these days. They have since evolved from being known as corporate wellness to corporate well-being and this is for a very good reason. In a recent survey from Careerbuilder it states that 55% of US…
Finding Fit: Implementing Workplace Wellness Programs Successfully
A free guide for employers to identify wellness programs that fit their unique workplace and employee characteristics is available from Transamerica Center for Health Studies and UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces. In addition to an expectation of lower…
Daily yoga, fresh snacks and FREE daycare: Inside Australia’s best workplace which is ‘putting Google to shame’ – and they haven’t lost a staff member in three years
Australian business has been likened to Google thanks to impressive staff perks INS Career Management treats employees to free childcare, fresh food and yoga CEO Sophia Symeou saves working parents almost $12,000 a year in daycare The dream boss believes in…
Improving Participation in Wellness Programs
For any business starting a wellness program, the question that always comes up is how to improve employee participation. As more and more businesses are committing to the health and well-being of their employees, we’re also seeing more studies on…
8 Ways YOGA Helps to Enhance Productivity at the Workplace
In this fast pacing world, people are trounced with a lot of problems like stress, unattentiveness, depression and many more. All these problems relate to a single epicentre, which is an unhealthy lifestyle. Pressure from peers, competition and excessive work…
Yoga, charity work and having fun: the tech firm where employees come first
As Konica Minolta embraces a new digital future, there’s one constant – a company culture that enables employees to benefit from professional development, volunteering opportunities and a healthy working environment. From supporting Scotland’s Great Trossachs Forest national nature reserve as…
Companies Expanding Health & Wellness Programs
In a recent survey from staffing firm Office Team, two-thirds of HR managers (66%) reported their organization has expanded their health and wellness offerings in the past five years. Employer efforts haven’t gone unnoticed: 89% of workers said their company…
Simple Ways to Make Meditation Less Awkward and More Comfortable
Meditation may help you cultivate qualities that are hard to hold onto these days: focus, patience, calm, clarity, insight and perspective. These are all qualities that are vital for creativity, according to poet and coach Mark McGuinness in this piece…