How to practice mindfulness on your commute
For those who drive to work, the daily commute is often a tense time of bumper-to-bumper gridlock, erratic and dangerous driving, delays, road closures and construction. And best of all, we get to do it twice a day. Concerned about…
The Top 5 Myths About Mindfulness Meditation
Do you know the myths about mindfulness and what is true or false about this swelling revolution? Take a look at what I think are the top 5 myths about mindfulness. Myth: Mindfulness is for taking a time-out from life,…
How Successful People Stay Calm
The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance. TalentSmart has conducted research with more than a million people, and we’ve found that 90 percent of top performers are skilled at…
10 Important Reasons to Start Making Time for Silence, Rest and Solitude
It’s amazing how tuned out we become to the motor of the air-conditioner and refrigerator — the sudden silence is a startling reprieve. Likewise, we become numb to the buzz of our technology saturated world. Smartphone users check their device every 6.5 minutes, which…
Six stretches for people who sit at desks
“Sitting is the new smoking,” say all the experts everywhere. Hunching over a keyboard creates tension in your shoulders, neck and lower back. (Do you feel that way right now?) So, we asked yoga instructor Holly Ramey to show us…
How Yoga Helps to Keep Your Brain Healthy
We’ve long known that yoga offers a host of physical benefits, including increased flexibility, a healthier weight, and possibly even stronger bones. But many yogis also practice for the less visual effects of the exercise. Yoga holds the power to transform…
A Desk Based Yoga Flow for Office Workers
Most people spend more time in the office than at home. With all that time sitting in one position, injuries and problems can arise. Carpal tunnel syndrome, tight hip flexors, low back pain, tight shoulders, and perhaps the loss of…
5 Unusual Ways to Meditate for Simple Daily De-stressing
“Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace.” ~Joan Borysenko Meditating even for just two minutes every day could help reduce your anxiety, calm your mind, and energize the senses. That’s two minutes of your twenty-four…
Why The World’s Best Leaders Want To ‘Meditate On It’
Steve Jobs did it. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner do it. They and other top leaders meditate, and they attribute no small part of their professional success to it. Granted, many such figures are associated with…
What’s your motivation to go to work?
It’s a perfect, sunny day, but you’re sitting inside at work. The ping of an incoming email jolts you from your daydream afternoon on the beach. However, when you see the subject line – “Surf ‘s up” – your sigh…