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Yoga in the Workplace Compiled by: Trisha Lamb Last Revised: April 27, 2006 © 2004 by International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) International Association of Yoga Therapists P.O. Box 2513 Prescott AZ 86302 Phone: 928-541-0004 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.iayt.org The contents of this bibliography do not provide medical advice and should not be so interpreted. Before beginning any exercise program, see your physician for clearance.

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Yoga in the Workplace

Compiled by: Trisha Lamb

Last Revised: April 27, 2006

© 2004 by International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT)

International Association of Yoga Therapists P.O. Box 2513 • Prescott • AZ 86302 • Phone: 928-541-0004

E-mail: [email protected] • URL: www.iayt.org

The contents of this bibliography do not provide medical advice and should not be so interpreted. Before beginning any exercise program, see your physician for clearance.

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“Bernice Moore, senior manager of training and development at CTB/McGraw-Hill, helped bring yoga classes on-site to the local McGraw-Hill offices a year and half ago at the urging of several employees. The results have impressed her.

“‘People who have taken the yoga course have reported so many physical, mental and productivity benefits. (They reported) better decisions, better able to deal with the pressures of the job, less stress, better clarity of thinking, less ergonomic strain, better wrist and shoulder motion, less neck pain,’ said Moore. ‘They felt that it really benefited their well-being, it prevented injuries and enhanced their wellness and flexibility and made them healthier people and more productive on the job.’”

—From an article by Megan Wong, “The Yoga Way,” Monterey Herald , April 12, 2004 “[Yoga is] a very efficient way of regaining a perspective on what’s important in life and recharging the body . . . For any business person, the practice of yoga will definitely make life more efficient and enjoyable.” —Craig James Leggat, attorney The Bulletin With Newsweek , February, 16, 2002 “The Yogi and the Businessman” Imagine there are two Tibetan people: One doesn't know much about dharma, the other is a yogi who lives in a cave. The yogi has no money with which to buy or make prayer flags. He hardly has enough food to survive. He has nothing but lots of knowledge. The other person is a businessman who does tsog offerings and gets new prayer flags at all the necessary times. Let's say the yogi is in a bad mood. Bad days happen for yogis – maybe it's raining and water is coming down in his cave, and the yogi's lungta is going down a bit. At the same time, the businessman has the stress of work and of taking care of his family, yaks and cows. His lungta is going down as well. The yogi goes inward. The businessman goes outward - he goes to the monastery and climbs up a hill carrying the prayer flags and incense. He is dressed up wearing symbols of power. Nowadays, you might carry your credit card or checkbook instead to symbolize your power. So, the businessman climbs up and up. The process of going from low lungta to high is already beginning. Just climbing a hill, carrying prayer flags, and being exposed to the wind and open space improves your lungta. Meanwhile, what is the yogi doing? He is going inward and visualizing the three channels within his energy body. He breathes in and visualizes red and white light entering the channels, and brings the two qualities together as a luminous sphere, which rises in his central channel. As the sphere rises, the yogi is also climbing up, just as the businessman is going up the hill with all his stuff. At the same moment the prayer flags are hung and the smoke from the incense rises in the businessman's sang ceremony, the yogi visualizes propelling the luminous sphere up and out into space. Both of them are now feeling good. The actions are different, but the principle is the same—connecting with open space, awareness, and light.

—Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Voice of Clear Light, 5(5)

According to a 3 March 2005 Press Trust of India article, which quote s an article in an unidentified issue of The Washington Post, for every dollar invested, corporate wellness

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programs (which include “Yoga, meditation, massage, reflexology,” etc.) produced the following returns at U.S. corporations: $6.15 over a six -year period at Coors Brewing Co., $5.80 for office furniture maker Steelcase Inc., $5.52 for Equitable, and $3.40 for Travelers Corp. (now part of Citigroup). It is further reported that corporate Yoga programs are bringing significant returns to Yoga teachers as well. Karen Wiedemann founded Urban Yoga Studio in 2001 in Washington to bring Yoga to corporate offices. She was the only staff member. Today (March 2005) she has contracts with five Yoga instructors who teach employees at several corporate business clients as well as the National Park Service and the Service Employees International Union. Wiedemann charges $200/hour for her services. NOTE: See also the “Stress,” “Repetitive Strain Injury,” and “Travel” bibliographies.

Books Agombar, Fiona. Beat Fatigue with Yoga: A Step-by-Step Guide. Shaftesbury, Dorset, England/Boston, Mass.: Element Books, 1999. Ananthanarayanan, Raghu. The Totally Aligned Organization. India. The author can be contacted through Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, www.kym.org. Raghu Ananthanarayanan is a leading organizational consultant in India and elaborates in this book on some of the key ideas from Yoga that he uses in a management context. Anderson, Bob. Stretching at Your Computer or Desk. Bolinas, Calif.: Shelter Publications, 1997. Bahm, Archie J. Yoga for Business Executives and Professional People. Citadel Press. Carr, Rachel. The Yoga Way to Release Tension. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1974. “Specifically geared to help executive and other office-bound workers reduce tension, many of these exercises can be done at the desk, in the elevator, or even walking down the street.” CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. See the “Repetitive Strain Injury” bibliography. Daczynski, Vince. For Sales’ Sake Meditate! Hats Off Books, 2003. “Explores the [Transcendental Meditation technique] in light of its application to the sales profession . . . This book is about motivating salesmen from within. It shows how a simple technique can unlock one’s inner energy, intelligence and creativity and apply those to selling, to naturally increase productivity while reducing stress.”

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Davidson, Let. Wisdom at Work: The Awakening of Consciousness in the Workplace. Burdett, N.Y.: Larson Publications, 1998. Day, Harvey. Practical Yoga for the Businessman. London: Pelham Books, 1970. Fairechild, Diana. Office Yoga: A Quickie Guide to Staying Balanced and Fit in the Work Environment . Anahola, Hawaii: Flyana Rhyme, 1999. Friedeberger, Julie. Office Yoga: Tackling Tension with Simple Stretches You Can Do at Your Desk. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1992. Freedman, Miriam, and Janice Hankes. Yoga at Work: 10-Minute Yoga Workouts for Busy People. Rockport, Mass./Shaftsebury, Dorset, England: Element Books, 1996. ___________. Yoga for Busy People: Simple 10-Minute Exercises. Sterling Publications, 2002. From the publisher: “After an afternoon hunched over the computer terminal, do you ever suffer from tense shoulders, headaches, or eyestrain? . . . If so, this fully illustrated, easy-to-follow guide to specially adapted yoga exercises is just what you need . . . Practice these inconspicuous stretching and breathing techniques at home or in your cubicle for on-the-spot mental and physical relief and overall improved well-being. In just minutes a day . . . you can release tension and soothe away the stresses of the day to feel calmer, more in control, and happier within yourself.” Godden, Lee. ZenWise Selling: Mindful Methods to Improve Your Selling . . . and Your Self. Telsius, 2003. See also the interview with Lee Godden in the Zen and Business newsletter, www.zenandbusiness.com. Grace, Nicole. Mastery at Work: 18 Keys for Achieving Success, Fulfillment and Joy in Any Profession. This work, by unconventional Buddhist monk Nicole Grace, “integrates the spiritual paths explored in Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, mysticism and the martial arts to show how humility, gratitude and a sense of service can offer new energy for doing the same old task.” Groves, Dawn. Yoga for Busy People: Increase Energy and Reduce Stress in Minutes a Day. Novato, Calif.: New World Library,1995. (Includes Office Yoga and Travel Yoga.) His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler. The Art of Happiness at Work. New York: Riverhead Books, 2003.

From a review by in Spirituality and Health by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat (http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/newsh/items/bookreview/item_6552.html): Cutler begins by discussing the dissatisfaction most people have expressed about their jobs. The

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Dalai Lama immediately responds that individuals need to realize that it only takes small changes in one’s attitude to bring about refreshment in the midst of work that has lost its savor. He suggests seeing the job from a wider perspective. “Another way to build contentment,” he adds, “is simply to reflect on how fortunate one is to have the work, how there are many people unable to get any kind of work. You can think, There are other good things in my life, and I still have it better compared to many. This is always the reality.”

