Office yoga Zen: 5 ways to focus and reduce stress
“Sedentary workforce” is an unfortunately accurate description of the millions of people whose jobs keep them desk bound. There’s little else in corporate America as taxing on the mind and body as being trapped in a cube all day. Even…
For this CEO, mindful management means yoga for employees
For Mark Bertolini, CEO of health insurer Aetna, a near-death experience led him to make big changes in his personal life and at the company. Living with pain from a skiing accident inspired him to take up yoga and meditation,…
How to Hire a Corporate Yoga Instructor
I often get inquiries from event producers and coordinators about providing yoga on-site at their corporate events. Sometimes just a simple retreat is planned; other times it’s a multi-day affair. For an instructor, these events can be really fun as…
Why Yoga Is Good for Your Company: Jason Garner’s Surprising Business Advice
Jason Garner was once the CEO of Global Music at Live Nation. On the back cover of his new book, …And I Breathed: My Journey From a Life of Matter to a Life That Matters, he looks more “handsome Yoga teacher”…
The enlightened secret to successful leadership
It started in The Valley – now it’s here. Mindfulness is paving its way into the modern workplace. Several years ago, after securing its influence in corner offices amongst Google, Apple, eBay, Goldman Sachs and McKinsey, the traditional Buddhist practice…
Yoga just as good as aerobics for cutting heart disease risk
If leaping around in a leotard or pounding the pavement seems like too much effort to stay healthy scientists may have found the answer. Yoga is just as good as aerobics, cycling and walking for cutting the risk of heart…
After a Day of Sitting, Do This Yoga Sequence to Ease Tight Muscles
You finally stand up after sitting all day at your desk, and your hips, lower back, and shoulders are screamingly tense and sore. Shake off the tightness and stress of the day by stepping onto a yoga mat, and do…
War Correspondent Bhava Ram Finds the Power of Love Through Yoga
A war correspondent reporting from the frontlines of the world’s largest refugee crisis uncovers the power of yoga—and love. 1999. CORONADO, CALIFORNIA My back is broken. Fifth vertebra snapped when I fell off a ledge while battening down windows during…
A Guide To ‘Mental Noting’ Meditation
“Thinking can be a powerful force of distraction, preventing us from being mindfully present in a useful way. During meditation, a simple method in which we use thinking to stay present rather than carrying us away is ‘mental noting’. This…
The Elephant in the Room
Sydney Corporate Yoga this month MAY 2015 The Elephant in the Room “Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self” THE BHAGAVAD GITA Hi Corporate Warriors, While nature rejuvenates during the cooler months, what modifications…