Milwaukee’s Coolest Offices: Yoga, foosball, open space inspire Cramer-Krasselt
Cramer-Krasselt’s 3rd Ward Milwaukee office is a combination play zone and work space. There are pingpong and foosball tables, along with room for yoga classes. Yet at the same time, there is open work space that encourages collaboration among employees.…
Meditation Experts Discuss The Real Secrets To Mindfulness At Work
Once a niche activity for the spiritual set, meditation and mindfulness have made their way into the corporate world, with numerous CEOs opening up about their meditation practices, and more and more companies offering mindfulness training programs for their employees.…
5 hallmarks of successful corporate wellness programs
Is your company promoting a healthy workplace? Most people can get behind the idea that health, happiness, and productivity at work are related concepts, and that companies have an opportunity to foster all three—to everybody’s benefit—with a corporate wellness program.…
5 ways to encourage healthy workplace living
A lot of wellness is about fitness challenges and weight loss and other physical components. But many workplaces are missing the boat on a big opportunity: healthy eating. This was the main takeaway from Brian Wansink during a session Thursday…
Meditation Techniques For People Who Hate Meditation
When actor and comedian Wali Collins was in first grade, his teacher, Miss Dunn, would lead the class in a group meditation—except that none of the 6-year-olds realized that’s what she was doing. Having everyone close their eyes, Miss Dunn…
How yoga has become a force for social inclusion in Kenya
On December 30th 2007, President Mwai Kibaki was once again sworn in as President of Kenya, despite the claims to victory of his rival: Raila Odinga. As a consequence riots erupted across Kenya, resulting in the deaths of 1,200 people…
How to do yoga at work
If you have a sitting job and would like to do some sort of exercise in the office, try out these yoga poses. We are a generation facing the maximum health issues even though we have the maximum resources at…
The 10 Best (And Worst) U.S. Communities For Overall Wellbeing
If you live in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton area of Florida, consider yourself lucky. Gallup-Healthways released its annual Community Well-Being Rankings, say that it was ranked number one in well-being out of the 100 largest metro areas in the United States.…
The Future of Wellness Programs – Beyond Skinny, Non-Smoking Employees
Employer-provided wellness programs are no longer the exception – they’re the rule. In its recent Strategic Benefits Survey, the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) found that about three-quarters of respondents indicated their organizations offers some kind of wellness program…
10 Things You Didn’t Know Yoga Was Good For
Why it’s more than just mind + body Have you ever wondered why people who do yoga seem so in love with it? Well, it turns out a yoga class isn’t just a room full of people lying pretzel-shaped on…