Cutler points out that he has noticed that many of his psychotherapy clients resist giving up their misery. They seem to nourish themselves on sour grapes. Letting go of this resentment and anger on the job is essential if one is to achieve optimal mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. The exact opposite of this relishing of misery was demonstrated by the many Tibetans who endured terrible suffering, starvation, and torture in prisons and still were able to practice compassion for their captors. Cutler suggests that we follow the Dalai Lama’s advice and use our lives as laboratories for practicing kindness, compassion, and equanimity. The workplace is an excellent location for this activity. One person consistently being cheerful, open, and kind can transform that environment.

Another major source of worker dissatisfaction revolves around the widespread feeling of men and women that they are not being paid enough for what they do. This often results in toxic feelings of anger and discontent. The Dalai Lama contends that money is a poor source of self-esteem and the constant focus on it can lead to unrelenting suffering.

Boredom and lack of challenge at work can also lead to unhappiness. The antidote to this malaise is the spiritual practice of enthusiasm and welcoming challenge as a way to sharpen your mind. Cutler talks about how many of us yearn for a sense of flow while working — those moments when we are so caught up in what we are doing that time seems to fall away. The Dalai Lama regards the flow state as “not reliable or sustainable” and suggests instead: “Dealing with one’s destructive emotions while at work, reducing anger, jealousy, greed, and so on, and practicing relating to others with kindness, compassion, tolerance: these are much more important and stable sources of satisfaction than simply trying to create ‘flow’ as much as possible.”

Of the three major ways of understanding work—as a job, as a career, or as a calling—it is the latter that can make all the difference in the world. Individuals who have this attitude toward their work would continue doing what they do even if they weren’t paid. The Dalai Lama states: “If you see your work as a calling, that would definitely help your mind not to tire easily. It would reduce boredom, and give you a greater sense of purpose and resolve. And with that view, you could maintain your interest and enthusiasm even if you didn’t get a pay raise or a promotion.”

A key theme of this book is that self-understanding is critical to finding ultimate happiness at work. The Dalai Lama is convinced that both an inflated sense of self (arrogance) and a diminished sense of self (low self-esteem) are destructive. He opts instead for genuine self-awareness that eschews both of these extremes. Of course, this ordained monk, leader of the Tibetan people, Buddhist scholar, peacemaker, and statesman is a living exemplar of right livelihood and joyful living.

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Joseph, James. Working Wonders: 60 Quick Break Techniques to Beat Burnout, Boost Productivity, and Revive Your Workday. Berkley Publishing Group, 1998. Includes Yoga-based relaxation exercises. Kaye, Les. Zen at Work: A Zen Teacher’s 30-Year Journey in Corporate America. New York: Random House, 1997. See also the interview with Les Kaye in the Zen and Business newsletter, www.zenandbusiness.com. Keown, Damien. Contemporary Buddhist Ethics. Curzon, 2000. From the publisher: “As Buddhism continues to spread in the west, its views on contemporary issues are increasingly sought. Both its own followers and those outside the tradition are curious about how this ancient Asian tradition will respond to the moral dilemmas confronting the modern world. This innovative volume examines a range of contemporary moral issues from a Buddhist perspective. It brings together the views of leading scholars on a range of controversial subjects including human rights, animal rights, ecology, abortion, euthanasia, and contemporary business practice, in an attempt to lay the foundations for a Buddhist response to some of the most pressing challenges of today and the next millennium.” Khalsa, Darshan Singh. Yoga Secrets for Business Success: Reduce Stress, Improve Performance. Guilford, Conn.: The Lyons Press, 2002. From the publisher: “During his twenty years in Fortune 500 companies, the author realized that he and his colleagues needed a way to meet the daily challenges of their high-pressure work. He turned to yoga with such triumph that he soon began his own yoga consulting business. Yoga Secrets for Business Success contains the simple exercises and meditations—many of which can be done right in the office—that he has been teaching to corporate clients for the past decade. Learn to be a leader, relax in three minutes, energize immediately, relieve headaches, conquer fear and depression, manage anger, improve decision-making, sharpen concentration, [and] become more intuitive . . .” The author is an internationally certified Kundalini Yoga teacher and founder of Transition Stress Management, Inc. His clients include Citibank, Hewlett Packard, IBM, and Southwestern Bell. Klein, Eric, and John B. Izzo. Awakening Corporate Soul: Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work. Fairwinds Press, 1999. Reviewed by Shirley A. Weisenburger in YOGAChicago, Jan-Feb 2000, p. 39. From the review: “This book allows us to successfully incorporate our yogic philosophy into the workplace . . . Yes, the yoga philosophy has indeed played a dominant role in the lives of the authors. That’s why I believe the book is a unique find for members of the corporate world who teach yoga as well as live the yoga we teach.”

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Lesser, Marc. Z.B.A.: Zen of Business Administration: How Zen Practice Can Transform Your Work and Your Life. New World Library, 2005. Lusk, Julie T. Desktop Yoga. New York: Berkeley Publishing Group, 1998. (Includes Office Yoga and Travel Yoga.) Maitland, Arnaud. MasterWork: Master of Time. Dharma Publishing, 2000. From a review in East West Magazine: “. . . MasterWork proves that the spirit of an individual and the soul of a company can go hand in hand. [Maitland] presents a map for mastering the art of ‘working well’ by cultivating inner resources while getting practical results in the world. Drawing on [his] business successes as dean of the Nyingma Institute and president of Dhanna Enterprises and his spiritual training from Tarthang Tulku, this inspiring story details the key elements for spiritualizing business: communication, cooperation, responsibility, expanding awareness, deepening concentration, caring, and most important, mastering the flow of time.” Menter, Marcia. The Office Sutras: Exercises for Your Soul at Work. Red Wheel, 2003. Metcalf, Franz, and Barbara Hately. What Would Buddha Do at Work? Berkeley, Calif.: Ulysses Press, 2001. “. . . focuses on the workplace with answers to questions like What would Buddha do about disciplining employees? About racism and sexism? To improve productivity? Each lesson includes a quote from Buddhist scripture and a short explanation by the authors for an audience they hope will span workers and bosses, Buddhists and non-Buddhists. The techniques and ideas are meant ‘to transform the workplace into one of kindness, compassion, honesty, integrity, leadership and teamwork . . .” Miller, Fred L. How to Calm Down Even If You’re Absolutely, Totally Nuts. Burbank, Calif.: Namaste Press 1999. Moltz, Barry. You Need to Be a Little Crazy. Dearborn Trade, 2003. See also the interview with Barry in the Spring 2004 issue of the Zen and Business newsletter, www.zenandbusiness.com. Murphet, Howard. Yoga for Busy People. London: Oldbourne, 1964. Pandit, M. P. The Yoga of Works: Based on Sri Aurobindo’s Synthesis of Yoga. New Delhi, India: New Age Books, 2002. REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY. See the “Repetitive Strain Injury” bibliography. Richmond, Lewis. Work as a Spiritual Practice. New York: Broadway Books, 1999.

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Roach, Geshe Michael. The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Strategies for Managing Your Business and Your Life. New York: Doubleday, 2000. Geshe Michael Roach is founder of the Enlightened Business Institute, http://www.enlightenedbusiness.com.

From a review at Amazon.com: “With a unique combination of ancient and contemporary wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, The Diamond Cutter presents readers with empowering strategies for success in their work and personal lives.

“Geshe Michael Roach, [a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism], has richly woven The Diamond Cutter in three layers. The first is a translation of The Diamond Cutter Sutra itself, an ancient text comprised of conversations between the Buddha and his close disciple Subhuti. In the second layer, Geshe Michael Roach quotes from some of the best commentaries of the Tibetan tradition. In the main text, the third layer, he uses both Sutra and commentary as a jumping-off point for presenting his own teaching.

