The Strength & Stretching Exercises for the Hand When in the Workplace : Stretching & Yoga
Strengthening and stretching exercises don’t have to be done in a gym. Learn about strengthening and stretching exercises for the hand that you can do in the workplace with help from a certified personal trainer, yoga instructor and holistic health…
How Does Yoga Work? Study Sheds Light on Mechanisms of Change
By B Grace Bullock, PhD, E-RYT – Have you ever wondered what was behind the magic that you feel at the end of a yoga practice? There are over 2,000 articles related to yoga and health listed on…
TIME Magazine Chooses Mindfulness For Latest Cover Story
This is the cover of the most recent issue of TIME Magazine. It’s the “Mindful Revolution” folks. Are you ready? Just look how mindful she is right now. Bonus: As you read the following text, take note of how many…
Yoga at work: How to stop stress turning into sick days
CLOSE your eyes and try to think of nothing for five minutes. It is a lot harder than it sounds. But mindfulness techniques such as this are exactly what a leading charity is urging businesses to offer its employees in…
Mindful Culture through Simple Exercises
When we started our first restaurant in 2004, our goal was to create a place where people wanted to not just eat but also to work. Just like Southwest Airlines or Starbucks, we recognized that a happy staff means happy…
Michelle Obama Turns To Yoga As She Turns 50
FLOTUS pose? Michelle Obama says she’s steering away from lifting weights in exchange for getting her yoga on. “I’m seeing myself shift from weight-bearing stuff – even though that continues to be important – and the heavy cardio and running,…
Mindfulness as a Foundation for Organizational Effectiveness
Mindfulness is definitely getting its share of attention in mainstream news and for good reason. There seems to be no shortage of research on the benefits of mindfulness. A recent article in the American Psychological Association provides a summary of…
Strengthen the Minds and Bodies of Your Employees with Workplace Yoga
I’ve always been active. At school my weeks were filled with swimming, tennis, athletics or netball depending on the season. Leaving school, exercise continued to be an important part of my daily life, which extended to completing my initial degree…
Finding Your Om at Work
Whether you find yourself geometrically crammed in a busy office or at home, sprawled across your wooden desk, homing in on your body’s signs of stress and fatigue might prove a better remedy than external additives like coffee or energy…
Incidental Yoga
The Top 5 Daily Moments to Practice Incidental Yoga Sure, you’ve got your main yoga practice down pat, but what about your incidental yoga practice? Getting in a bit of incidental yoga on the side is NOT the same thing…