by Jennifer Smith | Dec 22, 2015 | Benefits of Yoga
Luminous : full of or shedding light; bright or shining, especially in the dark. Feeling luminous and in the spirit of the Holiday Season I wanted to repost this from my personal blog as I am a big believer in giving back and as a yogini, a large part of yoga (which...
by Jennifer Smith | Dec 6, 2015 | Tips
Stress Reduction: Mindfulness through Coloring We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box. – Robert Fulghum Like...
by Jennifer Smith | Nov 29, 2015 | Tips
How can mindfulness through breathing improve your bottom line? Forward-thinking business leaders and CEO’s like Jeff Weiner at LinkedIn, agree that mindfulness is the new paradigm that delivers a distinct competitive advantage: Fewer disability claims Increase...
by Jennifer Smith | Nov 19, 2015 | Benefits of Yoga
This is a topic that I reiterate over and over to my Corporate Yoga clients who want and need stress reducing yoga but do not know what stress reducing yoga looks like. It is a restorative, therapeutic, and/or yin practice that is not yang and produces little cortisol...
by Jennifer Smith | Nov 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
I felt this post was worthy of reposting from my old blog after hearing Rose Marcario -the CEO of Patagonia address commercialism vs consumerism at the Mindful Leadership Summit I am attending this weekend in Washington, D.C. There are two ways to be rich: One is by...
by Jennifer Smith | Sep 25, 2015 | Tips
Kyphosis, or rounded back syndrome, is a huge issue with employees who spend countless hours on their laptop or computer with little regard to their posture. Mild kyphosis causes few problems, but severe cases can cause pain and be disfiguring, according to the Mayo...
by Jennifer Smith | Sep 16, 2015 | Benefits of Yoga
Gravity and daily activities such as sitting at the computer, driving and carrying children, have the tendency to incrementally pull the spine forward into flexion, which can lead to kyphosis (humping) in the thoracic spine. Your spine naturally moves in a number...
by Jennifer Smith | Aug 13, 2015 | Tips
Part of my yoga training was learning Ayurveda, which is simply a whole body healing system originating in India. Different from Western Medicine, which focuses on fighting symptoms of disease and imbalance, Ayurveda instead promotes whole body health and fixing the...
by Jennifer Smith | Jul 16, 2015 | Tips
Here are several travel tips for busy corporate executives. After traveling to 109 countries, 50 states, and far too many cities to count, I think I have rightfully earned the title of Road Warrior! My corporate clients often do a lot of traveling, too, and I know...
by Jennifer Smith | Jun 15, 2015 | Tips
I have found in class after class that many men seem to have very stiff ankles and tight dorsiflexors in their feet, making sitting in the hero’s pose unobtainable or painful for them because of their inflexibility. Shoes are not your friends, particularly more...