“Geshe Michael Roach gives fresh insight into ancient wisdom by using examples from his own experience as a founder of the Andin International Diamond Corporation. Much of the success of Andin has come from applying the business strategies presented in The Diamond Cutter . . .”

Skye, Paul. Mastery of Stress: Techniques for Relaxation in the Workplace. Llewellyn Publications, 1998. (Includes material on Yoga.) STRESS. See the “Stress” bibliography. Sudo, Phillip Toshio. Zen and the Computer: Mindfulness and the Machine. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. “How to apply Zen practice to computer use; how to apply computer use to Zen.” Szekely, Edmond B. Creative Work: Karma Yoga. IBS International, 1973. Tarow, Rick. The Yoga of Work: Strategies for Right Livelihood from the World Wisdom Traditions. Sounds True, 2000. Tarthang Tulku. Skillful Means: Gentle Ways to Successful Work. Dharma Publishing, 1978. “We have a responsibility to work, to exercise our talents and abilities, to contribute our energy to life. Our nature is creative, and by expressing it, we constantly generate more enthusiasm and creativity, stimulating an ongoing process of enjoyment in the world around us. Working willingly, with our full energy and enthusiasm, is our way of contributing to life. Working in this way is working with skillful means.” Contents: Inner freedom, Caring about work, Wasting energy, Relaxation, Appreciation, Concentration, Time, Working at the gut level, Change, How to cope, Escape, Resistance and resentment, Letting go, Superficiality, Manipulation, Competition, How to use our

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human resources, Self-knowledge, Communication, Cooperation, Responsibility, Humility ___________. Skillful Means: Patterns for Success. Dharma Publishing, 1978. “A three-step approach combining theory and exercises leading toward inner freedom, effective communication, and joyful sharing. Finding meaning in the workplace.” ___________. Skillful Means: A Practical Guide to Working with Awareness and Pleasure. Dharma Publishing. ___________. Mastering Successful Work: Skillful Means: Wake Up!. Dharma Publishing, 1994. “How to make work into a path of transformation and effective accomplishment. Includes over 80 exercises that can be done on the job. Workbook available also, see below.” ___________. Mastering Successful Work: The Workbook. Dharma Publishing. “Companion workbook to Mastering Successful Work: Skillful Means: Wake Up! above. A road map to work through fears, resistance, and feelings of helplessness and negativity that undermine positive effort. A manual for sustaining awareness, concentration and energy.” Toms, Justine Willis, and Michael Toms. True Work: The Sacred Dimension of Earning a Living. Bell Tower/Harmony, 1998. TRAVEL. See the “Travel” bibliography. Van Horn, Bruce. Firm Footing in a Changing Marketplace: Tools for Workplace Empowerment . Chestnut Ridge, NY: Yoga for Business. ___________. 10-second breather is an employee stress-reducer. Work Life, May 2004. ___________. Yoga for Business. Forthcoming. Email: [email protected]. Verma, Vinod. Sixteen Minutes to a Better 9-To-5: Stress-Free Work With Yoga and Ayurveda. Samuel Weiser, 1999. Walters, J. Donald (Swami Kriyananda). The Art of Supportive Leadership: A Practical Guide for People in Positions of Responsibility. Nevada City, Calif.: Crystal Clarity Publishers. URL: http://www.crystalclarity.com/books/art_sup_leader.asp. Yoga International staff. Taming the Roller Coaster: Holistic Techniques to Help Manage Work. Honesdale, Pa.: Yoga International, 1999. (Reprints of this booklet are available from Yoga International, RR1, Box 407, Jonesdale, PA 18431, 1-800-821-YOGA.)

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Provides hourly tips from 5:45 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. for making stress-free choices. Zeer, Darrin. Office Yoga: Simple Stretches for Busy People. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000. Reviewed by Phil Catalfo in the Jul/Aug 2000 issue of Yoga Journal. Articles, Workshops, and Conferences Adams, Cindy. The first lady of yoga: A strange sort of business tycoon is Elsie Frankfurt. She wants everyone who works for her to lie down on the job. Pageant, Dec 1964, 20(6):172-176. Elsie Frankfurt, a single woman who was the founder-CEO of Page Boy Maternity Company (producer of maternity clothing), took up Yoga in the early 60s because “the exercises dispel all bodily tension.” She felt the world at the time had never been more tense, and that “[w]e all need some form of relaxation, and yoga is it.” Shortly thereafter, she met Indra Devi, who has long been referred to as the primary “first lady of Yoga,” and who was looking for a factory in which she could test Yoga on a large scale once a day. Elsie offered her 160 employees and subsequently closed her manufacturing plant from 2:00-2:05 p.m. daily (callers were warned at 1:55 that the plant would be closing at 2:00 for five minutes), requesting all employees and inviting all visitors to stop whatever they were doing—including arguing with one another, if that happened to be the case—and sit or lie down next to each other and do some form of posture, breathing, and concentration together (no one returned to arguing following the Yoga break). Indra Devi developed 36 practices that could be used during this time. (No employee was forced to participate, but all eventually were drawn in by the benefits they saw in their coworkers.)

Ms. Frankfurt admits that she started this activity at her factory in part for all the publicity it would generate, but not entirely, and that you could not take it away from her employees.

Adobe Bluffs Elementary School. San Diego, California. Tel.: 858-538-8403. Suzie Moss-High, teacher, Adobe Bluffs Elementary: “We have a yoga class for the teachers at my school every week. Each participant has learned how to incorporate yoga practices into their lives for stress release, muscle tone and balance, and for over-all mental and physical well-being. Our weekly class has been something to which we all look forward.” Agran, J. L. The effects of relaxation-meditation procedures on federal supervisors: A case study. Dissertation Abstracts International, 1989, 49(9-B):4062.

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Ahuja, Sarayu. When computers become a pain in the neck. Indian Architect & Builder, Jul 1, 1995, 8(11). On Yoga as a cure for spondylitis.

Alexander, C. N., G. C. Swanson, M. V. Rainforth, et al. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation program on stress reduction, health, and employee development—a prospective study in 2 occupational settings. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 1993, 6(3):245-262. Anantananda, Swami. Doership & non-doership. Occasional Contemplations Series, June 18, 2000. SYDA Foundation/Gurudev Siddha Peeth, 2000. Anderson, Sandra. Asana to the rescue: Changing your habits. Yoga International, May/Jun 1994, pp. 8-15. Associated Press. Bond trader now invests in yoga. Chicago: The Associated Press, 19 Jul 2002. “Vincent Hunihan used to be a stressed-out independent floor trader who took yoga classes to relax. “But three years ago, he burned out. The 50-year-old left his job at the Board of Trade, changed his nickname and started over as a yoga instructor. “Now known as Vinnie, Hunihan runs a yoga center in the Loop where he helps others relax from their busy days. “‘I used to like the chaos,’ he said. ‘I was into multitasking, doing five things at once, not all of them well. Now I focus on one thing at a time—and doing it right.’ . . .” Atma Yoga. Corporate Yoga Psychology: A Revolutionary Approach to Training Leaders course. URL: http://www.yogamandir.com/leaders.html. From the website: “Based on a science of the self thousands of years old this program uncovers information from Yogic and Vedic texts which has never been applied to modern business and leadership development. For those persons willing to do what ever it takes to get the edge on competition this program presents the ultimate challenge and opportunity in advanced leadership training.” Bailey, Paul. The lotus seaters: Yoga is a beneficiary as people try to optimize their shrinking leisure time. The Bulletin With Newsweek. Barrett, Jennifer. Yoga for desk jockeys. Vegetarian Times, Jul 27, 1998. Available online: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0820/n245/20157497/print.jhtml.

