One of my companies, Energetix Corporation, launched a new stress reduction initiative today. Modeled after programs currently running in companies like General Mills, Google, Apple and Deutsche Bank, we're offering training in yoga and meditation as a means of generating a higher degree of mindfulness. Mindfulness is defined as being "a state of being fully present, …
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A Greater Person
"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person by …
Flexibility and Control
My Pilates instructor shared an interesting video with me after attending the recent Atlanta MANIA fitness tradeshow. The video featured Chuck Wolf, M.S., an exercise physiologist who developed an interesting fitness training modality called "Flexibility Highways," who expanded on the basic point that: "Mobilizing muscles and joints without incorporating a stabilizing movement pattern can actually …
Mind moves matter, if you let it.
"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." ~ Marcus Aurelius The practice of yoga is more challenging - and more rewarding - than it looks. One of the lessons I took home with my shaky legs and becalmed mind was that your mind can stand …
Dust of Snow
Dust of Snow by Robert Frost The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued. It has been an interesting weekend, starting with an all-nighter caring for a sick child …
Gregory Hake 