Maryam Sharifzadeh
Happiness vs Contentment
May is Mental Health Awareness for companies across the United States. The focus has turned from profits to mental health, improving employee wellbeing and happiness (vs contentment). Leaders in HR are reaching out to their favorite vendors (thank you!) for…
What I have learned from covid-19 about running a business
What I have learned during covid-19 about running a business. Businesses across the United States have been forced to change in response to the pandemic. The response to this change varied, as business leaders found themselves in one of three…
Common Yoga Mistakes
In the spirit of heart season, I want to talk about a common yoga mistake I see when it comes to heart-opening practices. Often times when I’m training other instructors or clients, they approach heart opening from the front body…
5 Minute Compassion Meditation
5 min Compassion Meditation One of the easiest ways to reduce stress at work is to lead with compassion. Investing in your people helps set them on a path to success. By supporting their growth, you help clear their path…
Unexpected Solutions For Managers to Reduce Stress in the Workplace
Unexpected Solutions For Managers to Reduce Stress in the Workplace One of the easiest ways to reduce stress at work is to lead with compassion. Investing in your people helps set them on a path to success. By supporting their…
How Corporate Yoga Sessions Benefit More than Productivity
Corporate yoga sessions benefit more than productivity. It can also boost creativity… Let’s circle back to 2016 when I was personal-training several clients in Golden Gate Park. This one day, I was working with Lorrie, who’d had a stroke on…
Yoga for Heart Health
Yoga for Heart Health It’s Heart Season! There are two things I want to share with you when it comes to heart-opening, or heart health, in Office Yoga. First is the physical benefits of heart-opening sequences, and second is the…
Calling all teachers! What is Office Yoga without an office?
Calling all teachers! What is Office Yoga without an office? This week I was on the podcast with Amanda Kingsmith, who is the Founder of Mastering the Business of Yoga! Amanda hosted me on the podcast back in the summer…
Top 5 Benefits of Corporate Yoga
One year ago, we rolled out Twitter’s Office Yoga® program nationwide, conducting live classes in New York, Boston, DC, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, LA, and San Francisco. It took us 8 months to implement, and then within 2 weeks, all the…
Is Sitting at a Computer Giving You Back Pain? Here are 9 Yoga Poses to Relieve Back Pain
When it comes to enduring discomfort, I would say that my threshold is high. I swam for over nine hours in 54F water with no wetsuit. I once got lost biking, and to survive the day, I was required to…