Six steps to improving mental wellbeing at work
From managing your hours to exercise, here are simple tips on how to de-stress and foster wellbeing at work. Three in five employees have experienced mental health issues in the past year because of work, according to a YouGov survey…
7 Reasons Why Men Should Do Yoga
Here’s the ultimate reasons for why you should roll out your mat now. Why yoga? The potential benefits are endless, but often we doubt if all the hype is true. What’s the point in stretching and twisting like a wet towel? And isn’t that a “girls only”…
Unilever’s workplace of the future: Open spaces, wellness rooms and free ice cream
Unilever wanted to attract the workforce of the future – current and recent college graduates – to its North American headquarters in Englewood Cliffs. To do that, it decided it had to build the workplace of the future. The multinational…
Practice, Program, Policy: A step-wise approach to foster wellbeing at work
Creating a culture of well-being within an organisation is a big job and takes time, money and support. Recently, I was introduced to a new concept from the not-for-profit world, “Pledge the Practice, Pass the Policy.” The idea is simple:…
The Yogibanker on wellness in the corporate world
Yogi and banker. A decade ago, these two labels would have been considered mutually exclusive. Joined together, they seemed almost oxymoronic. A homespun caricature of a Buddhist monk in wool pinstripe. But it was around this time that investment banker…
Is Wellness Just an Employee Perk?
Corporate-sponsored wellness programs continue to be popular, but not for the typical reasons. While sponsoring health club memberships and Fitbit leaderboards is a great way to get employees focused on healthy living, the real benefit of these programs is cultural…
Mindfulness at work: what are the benefits?
Everyone from Google to the NHS is practising mindfulness. So, how can it help you and how do you practise it? Mindfulness. Everybody’s doing it. From Google to the NHS and Transport for London. Even Harvard Business School includes mindfulness…
Workplace Programs Correlate With Wellness
A number of studies have pointed to the potential benefits of workplace wellness programs — from increased gym use to decreased health-care spending. But what wasn’t clear was whether wellness programs are really making people healthier, or whether healthier people are…
Mindfulness at work just makes sense
You probably imagine mantras, yoga mats and burning incense when thinking about mindfulness. But the practice can be applied to all aspects of life, including the workplace. Leah Weiss, the Los Angeles-based author of “How We Work,” defines mindfulness as…
Managing Stress in the Workplace with Yoga Techniques
Stress in the workplace is something most people have to deal with, particularly if they work in a hectic environment with quick deadlines, long hours, and competitive co-workers. Although this kind of corporate stress is perfectly normal, it can have…