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Bates, James. How the organization man became a sensitive, New-Age guy. The Los Angeles Times, Apr 6, 1998, Home Edition, Business Section. Baumann, Martin. Working in the right spirit: The application of Buddhist right livelihood in the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 1998, vol. 5. Article available online: http://jbe.la.psu.edu/5/baum1.html. Beating burnout. India Today, Jun 1, 1997, 22(11). On how companies in India are helping employees cope with stress, including via Yoga and meditation. Beckwith, Michelle. Yoga classes at school—for teachers. Research on Yoga in Education Newsletter, Jan 1994, No. 7. Bedolla, Bob, and Daniel Gaines. Feeling euphoric or used-up? The Los Angeles Times, Apr 6, 1998, Home Edition, Business Section. A quiz to help you decide if your job or workplace lacks a spiritual core. Beinhorn, Georg. God on the job: 33 conversations with business managers who practice spiritual principles at work. URL: http://www.oceansofenergy.com/godonjob.htm. Benitez, Denise. Setu bandha: Bridge pose. Yoga Journal, Nov/Dec 1999, pp. 24-25. Bhat, Vasanthi. Yoga in the workplace. In Vasanthi Bhat, The Power of Conscious Breathing in Hatha Yoga. San Jose, Calif.: Vasanthi Bhat, 1997, pp. 201-214. Bhattathiry, M. P. Bhagavad Gita and management. Article held in IAYT’s library. Author email: [email protected].

Bhole, M. V. Stress management for executives and yoga. Yoga Mimamsa, 1990, 29(1):49–55. Bodian, Stephan. Take this job and love it: Find a more spiritual approach to your work and you’ll uncover new meaning in your life. Yoga Journal, Jan/Feb 2004, pp. 82-87, 135-137. Boyle, Matthew. Tuscan timeout. Business 2.0, Dec 2001. Article available online: “Inspired by a two-month stay in Florence, [Joe] D’Arrigo, a former CEO, launched his program [A Tuscan Sabbatical] last fall, taking four Boston businessmen for a week of art, poetry, writing, and reflection. Attendees cook a meal, take a guided tour of Florence, and play bocce in an olive orchard. ‘You come back with a different set of eyes,’ says Tom Matlack, a managing partner at a VC firm who plans to do the trip again next fall. Certain activities—like yoga—didn't go over so well, and all the time for reflection made

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some stir crazy. ‘There’s a lot of quiet time, and I mean Jesuit monk- like quiet time,’ says Peter Sullivan, president of Arlen Corp., a wealth-management firm. But overall, the attendees say the trip recalibrated their priorities. ‘If you step back, you might find a new definition of where you’re going,’ says Sullivan.” Carney, Kat. Making yoga work for you at the office. CNN Headline News, 5 Mar 2004. CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. See the “Repetitive Strain Injury” bibliography. Carr, Rachel. Exercises you can do in a chair. In Rachel Carr, Yoga for All Ages. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972, pp. 97-112. Carrington, Patricia. The creative meditator. In Patricia Carrington, Freedom in Meditation. New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1977, pp. 226-240. Topics addressed: Increased productivity; Improved quality of creative work; Strengthening of staying power ___________, G. H. Collings, H. Benson, H. Robinson, L. W. Wood, P. M. Kehrer, and R. L. Woolfolk. The use of meditation relaxation techniques for the management of stress in a working population. Journal of Occupational Medicine, 1980, 22:221-231. Chaudhuri, Asim. Swami Vivekananda—a manager extraordinaire. Prabuddha Bharata, Apr 2002, 1-7(4):37-44. Contents: Leadership: some definitions, The three fundamental skills, Are leaders born or made?, Leadership traits in Swamiji, Swamiji as a leader-steward, Globalization first Christensen, Alice. Yoga and stress management. In Alice Christensen, The American Yoga Association Beginner’s Manual. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987, pp. 175-184. ___________. Yoga as part of the workday; The 20-minute workout at work. In Alice Christensen, 20-Minute Yoga Workouts. New York: Ballentine Books, 1995, pp. 101-102; 102-108. Cissne, R. Yoga: This subtle discipline can help cancer patients, condition weekend athletes and enhance corporate team building. Fitness Management (Los Angeles), 1999, 15:42-44. Cohen, Susan R. Career moves: If life in the fast lane is taking its toll on your body and spirit, take inspiration from these yogis who traded in their high-powered careers for peace of mind. Yoga Journal, Nov/Dec 2000, pp. 72-77. Companies say yoga isn’t a stretch. Wall Street Journal, 14 Oct 2003. Cripps, Jyoti Hansa. Yoga for the office. Yoga Journal, May/Jun 1987, pp. 69-71.

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Cushman, Anne, and Lizette Montgomery. Executive yoga. Yoga Journal, Jan/Feb 1995, pp. 40-41. Dahms, Gabrielle B. The role of Yoga at work: Key to a healthy workplace. Yoga Studies, Jan-Apr 2003. ___________. Simple yoga exercises to do at work. Article available online: http://www.wetfeet.com/asp/article.asp?aid=530&atype=Work_Life_Balance. Delmonte, M. M. Meditation practice as related to occupational stress, health and productivity. Perceptual Motor Skills, Oct 1984, 59(2):581-582. Desikachar, T. K. V. Desikachar comments on executive stress and breathing. In T. K. V. Desikachar, The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice. Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions International, 1995, pp. xxv-xxvi. Devagupta, Rama, retold by. A tale from the Mahabharata: When work becomes worship. Yoga International, Aug/Sep 2001, pp. 52-55. Dey, Sudipto. BPOs use spirituality as retention tool. Economic Times, 25 Nov 2004. “This may well turn out to be smart employee-wooing strategy especially when the 5,500-head strong WNS Global Services has charted out plans to cross the 10,000-employee mark by 2006. ‘If these help to make us a more attractive employer in the market place, I am certainly not complaining,’ says Chainani. “According to S Varadarajan, who heads Wipro Spectramind HR department, the company does facilitate employees to go for relaxation sessions through Reiki, Yoga, Art of Living or through physical training in Gyms in each of its centers. ‘The call for holding such sessions is taken more by each centre-head than as per a company-wide policy,’ says Varadarajan. “Many HR executives working in the BPO space concede that their companies are working out modes to include spirituality sessions as part of self-development programmes for employees . . .” Dinsmore-Tuli, Uma. Yoga as occupational therapy. Yoga Biomedical Bulletin, Summer 1998, no. 38, p. 7. (Onsite Yoga for school teachers.) Doherty, Brendan. Company-sponsored yoga helps anxious workers breathe easier. San Francisco Business Times, 28 Jun 2002. Article available online: http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2002/07/01/story7.html.

“Despite general expense cutting and layoffs, yoga is on the rise. More than 15 million practiced it in the U.S. in 2001, double the number doing it in 1996. One of the places it’s found greatest growth is in the workplace. It’s cheap, requiring little equipment besides

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an instructor and a few enthusiastic employees. Five percent of companies provide yoga in the workplace, according to yogaforbusiness.com’s CEO and Bruce Van Horn, author of the book ‘Yoga for Men.’

Dublin-based Siebel has provided yoga to employees like Ponnachath for nearly five years, and other companies large and small are finding a way to squeeze yoga into limited budgets for its employees. It’s a stress reducer, it may lower health care costs, and it’s a cheap way to fill a gym that was built as a part of those corporate campus-type buildings.”

Dreyfuss, Ira. Yoga more popular as boomers age. The Associated Press, May 10, 1998. ___________. As boomers age, yoga contorts into newfound popularity. The Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1998, Bulldog Edition, Metro, p. 4. Dwyer, D. P. The contemplative approach in the workplace. Health Progress, Jan-Feb 2001, 82(1):56, 55. PMID: 11219261. Easwaran, Eknath. Working in freedom. Yoga International, May/Jun 1995, pp. 22-27. Edelberg, David. Yoga at the office. Article available online: http://www.drkoop.com/dyncon/article.asp?at=&id=7493. Editors of Yoga Journal. The editors answer the question: “My job requires me to stand for 8 to 10 hours. As a result, I often get lower back pain. Are there asanas that can help strengthen and loosen this area?” Yoga Journal, Nov 2001, p. 38. Evans, Mark. Office tensions and stiff muscles. In Mark Evans, Instant Stretches for Stress Relief: Instant Energy and Relaxation with Easy-to-Follow Yoga Stretching Techniques. New York: Lorenz Books, 1996, pp. 50-53.

