Get an Immediate Brain Boost with 20 Minutes of Yoga
We’ve long known that a yoga practice can do wonders for your health and well-being. A new study suggests a 20-minute yoga workout can improve your memory and other brain functions even better than aerobic exercise. Researchers from the University…
Zen and the Art of Corporate Productivity
For Dave Jakubowski, vice-president of business development for Internet service provider United Online (UNTD) Inc., the job isn’t what it used to be. Instead of an unlimited expense account and stays at the plush Chateau Marmont, the 31-year-old Manhattanite now…
9 Yoga Poses to Open Your Shoulders
Who doesn’t have a cranky neck, back, or set of shoulders? Whether it’s from an injury, all of the slumping we do all day at a desk, or even walking down the street, hunching is the body’s natural way of…
Gopi and the Yoglers
Google+ guru’s innovative viral yoga program bridges technology and “random acts of meditation.” ON THE OM FRONT Seven years ago, Gopi Kallayil, currently the Chief Evangelist for Google+ (there is indeed such a position), started a program at the Mountain…
How To Maintain Health During Corporate Travel
Corporate travel and health might seem like inherently conflicting notions, however, this is not the case. You can feel great and enjoy yourself when you travel for business if you adhere to the following: 1) Bring your healthy diet, fitness…
Office Yoga: Corporate Yoga for the Office
Could Yoga training increase office productivity? Can Yoga teachers help the corporate sector? What can Office Yoga programs do for large and small businesses? Let’s look at solutions that Yogic methods can offer to the business world. The number of…
Yoga Now Standard Treatment for Vets with PTSD
Yoga’s not usually the first thing that springs to mind when thinking about treatment for post traumatic stress disorder in veterans. But from the Veterans Administration to the Pentagon, yoga classes are becoming not just commonplace, but in some rehabilitation…
10 Reasons Why Yoga Can Change Your Life
By Justine Thorner Can yoga change your life? If you ask most practicing yogis they will respond with a definitive “Yes.” And perhaps it is because that much of this ancient art form lies in connecting with the breath. This simple concept, when practiced at a deep level, can clear the mind of…
Yoga in the Workplace for Employee Health and Productivity
Twenty years ago, would you have ever thought you would be checking out the break-room bulletin board and coming across a yoga class being offered in the office or onsite gym? Chances are it would have been highly unlikely, not…