What Employee Benefits Do Top Employers Offer?
The perks of working for tech giants like Google and Facebook have become a real talking point over the past few years (see: Google or Facebook – Which has the Best Employer Brand?). So what are the other major employers doing…
The benefits of yoga in the workplace
Busy professionals have a lot of demands on their time and allocating time for yoga just doesn’t factor. But what if they understood the potential benefits to their work and home lives? Stress in the workplace today is a major…
Five Reasons Corporate Wellness Is More Important Than Ever
As the president of a corporate wellness company, Kinema Fitness, I have noticed a recent trend in the way companies are approaching employee-based wellness programs. Namely, companies are taking employee wellness more seriously now. They are truly trying to figure…
The Healing Power of Yoga for Veterans
Yoga is first and foremost a peaceful practice, so for soldiers who return home suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression or both, it can be the perfect antidote to the atrocities of war. “Veterans [who practice yoga] report improved sleep,…
India now has a yoga minister
India will have a Yoga minister for the first time in Shripad Nayak of Goa who was shifted from tourism and culture ministries in the reshuffle on Sunday to hold independent charge as minister of state for AAYUSH. Thus far…
How to Find a Job With Meditation and Mindfulness
Meditation has been good for Olivia Chow’s career. In her first month of attending Ziva Meditation on 38th Street, the trend forecaster met Noël Rohayem, a clothing designer whom she later helped to find a new job. That led to…
4 Simple Yoga Moves You Can Do While You’re At Work
The best way to combat workplace stress? Get your om on. As we enter into the late fall and with the holidays quickly approaching, extra stress has the tendency to build up in our bodies from end-of-year work projects, family commitments…
Yes, Corporate Wellness Programs Really Work
On average, Americans aged 25-54 spend about 40% of their life working. That means for every hour you are alive, for the next 20 years, there is a good chance you will spend about 30 minutes of it working. And…
How Does Yoga Work?
It is well accepted that yoga is a great tool for countering stress. Yoga helps calm the mind body down and de-stress it. But how does it work? To understand this we need to know what Biofeedback is. Biofeedback Biofeedback…
This Yoga App Aims To Get You Out Of Your Office Chair
If you are like 86% of all American adults, you’re probably doing something that’s dangerous to your health: sitting on your bum. Study upon study proves that sitting for long stretches can negatively impact your body, increasing your risk of…