The Age Premium: Retaining Older Workers
At a time when digital skills are prized and businesses place a premium on youth, some employers subtly seek to push out older workers. They deny them raises once awarded routinely, reduce their responsibilities or give evaluations that are cold…
Four Physical Techniques for Corporate Yoga
Which asanas and techniques would work best in an center, when space is take a step for office Yoga sessions? Pranayama is most people in authority, but let’s look at approaches to Yoga posturing, and boosting blood circulation in the…
3 Tips for Practicing Mindfulness in a Multitasking Workplace
Google, eBay, Intel and General Mills offer classes on it. So do Harvard Business School, Ross School of Business and Claremont Graduate University, among other campuses. Mindfulness is not just a corporate trend, but a proven method for success. Mindfulness—being…
yoga apparel, corporate responsibility & diversity: who’s accountable?
So last Saturday, the highly anticipated conversation with lululemon executivess, bloggers, ambassadors, and activists went down at the Yoga Journal conference in NYC. Presented by yoga service organization, Off The Mat Into the World, lululemon and Yoga Journal LIVE, the conversation…
Why Sitting Is Killing You
Anyone who’s felt the stiff legs, tight hips and sore butt after a day in front of a computer screen knows that sitting for extended periods of time isn’t exactly great for your health. It turns out that the long-term…
Why must financiers meditate in secret?
I am sitting in a packed conference room, somewhere in the heart of London’s financial centre, in an office I have sworn not to identify. It is quiet for a midweek lunchtime. In fact, it is silent. Along with the…
Yoga at the Office
It’s not something you see every day at the office. “They come in kind of thinking it’s a work out or stretches,” said Alexis Agnew, a local yoga instructor. “It ends up being so much more.” But once a week,…
Office yoga: Talk about flexible hours
Yoga is the latest perk catching on with corporate America. But some workers call it a stretch for the office. “People say they don’t feel comfortable changing into workout clothes, or they don’t want to look bad in front of…
Kickball, yoga and you: Investing in employee wellness
For small-business owners inundated with the tasks of expanding, employee wellness is often far down the list of things to consider. But whether you have five employees or 5,000, paying attention to workers’ general health and helping people prevent or…
Taking Yoga Off The Mat & Into Our Lives
When I was in Hong Kong, I remember walking past a Buddhist monk who was sitting cross-legged, meditating in one of the busiest places in the city. I was mesmerised by her. With literally millions of people hustling and bustling…