Field, Tiffany, Olga Buintino, Linda Wells-Keife, and Gilda Delvecchio-Feinberg. Original research: Job stress reduction therapies. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Jul 1997, 3(4):54-56. (Therapies include muscle relaxation, music relaxation with visual imagery, massage therapy, and social support group.) Fiedler, N., E. Vivona-Vaughan, and M. Gochfeld. Evaluation of a work site relaxation training program using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Journal of Occupational Medicine, Jul 1989, 31(7):595-602. 15 Minute Office Yoga CD. Bodywisdom Media. Flex away stress: Yoga booms with new generation. Florida Today, May 14, 1998, Final/All, 21(37), Health & Fitness section. On Yoga class sponsored by Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Newark, New Jersey.

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Ford, Nellie A. Hatha Yoga and breathing exercises for the desk bound. Article available online: Wellness eJournal, 29 Feb 2002. Article available online: http://www.compwellness.com/eJournal/2000/0229.htm. Fowler, Kathy. ABC 7 Medical: Construction yoga. WJLA TV news report, 2 Mar 2005. “Construction workers, architects, even maintenance men are meditating at work . . . maybe a sight you wouldn’t expect to see. But that’s what’s happening at one local company . . . “Why? Well a new study out today may give us some insight. Scientific evidence is proving what many have believed for years . . . meditation improves your health . . . “ On NIH research demonstrating that Transcendental Meditation lowers blood pressure, and the offering of TM training to employees at The Tower Companies. Frew, David R. Transcendental Meditation and productivity. Academy of Management Journal, 1974, 17(2):362-368. Fromartz, Samuel. Buddhists in the boardroom. Shambhala Sun, Jul 2002, pp. 52-57. Article available online: http://www.shambhalasun.com/Archives/Features/2002/july02/boardroom.htm. “Do big business and Buddhism mix? Samuel Fromartz talks with three entrepreneurs who’ve tried to combine spiritual values and business success.” The three entrepreneurs include Steven Demos of Silk soy products, Mark Lesser of Brush Dance, and Wayne Silby, founder of the Calvert Group. Gamow, Karen. Meditation: New Rx for corporate stress. Available online: http://www.ananda.org/meditation_online/archive1/archive1.html. Gillespie, Peggy R. Beyond relaxation: A comprehensive guide to the latest stress reduction techniques—and an exciting new model for understanding and uprooting the causes of stress. Yoga Journal, Jul/Aug 1988, pp. 36-43, 118-119. Compares several relaxation techniques, including Hatha-Yoga. Godden, Lee. Zenwise Selling. Telsius, 2003. See also the article “Zenwise selling: An interview with Lee Godden” at http://www.zenandbusinessnewsletter.com/Mid-Winter%202003%20Supplement.htm#Zen%20Wise%20Selling. Goenka, S. N. Vipassana Meditation Course for Business Executives. URL: http://www.executive.dhamma.org (click on “Executives”). Goleman, D. J., and G. E. Schwartz. Meditation as an intervention in stress activity. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976, 44:456-466.

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Grigsby, Sara S. Balancing structure and flow: A leader’s yoga for change. Article available online: http://www.healthysystems.net/htmls/newsletter/articles/BalancingStructureFlow.html. “The purpose of this article is to provide an underlying model and specific methods to aid in designing and navigating the dynamism in your workplace toward improved organizational health. We’ll explain what it means to balance structure and flow and why we refer to it as yoga. We will focus on five common business structures, their role in navigating change, and the practices and tools that release and sustain flow within them.” Groves, Dawn. Office yoga; Travel yoga. Yoga Journal, May/Jun 1995, pp. 104-105; 105-106. Grumman, Rachel. Energy boosters [yoga moves] to do at your desk. New Woman, Oct 1998, 28(10). Gudmestad, Julie. Get hip about flexors: Stretching hip flexors can relieve the tension built up from daily sitting and ease all-too-common lower back pain. Yoga Journal, Nov 2001, pp. 123-126. Gunther, Marc. Soul trainer: Who are you without your job? If it takes you a while to answer, perhaps you need to reevaluate. Business 2.0, Jan 2001. Article available online: http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,36601,00.html. “Meanwhile, we . . . experiment with breathing through one nostril at a time with a yoga instructor. (One nostril is supposed to stimulate creativity, the other logic.)” Gura, S. T. Yoga for stress reduction and injury prevention at work. Work, 2002, 19(1):3-7. Email: [email protected]. PMID: 12454346. Abstract: At work employees face numerous psychological stressors that can undermine their work performance. These stressors, stemming from a variety of possible causes, have enormous health and financial impacts on employees as well as employers. Stress has been shown to be one of the factors leading to musculo-skeletal disorders (MSDs) such as: include back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shoulder or neck tension, eye strain, or headaches. Yoga is an ancient form of exercise that can reduce stress and relieve muscular tension or pain. Practicing yoga at the workplace teaches employees to use relaxation techniques to reduce stress and risks of injury on the job. Yoga at the workplace is a convenient and practical outlet that improves work performance by relieving tension and job stress. Halvorsen, Donna. Paraplegic becomes an unlikely expert on yoga. Associated Press article. Grand Forks Herald, 22 Jun 2004. Article available online: http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/8986380.htm.

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“Yoga is an ancient discipline that has a mystical, 1960s-type aura about it, but [Matt] Sanford wants to make it more accessible. He tries to make it practical when he conducts a program called ‘Bringing Your Body to Work’ for employees at Twin Cities-based corporations. [Sanford is an extraordinary Yoga teacher who is paralyzed from the chest down.] “What can yoga do for employees? In a study conducted at Carlson Companies, employees said they had better energy levels, sleep quality, stress management, overall health and job outlooks after Sanford’s 10-week, yoga-based program, said Loila Mickelson, Mind Body’s business programs director. “Members of the work force are ignoring the mind-body relationship, Sanford contends. ‘It’s not that different from me disassociating in the hospital to avoid pain. The truth is that this level of sensation is available to all of us. My experience is only more extreme.’ “Connecting to one’s body, he said, can be as simple as feeling the sun on one’s face during a lunch break, listening to birds while taking a walk or savoring the coolness of a glass of water. “The ‘breaks’ that employees take are not really breaks, he tells managers. They’re part of working, in effect a ‘rebooting’ of the mind with the help of the body. ‘Your body is part of your thinking process,’ he said. “That was part of the message Sanford gave to managers of Time Warner Cable’s customer service facility in Minneapolis. He is trying to convince them to hire Mind Body Solutions to teach yoga-based skills to employees. “He had the Time Warner managers do yoga poses when he sensed they were bored. Halfway through his talk, he had managers on their feet, some without shoes, with their legs spread wide and their arms outstretched. As they listened to his instructions, he noticed that some had stopped breathing. ‘One thing a yoga pose teaches is how to have mental things go on and not grip your life force,’ Sanford said. ‘You actually keep breathing.’” Han, Michelle. Stretching muscles and minds: Yoga classes gain toehold in North Jersey schools. The Record (Bergen County, New Jersey), 8 Nov 2002, p. L01. “The Community School, where [Laura] Stevens teaches yoga three times a week, is part of a growing trend in yoga classes for children. A Teaneck woman teaches yoga to children at two private schools in the area, and a number of centers in Bergen County offer classes for children . . . “Now more than 40 children are practicing yoga during different sessions, each held once a week in the school gym, and Stevens holds a meditation and relaxation class after school Thursdays for the teachers . . .”

