Mindfulness: 7 Reasons to Implement Meditation at Work
Years ago, our CEO had resigned and we were left with very little strategic direction. Rumors were floating of the company selling and the uncertainty was inducing fear amongst the troops. Would we have a job next month? Is the…
Six Healthy Workplace Habits: How to shoot your health to the top
Work, whatever you do, can at times be stressful. We all worry about things from time to time. How well we’re doing, whether we’re impressing the right people, whether we’re where we think we ought to be at this stage,…
6 Yoga Poses For Anyone Who Sits At A Desk All Day
You may have heard the expression “sitting is the new smoking.” That’s because too much sitting is associated with higher heart attack, metabolic syndrome, obesity and type 2 diabetes risk as well as earlier overall death. But for anyone with…
Reading, Writing, Required Silence
On a Wednesday afternoon in early May, after a full day of studying the Byzantine Empire and sitting through lessons on annotation and critical reading, the sixth-graders in Zsazita Walker’s social studies and language arts class were, expectedly, acting like…
5 airports with yoga rooms where stressed travellers can unwind
There is nothing relaxing about going through an airport. It seems just seeing the words “Security” or “All Gates” or “LaGuardia” can make your entire muscular system constrict and tighten — your skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscles all tangle themselves like…
Why More Companies Today Are Embracing Wellness
Even Don Draper meditates. And when he does, the fictional ad titan comes up with a seminal feel-good commercial for Coca-Cola that teaches the world to sing in perfect harmony. Should everybody be saying oooooommmmm? No one is promising that…
5 Steps to Design an Effective Employee Wellness Program
There’s no doubt that employee wellness programs are worth the investment. Healthy employees are less stressed, more engaged and more productive, all of which bodes well for employee performance and a positive workplace culture. Furthermore, interesting employee wellness programs can…
Steve Jobs’s Secret to Greatness: Yogananda
Steve Jobs planned every detail of his own memorial service, held at Stanford University in October 2011, including the brown box each attendee received as a farewell gift. One of those attendees was Mark Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, and two…
The Meditation You Can Do Anywhere
The first meditation I ever learned was also the most powerful. It consisted of just sitting with the breath. I was six years old. My parents are Buddhist and I had heard the meditation instruction at the local meditation center…
7 Ways to Carve Out Time to Meditate
Establishing a meditation routine can be difficult. You’re busy! Who has time to breathe, let alone sit and breathe? But if you think the only way you’ll learn how to meditate is with a 25-hour day, think again. Plenty of…