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Office Yoga® Sequence
30-Minute Office Yoga® Sequence by Kerianna Krebushevski, Office Yoga® Teacher Trainee “No Sweat, No Change, No Stress” Office Yoga® Sequence Start in easy pose Inhale/exhale for 5 breaths, keep focus on the breath Inhale arms up, exhale twist to left…
Office Yoga® Hip Openers at Your Desk
Hip Openers to Try at Your Desk Students always ask for exercises to do during the Office Yoga® off days. Here is a simple hip opener you can try at your desk. You don’t even need to leave your seat!…
A Mindful Worker is a Happier Worker
A Mindful Worker is a Happier Worker Research from Harvard Medical School shows the benefits of meditation and mindfulness increase well being of employees. Below is an excerpt from the article, read full article here. “Mindfulness involves bringing our attention…
Podcast with Chill & Ambitious
Yogi and business owner Maryam Sharifzadeh has always built on her achievements and followed her curiosity. This founder of Office Yoga® capitalizes on her own strengths while leading by letting others do what they’re best at. She proves that there…
Choosing a Focus
Choosing a Focus (Dharana) Dharana is defined as “keeping the attention on a single place.” This is incredibly important when in a work environment. So often we get side tracked by conversations or pulled into other projects and lose our focus…
Playlist #12- Dharana (Choosing a Focus)
Playlist #12- Dharana (Choosing a Focus) Dharana is defined as “keeping the attention on a single place.” Use viveka (discernment) to choose carefully and wisely so that it means something to you. This can be a physical object, a…
Playlist #11- Vrtti-s
Playlist #11- Vrtti-s (Activity in the Mind) When our lives become busy and full, the mind tries it’s best to keep track of the never ending to-do list, so many decisions to be made, so many experiences to remember. Vrtti-s,…
Interview with SF Yoga Magazine
Interview with SF Yoga Mag about Office Yoga® about how I got started, the benefits of teaching Office Yoga® and the direction the industry is headed. Thank you SF Yoga Magazine for your continuous love and support in the San Francisco…
WORKPLACE YOGA AND MEDITATION CAN LOWER FEELINGS OF STRESS
“It doesn’t matter what the stress is, but how you change the way you perceive the stress. Mindfulness is changing the way you see what’s already there. It’s a tool that teaches people to become aware of their options. If…
Podcast with Danni Pomplun- The Yogi Misfit
Recently did an interview with Danni Pomplun, a local San Francisco yoga instructor, fellow Lululemon ambassador and overall good human! Check out this podcast about the benefits of teaching Office Yoga® and what we’re up to. Actually, we’re mostly laughing…
Office Yoga® in the Huffington Post
Office Yoga® is collaborating with Daisy Yoga to host San Francisco’s first Office Yoga® Teacher Training program. “As the Office Yoga® industry grows, so will the Office Yoga® teaching workforce. Sharifzadeh is excited to be moving the industry forward, and…
Playlist #10- Pramana
Playlist #10- Pramana (Correct Perception) Pramana translates to correct perception– literally to measure or gauge what is in front of us. If we want to perceive an object or situation correctly, we have to have a broad understanding. Personal agendas,…
Playlist #9- Avidya
Playlist # 9- Avidya Avidya is sanskrit for “lack of awareness” or simply not knowing. The inability to perceive things clearly and act consciously causes pain and suffering. By increaseing out awareness, paying attention, sitting quietly and listening clearly, we…
Playlist #8-Viveka
Playlist # 8- VIVEKA Viveka is sanskrit for having keen discernment. The Yoga Sutras emphasize having keen discernment and the ability to choose wisely between what is important and what is not, what serves us and what doesn’t. Without this ability,…
Playlist #7- Ahimsa
Playlist #7- Ahimsa The sanskrit word Ahimsa (which is the first of the five yamas ) is directly translated as non violence and compassion. When we harm others, we harm ourselves and vice versa. While listening to the following playlist (or…