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Hannon, Kerry. Yoga goes mainstream. U.S. News & WorldReport, May 16, 1994, 116(19). Haratani, T., and T. Henmi. Effects of Transcendental Meditation (TM) on the health behaviour of industrial workers. Japanese Journal of Public Health 1990, 37(10):729. Recent Research 457. Findings: Improved sleep and decreased smoking in industrial workers: decreased time to fall asleep, reduced waking during the night, decreased smoking, fewer cigarettes smoked per day. ___________. Effects of Transcendental Meditation (TM) on the mental health of industrial workers. Japanese Journal of Industrial Health 1990, 32(7):346. Recent Research 456. Findings: Improvements in general physical and mental well-being in industrial workers: decreased physical complaints, decreased impulsive tendency, reduced emotional instability, and decreased neurotic tendency. Harrison, Ann. Stress, rest and restorative asana. Ayurveda Today, Sep 30, 1996, 9(2), pp. 10-11. Hassanagas, Pavlos K. Yoga education of the psychophysical capabilities of man in the culture of labor. Athens, Greece: International Association of Yoga Science Centers, 1995. Email: [email protected], URL: http://www.yoga.org.mk. Hassett, Brian. Blue-collar yoga. Yoga Journal, Mar/Apr 1997, pp. 24-27. Hemmila, Donna. New twist on health: Yoga at the office doesn’t have to be much of a stretch. San Francisco Business Times, Mar 30, 1998, 12(33). Hittleman, Richard. Office yoga. Basic Hittleman for beginners 17. Yoga & Health, Jan 1973, pp. 26-27. Horvath, M., et. al. Seminar on primary prevention of psychosomatic disorders in relation to work stress combined with training in relaxation techniques. Vnitrni lekarstvi., 1979, 25(1):89-92. [In Slovak or Czech.] India State officials to meditate. The Associated Press, Oct 30, 1999. Isaacs, Nora. Peace train: A sudden revelation turns a hopelessly boring daily commute into an opportunity to see the beauty and grace of each moment. Yoga Journal, May/Jun 2001, p. 200. ___________. Mad about yoga: Alex von Bidder. Yoga Journal, Nov 2001, p. 19.

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On Alex von Bidder, a managing partner of The Four Seasons restaurant in Manhattan who manages 160 employees who serve thousands of meals a week, and the way in which his Yoga practice helps him. It ain’t easy. Zen and Business newsletter, Spring 2004. On recovering from business failures. Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc. Wellness in the workplace. 30 Nov 1998. http://www.ivanhoe.com/. Johnsen, Linda. Redefining work: Matthew Fox on meaningful livelihood. Yoga International, May/Jun 1995, pp. 29-33. On yoga in the corporate setting. Jootla, Susan Elbaum. Right livelihood. The noble eightfold path in the working life. Kandy, Sri Lanka: The Buddhist Publication Society. Article available online: http://www.enabling.org/ia/vipassana/Archive/J/Jootla/Wheel294/index.html#RIGHT%20LIVELIHOOD:%20THE. Jyotirmayananda, Swami. Answers the question: “I am having trouble reconciling working for a salary and karma yoga. I try to maintain the attitude that everything I do is for God an not to care for the fruits of labor, but the practical reality of needing a paycheck to survive tends to weaken that ideal. How can I sincerely promote this while my mind is always thinking that I am overworked, underpaid, and working for a company that is very unorganized?” International Yoga Guide, Jul 2003, 40(11): p. 272. Kashef, Ziba. Stop and stretch. Essence, Mar 2000. Available online: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1264/11_30/61185221/p1/article.jhtml?term=yoga. “To relieve the physical symptoms of sitting at your desk all day—tight shoulders, backache, neck tension—practice these modified yoga postures.” Kataria, Madan. [Yogic] laughter therapy in the workplace. Article available online: http://www.laughteryoga.org/workplace.htm. “Through the practice of Yogic Laughter we want to make people understand that happiness and laughter are states of mind and should be unconditional, irrespective of the ups and downs of life. If you are in a happy and positive frame of mind you can solve your problems in a much better way.” Kaufman, Wendy. Om pages: The phone’s ringing. The boss is yelling. The report’s overdue. Online meditation could be the salve you seek. The Washington Post, 14 Jan 2003, p. F1.

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Kaye, Les. Zen at Work: A Zen Teacher’s 30-Year Journey in Corporate America. Three Rivers Press, 1997. Keyboard yoga. http://www.ivillage.com/fitness/tools/yoga/.

Kienow, Nan. Stress busting techniques for the office. Article available online: http://www.omplace.com/articles/StressBusters.html. Kline, Marsha L., and David L. Snow. The effects of a worksite coping skills intervention on the stress, social support, and health outcomes of working mothers. Human Sources Press, 1994, pp. 105-121. According to Vandita (Kate) Marchesiello of Kripalu, this paper makes no references to Yoga per se, but the techniques of “stress management” (breathing, stretching, meditation, and deep relaxation) are referred to. Knight-Tribune News Service. Slower-paced yoga helping to de-stress more workplaces. The Florida Times-Union, May 14, 1998, City, 21(37), Body & Mind Section. Koch, Liz. Sitting at your computer: Keeping your psoas muscle released. Article available online: http://www.coreawareness.com/article_sitting.shtml. Kofman, Fred. Entering the marketplace with helping hands. Shambhala Sun, Jul 2002, pp. 58-59, 75-76. “Fred Kofman, a leading organizational theorist, argues that the essential spirit of business is not greet or self-advancement but compassion, even love.” Kozak, Sandra Summerfield. Don’t just sit there! Reshape your chair-bound body. Yoga International, Aug/Sep 2001, pp. 94-102. Krause, Randy. A lawyer at last: Yoga at work. Yoga International, May/Jun 1994, pp. 51-54. Krishnananda, Swami. The organism of administration. http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/disc/disc_25.html. On Yoga and administration. Kulkarni, T. R. Yoga and personal efficiency. In T. R. Kulkarni, Upanishads and Yoga. Bombay, India: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1972, pp. 149-152. Kuna, Daniel J. Meditation and work. Vocational Guidance Quarterly, Jun 1975, 23(4):342-346.

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Laguna School District, California. Yoga is offered to teachers and staff as part of a comprehensive staff development program to ensure the academic, physical, and emotional well-being of each child in the district. Lange, Bernadette. A descriptive study of school staff experiences in an introductory relaxation program. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Yoga for Positive Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, 15-17 Dec 2000. Email: [email protected]. La Palermo, Lynn. Health promotion. Employee Services Management, Mar 1997, 40(3). Discusses the gain in popularity of yoga. Lawlor, Julia. Keeping workers on track: More firms offer services for employees. USA Today, 21 Apr 1994, Final Edition, Money Section, p. 1B. On the extracurricular services employers are now offering employees, including yoga. Lee, Cyndi. Answers the question: “I am desk-bound for most of the day. Are there any yoga poses I can do in a confined space?” Yoga Journal. Article available online: http://www.yogajournal.com/practice/949_1.cfm. Lewis, Dennis. Relaxing your face muscles for deeper breathing and more energy. Available online: http://authentic-breathing.com/breathing_tips.htm#eyes. “Those of us whose work requires extreme visual concentration (and the list is a long one, especially in this age of computer technology) can improve our work and increase our energy by making sure that our face muscles are relaxed and by looking away frequently from the work we are doing . . .” Lis, Kira. Yoga in the office. Available online: http://kira_lis.tripod.com/yoga.html. Loh Ho-Sang, Mathew. Chair-bound yoga pulls business. The Evening Post (Wellington, New Zealand), 27 Aug 2001, p. 9. “‘I found sitting at the computer very taxing so I developed chair-bound yoga exercises which I started doing myself,’ she says. “‘Then when I realized how well these exercises were working I went fur ther and designed two systems—yoga for the prevention and rehabilitation of OOS (Occupational Overuse Syndrome) and corporate yoga.’ “OOS yoga is done in the chair as an ‘antidote to work stations’ and is usually taught in one-off seminars.

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“Corporate yoga is more general with an accent on relaxation, breathing and improving flexibility, and is taught in regular classes.” Lortie, Marie-Claude. Lotus blossoms: Demystified yoga becomes a growth industry. The Los Angeles Times, Jun 19, 1997, Home Edition, Business Section. Ludwigsen, Kris. Taking the stress out of being stressed out. HealthWire, May 20, 1997. On Kaiser Permanente’s work stress group for employees and tips for handling work stress, including yoga. MacInerney, Charles. Corporations & businesses. Article available online: http://www.yogateacher.com/text/bio/corporations.html. Charles has taught Yoga at several major corporations, and in September of 1997 he helped found the Heart of Business, a non-profit organization working to help companies integrate spiritual values into their organization.

