How Mindfulness Helped a Workplace Diversity Exercise
A couple of years ago I was invited to facilitate an offsite training for the diversity committee of a Fortune 500 company. In an era in which “diversity” has become a buzzword in the business world, the firm’s interest in…
Simple Ways to Promote Well-Being in the Workplace
There is a growing volume of research that demonstrates the value in building strategies that contribute to healthier employees. Workplace wellness programs now represent a $6 billion-a-year industry, yet usually they don’t incorporate the work environment which impacts not only…
How To Use Mindfulness To Create A Healthier Mindset For 2017
Just as the body is influenced by what you eat, your mind is also influenced by your thoughts, your mindset and your life experiences. With mindfulness, you can train your mind to be in the present moment and spend less…
The New Rules of Wellness – Keeping Your Whole Organization Healthy in the New Year
When you think “wellness,” the first thing that typically comes to mind is diet and exercise. While these are important components of wellness, it’s important to expand this focus more broadly. Wellness has come a long way in recent years,…
Could Corporate Yoga Boost Employee Satisfaction?
Across the globe, companies are improving their employee satisfaction levels and their desirability as an employer by offering yoga and meditation sessions at work. Yoga is an ancient Buddhist practice that has been around for years and has long been…
How Yoga Helped Spearhead a New Workplace Wellness Revolution
The workplace can be an unhealthy place. For many in the corporate world, the average workweek consists of endless hours, meetings all morning (and meetings most of the afternoon), deadlines, stress, day-long deskbound inactivity and fast food lunches. And it…
Wellness at Workplace: Healthy people equals better business
Wellness at workplace can increase productivity, boost moral and reduce stress for employees. When a company has healthy employees, it reaps tremendous benefits. Wellness programs aid employees make smart and healthy choices at workplace that can lessen health care costs,…
Relieving stress at work with chair yoga
“The human body is well adapted to deal with short-term stress, but if it remains on high alert for an extended period of time, you can grow vulnerable to some serious health problems,” said Dawn Lorentz, founder of corporate wellness…
The Top Corporate Wellness Trends To Watch For In 2017
Chances are you know a few co-workers, family members or friends who have made their New Year’s resolution all about their health and wellness. It turns out, your company’s goal for 2017 may be the same. Corporate wellness programs have…
Why People Do — and Don’t — Participate in Wellness Programs
Employers want healthy, happy and productive employees, and they often turn to wellness program as the answer. But getting employees to take action — to actually participate in these programs — well, that’s another story. We recently surveyed 465 full-time employees from…