Your Monthly Yoga Pose Virabhadrasana I Warrior 1 is an essential yoga pose. It is part of Surya Namaskara B, or Sun Salutation B, which is a warmup linking breath and movement in Ashtanga, vinyasa, or power yoga. While there are three different “warrior” poses, warrior 1 brings a sense of power and strength to get your year off to a great start. … [Read more...]
Work Well: Create New Habits to Accomplish Your New Year’s Resolution
Five Steps to Nailing it This Year! The new year gives us an opportunity to start fresh. As we say goodbye to 2018, we look at 2019 with fresh eyes and a hope for positive change. Whatever the resolution is, we throw ourselves gung-ho without regard to whatever held us back the years prior. Unfortunately, that fresh feeling is gone by February and so are our resolutions. … [Read more...]
Namaste with Natalia: Headstand – Salamba Sirsasana
Your Monthly Yoga Pose Headstand is one of the most important yogic asana. It teaches a change in perspective as well as how you feel about fear. B.K.S. Iyengar says, “The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid, then one gets the correct perspective, and one is not frightened anymore.” Going upside-down can be … [Read more...]
Work Well: S.T.O.P. and Smile
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” The Andy Williams song is one of the many holiday songs you will hear while shopping for your loved ones this season. The holiday season is a time full of mixed emotions, and “wonderful” may not be the adjective you would choose. According to the Andy Williams song, this season is full of things to do: parties for hosting, … [Read more...]
Work Well: Build a Grateful Workplace for a Happier Work Environment
Gratitude STOP. What are you grateful for? For the next minute, stop and ask yourself, “What am I grateful for?” What came up? Could you come up with two things? Three? More? This month tends to be a month full of showing and giving thanks. However, research shows that showing gratitude daily has many benefits. Gratitude is defined as the … [Read more...]