Mahon, Tom. Ancient sages for the new century. Business 2.0, Jun 2000. Article available online: http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,13765,FF.html.

“How do we pursue the Golden Mean in a silicon society? The ancients left us a large body of technology to help us explore the inner Net—prayer, meditation, yoga, chi gong. We owe it to ourselves to take a daily or weekly ‘data Sabbath’—unplug and catch our breath regularly to become composed. (See ‘Stressed for Success,’ Nov. ‘99, p. 283.) And in that composed state, think about what we want to do and be, then select technology to accomplish that. Right now, we do it the other way around, making things because we can, and then re-engineering ourselves to adapt to our tools . . .”

Making work work. Prabuddha Bharata, Jan 2003, pp. 4-9.

Mankowski, Ray. X-Tension: Stress Reduction, Relaxation, and Creative Renewal for the Hair Salon Community video. New York: Gemini Productions, 1999. Yoga-based program. For more information, contact [email protected], 800-398-3673. Marchesiello, Vandita Kate. Work and spiritual nourishment. Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association Yoga Bulletin, Spring 2002. Article available online: Marech, Rona. N.Y.P.D. yoga. Yoga Journal, Jul/Aug 1997, 24. On Yoga class taught at the New York Police Department. Mathur, Vikas. Corporate staff can benefit from yoga. New-India Times, Feb 27, 1998, 28(9).

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Suresh Bharwani, chairman of Jetking, sends all managers and employees to the Yoga Institute at Santa Cruz (in Mumbai), India, for training. McCarver, Megan Lurie. Yoga on the keyboard. 2000. Article available online: http://www.yogaeverywhere.com/keyboard/keyboard.html. “These yoga poses are easy and effortless, designed just for you in your chair or at your work station.” McDowell, Dimity. Yoga.calm. Yoga Journal, Jan/Feb 2001. Article available online: http://www.yogajournal.com/views/308_1.cfm. “Harried Internet execs are finding relaxation and inner peace through yoga.” McGarvey, Robert. Flexibility breaks: Stay limber and reduce stress throughout your day with these quick yoga moves for the office. Men’s Fitness, Mar 2003. Article available online: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1608/is_3_19/ai_97390107. McGeveran, William A., Jr. Meditation at the telephone company. Wharton Magazine, Falll 1981, 6:28-32. Reports on the use of clinically standardized meditation by Dr. Patricia Carrington at the New York Telephone Company to reduce stress. McLean, Bonnie. Afternoon delight: Lunch-hour yoga classes tout total relaxation. Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 16, 1998, PSA-2138, News Section. McLoughlin, Mara. The soul at work: From boardroom to mailroom, from CEO to sous chef, Pacific Northwest workplaces are integrating yoga as a way of business—and a way of life. YOGANorthwest, Winter 2002, pp. 17-20, 24-25. ___________. Yoga for Restaurant Workers class. Portland, Oregon. Call 503-224-1751 for details. McShulskis, Elaine. Ease stress with yoga. HRMagazine, Jun 1996, 41(6). “Though it is not a paid benefit, attending yoga classes has helped employees and residents of the Coast Guard’s Governors Island base mitigate the stress of relocation.” Meditation and work. Prabuddha Bharata, Jun 1984, 89:242-247. Meditation at work. Zen & Business, Winter 2003. URL: http://www.zenandbusinessnewsletter.com/Winter%202003%20Newsletter.htm#Meditation%20At%20Work.

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Meditation class. Occupational Stress Research Institute. Information available online: http://www.job-stress.bigstep.com/generic.html?pid=187. Topics covered: What is mindfulness meditation? How does it help with stress? Mercy’s Health and Wellness Center transforms health care. HealthWire, April 13, 1998. MetroYoga. Based in San Diego, California. Tel.: 619-200-1779, email: [email protected], URL: www.metroyoga.net. MetroYoga, founded by Mikel Bruce, R.Y.T. specializes in Yoga in the workplace and offers a business program to help other Yoga teachers take Yoga into the corporate setting. This program provides training in all aspects of business development, business and promotional tools, and marketing and sales strategies and training. Miller, Elise Browning. Easy stretches for the office. Yoga Journal, May/Jun 1993, pp. 61-66, 118-121. ___________, and Carol Blackman. Six stretches to do at your desk. Yoga Journal, Mar/Apr 1999, pp. 47-49. Article available online: http://www.afscme.org/publications/public_employee/1999/pemj9925.htm or http://www.yogajournal.com/practice/231_1.cfm. Miller, Martin. Prayer aids healing, HMO execs think. The Los Angeles Times, Dec 15 1997, Home Edition, Health Section. Over 90% of HMO executives believe that personal prayer, meditation, or religious practices can aid in medical treatment or expedite the healing process. Mishra, Rammurti, M.D. Our daily business and yoga. In Rammurti Mishra, M.D., Fundamentals of Yoga. New York: Lancer Books, 1959, pp. 220-229. Monroe, Robin. Yoga as occupational therapy? Yoga biomedical news, Summer 1998, no. 38, p. 7. On the advantages of on-site yoga for school teachers and employees. Moran, Susan. Stressed for success: Seeking sanity and balance in a warp-speed Web culture. Business 2.0, Nov 1999. Article available online: http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,13254,FF.html. “‘I woke up when I was about to turn 50 and saw I had no balance in my life, though work was financially rewarding and challenging,’ he confesses. ‘I didn’t even have a hobby. Work became all-consuming. I realized that while I was providing a roof over my family’s head, dad and husband were not home.’

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“Delevati’s story highlights just how difficult it is to cultivate some semblance of life balance in a high- tech, and particularly an Internet, world that is moving at warp speed, encouraging its chronic overachievers to work around the clock. To be sure, the rewards can be huge—millions, if not billions, from a sizzling public offering—or even simply the thrill of building something from scratch with a team. And the ubiquity of modern technology—pagers, email, ‘smart’ phones, personal digital assistants—is blurring the lines between work, family, and community. This blurred world has an amazing capacity to sap vitality from the spirit . . .” ___________. Desktop icons: Tech-heads find their quest for a spiritually rich life can both feed and confuse their professional development. Business 2.0, Dec 1999. Article available online: http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,13303,FF.html. “‘I often come out of meditation with a very clear idea of how to solve a particular problem,’ he says. ‘Many of the E*Offering technical processes came to mind right after deep meditation . . . The ethics, morals, and teachings of my guru guide my business life as much as my personal life. Indeed, the more you listen to your inner voice, the easier it is to hear and know what to do.’” Morton, Brian. Yoga for fitness, a healthy bottom line: Firms that invest in the physical and emotional health of their employees reap big returns. The Vancouver Sun, 16 Jul 2005. Murphy, L. R. Stress management in work settings: A critical review of the health effects. Am J Health Promot, Nov-Dec 1996, 11(2):112-135. Nambiar, A. K. Krishna. How to manage oneself. Uttar Pradesh, Himalayas, India: The Divine Life Society, 1998. http://www.rsl.ukans.edu/~pkanagar/divine/.

Nespor, Karel. Occupational stress of health workers and its prevention: Possible application of yoga. Casopis Lekaru Ceskych, 3 Aug 1990, 129(31):961–964. [Article in Czech.] From the abstract: The paper summarizes some non-specific stress factors of work in the health services (e.g., shift work) and some relatively specific stressing factors (e.g., contact with grief, intense negative emotion, and death). It deals also with the consequences of excessive stress, including “burnout syndrome” . . . In the conclusion the author mentions the possibility to use yoga in the prevention of occupational stress in the health services. Nordlinger, John. The aching heart of high tech. Forbes ASAP, Dec 1,1997, pp. 204-205. Written by a Microsoft product manager who teaches yoga. Oat, Brittany. The chair challenge. Norwich Bulletin, 6 Jul 2004.

