HR Focus: Yoga in the Workplace
The connection between workplace wellness and employee productivity is well documented. In an effort to both boost employee health and improve employee retention in a tight job market, more and more companies are offering nutrition, fitness, and other wellness programs.…
Meditating On the Bottom Line
What is mindfulness and why has is taken over the workplace? Mindfulness is a set of strategies and way of thinking that focuses on the here-and-now, such as the movement of breath through the body or a specific intention to…
Yoga in the Workplace: More Than a Wellness Fad
Lynn Herrick, general counsel and CHRO at GreatCall, has practiced yoga for over 20 years and was an early advocate for the benefits of yoga in the workplace. Here is her journey to discovering yoga and the changes she’s witnessed…
How to create an effective employee well-being strategy proven to boost productivity
Stressed out, overworked employees and not enough output? A fast-growing sickness record and yet another recruitment drive? Put a strategy in place to maximise the potential of your current workforce. Bring employee health and happiness to the top of your…
Love Energy Savings Launches Free Yoga Classes for Staff
FLEXIBLE firm Love Energy Savings has launched free yoga classes for staff as part of their commitment to workplace happiness. The Bolton-based price comparison service, which specialises in securing cheaper energy tariffs for businesses, say they’ve incorporated yoga into their…
How Corporate Yoga Will Help Your Business?
This is no trade secret anymore that an unhealthy and an unhappy workforce play a prominent role in a rapid deterioration of a company and vice versa. Why? Because an unhappy or an unfit employee is incapable of reaching their…
Your Next Corporate Benefit: Yoga Classes
It’s been a great year at Company X, and already there are rumors it’s preparing to offer workers a host of new benefits. Will it be more vacations days? Changes in retirement plans? Actually, it might be stress reduction programs.…
Do Yogis Make Better Business Leaders?
As a private equity executive, Tarra Mitchell directed billion-dollar fundraising events and forged international partnerships, all while deepening her 20-year yoga practice. In her new book, The Yoga of Leadership, Mitchell explores how those two worlds—business and mindfulness—intersect. She maintains…
Why women are more stressed out at work, and how we can change that
Fifty-eight percent of women feel stressed at work, a new study suggests. Here are expert tips on how to manage mental health in and out of the office. Self care is the best care. Fifty-eight percent of women reported feeling…
Meditation and Mindfulness for Better Overall Health
First of all, what’s the difference between mindfulness and meditation? They’re closely related but slightly different. Meditation can be viewed as a way to clear the mind, let go, and achieve peace and stillness within. Mindfulness is being presently and…