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“Griswold Elementary teachers have embraced the office yoga trend with an after-school program intended to alleviate their tension.” Olmstead, Larry. New for you: Getting fit and stress- free through yoga: Companies, gyms and hotels offer classes in the practice. Investor’s Business Daily, Aug 14, 1998, PSA-2160. Omkarananda. Yoga tool-kit for computer users: Yoga can teach you to be compatible with yourself—and your computer work. Bindu, no. 12, pp. 6-9. Available online: http://www.scand-yoga.org/english/bindu/28e_toolkit.html. Out of the office. Aba Journal, Jan 1998, vol. 84. “Lawyers go with the yoga flow.” Patty, Anna. Say Om: Meditation and medicine. The Daily Telegraph (Surrey Hills, NSW, Australia), 2 Jul 2001. Article available online: http://www.dailytelegraphy.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,2238852,00.html. Reports on Dr. Ramesh Manocha’s meditation research at Royal Hospital for Women. A pilot study of 50 people found “real and measurable differences” from meditation on occupation stress. Phillips, Mark. Peace officers: A Wisconsin police captain finds meditation makes better cops. Utne Reader, 13 Nov 2003. Article available online: http://www.utne.com/webwatch/2003_123/news/10973-1.html.

Pilarzyk, Tom. Work ethic (letter to the editor). Yoga Journal, Nov 2001, pp. 14-16. On how to encourage one’s employer to institute onsite Yoga classes. Pilipuf, Evamarie. Yoga in the office: A quick and effective stretch. Article available online: http://www.healthandyoga.com/html/news/evamarie_office.asp. Pitner, Suzanne F. 5-minute yoga stretches for the office. 2001. Article available online: http://www.herhealthychoices.com/article1042.html. Politicians practice Yoga. Yoga Life, Feb 1997, 28(2), p. 29. Press Trust of India. More US companies sponsor Yoga to relieve stress: Report. Press Trust of India, 3 Mar 2005. Note: Wellness Programs in corporate Yoga, meditation, massage, reflexology, etc. According to the report, which quotes an article in an unidentified issue of The Washington Post, for every dollar invested, corporate wellness programs produced the

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following returns at U.S. corporations: $6.15 over a six-year period at Coors Brewing Co., $5.80 for office furniture maker Steelcase Inc., $5.52 for Equitable, and $3.40 for Travelers Corp. (now part of Citigroup). It is further reported that corporate Yoga programs are bringing significant returns to Yoga teachers as well. Karen Wiedemann founded Urban Yoga Studio in 2001 in Washington to bring Yoga to corporate offices. She was the only staff member. Today (March 2005) she has contracts with five Yoga instructors who teach employees at several corporate business clients as well as the National Park Service and the Service Employees International Union. Wiedemann charges $200/hour for her services.

Also reported in the article: “A real estate developer, Jeffrey Abramson, a longtime practitioner of transcendental meditation, added meditation cla sses to the companies health benefits list because he thought it was a good way to contain stress-related ailments and health care costs.

“‘The missing key to any health care system,’ he said, ‘is prevention.’

“Abramson says he can tell the difference between employees who meditate and those who don’t. The meditators ‘seem brighter, fresher.’”

Prophet, Sheila. Geri’s guide to postures new. The Mirror, 13 Dec 2001, p. 50. On Geri Halliwell’s Yoga teacher teaching Yoga to staff at Woolworth’s. Propp, Wren. How to love your job (she means it). Albuquerque Journal, 7 Dec 2004. “Nicole Grace is a Buddhist monk in a power suit. When she speaks, her corporately clad shoulders square smartly under stylishly long, dark hair to deliver the message of the lotus, the sword and the double circle to the uninspired employed. “‘Most people are just trying to get through work, and it’s a recipe for the negative,’ Grace said. “A longtime international organizational speaker and recent transplant to Santa Fe, Grace has written a book on how to love the job you have or find something about your job to love. “Called Mastery at Work, it integrates the spiritual paths explored in Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, mysticism and the martial arts to show how humility, gratitude and a sense of service can offer new energy for doing the same old task, Grace said. The book’s subtitle is ‘18 Keys for Achieving Success, Fulfillment and Joy in Any Profession.’”

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PRNewswire. CPA turned yoga guru develops enlightened approach to restore investor confidence and improve corporate governance. Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.: PRNewswire, 6 Mar 2003. ___________. Workplace stress can translate into illness & violence: CPA turned yoga guru suggests alternative business approaches. New York: PRNewswire, 7 Aug 2003. Rabbin, Robert. Silent knowledge. Article available online: http://healthy.net/asp/templates/column.asp?PageType=Column&id=202. “There is a lot of talk about importing spirituality into business as an antidote to various forms of malaise. I think it’s important to ask, ‘Will it fit?’ Personally, I don’t think so, because it would be like trying to bring the ocean into a cup. Who can do this? If one is thirsty for the ocean, one must dive in, clothes and all. One must become drenched, and finally drown. What life there is after that, no one can say. Drown first, and then see. There is no bottom line benefit, no strategic advantage, to be had in recognizing the truth of one’s Self, which is the essence of spirituality. Self knowledge pays dividends, but not the kind stockholders hope for . . .” Ramakrishnan, C. S. Swami Vivekananda’s gospel of work as worship. Prabuddha Bharata, Jan 2003, pp. 20-25. “Work loses its sting when it is offered as service. Work becomes the medium through which we communicate with God. It becomes worship. Instead of trying to avoid work we take to the work of service with great enthusiasm and delight.” Raman, Dr. Krishna. Cervical spondylitis. In Dr. Krishna Raman, A Matter of Health: Integration of Yoga & Western Medicine for Prevention & Cure. Chennai (Madras), India: Eastwest Books, 1998, pp. 429-433. A condition caused by hunching over computers, etc. ___________. Yoga in professional life. In Dr. Krishna Raman, A Matter of Health: Integration of Yoga & Western Medicine for Prevention & Cure. Chennai (Madras), India: Eastwest Books, 1998, pp. 56-73.

Ravishankar, N. S. Yogic exercises for executives and working professionals. In N. S. Ravishankar, Yoga for Health: Curative Powers of Yogasanas. New Delhi: Pustak Mahal, 2001, pp. 174-175. REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY. See the “Repetitive Strain Injury” bibliography. Risberg, Debra. Teaching in a corporate setting. KYTA E-News, Jul 2005. Rivers, Collyn. Stretch yourself. Australian Business Monthly, Apr 1, 1992, 12(6).

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“The modern version of the ancient discipline of yoga is helping business people and professionals cope with stress, stay healthy, and perform better at work.” Rodebaugh, Dale. Yoga classes help Lore employees stay focused. The Durango Herald, 18 Apr 2005. Article available online: http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=health&article_path=/health/health050418_2.htm. “Yoga has become more than an esoteric regimen of postures, deep breaths and meditation practiced for enlightenment. “‘Yoga and meditation are good not only for the person, but also for a corporation,’ according to Donna Williams at the Lore International Institute headquarters in Durango. Williams should know, because she leads a weekly session of Vinyasa Flow yoga that at times involves up to almost one-third of the firm’s employees. “Williams, who is assistant to the president at Lore, began practicing yoga six years ago when friends told her that the discipline would improve her rock climbing skills by increasing mental strength and flexibility. “‘I also had a knee problem—they hurt when I hiked downhill,’ Williams said. ‘After a year of yoga I didn’t have the problem.’ “Yoga also helps her handle stress and fall off to sleep, Williams said. “Williams became a yoga instructor three years ago and started her class for Lore employees in the summer of 2003. Management encourages employees to participate. “Yoga is a newcomer to the array of stress-busters in the corporate world, Williams said. “‘It began to get mentions three or four years ago,’ Williams said. ‘But in the past two years, it’s really been growing.’ “The trend at Lore has kept pace, Williams said. “‘I started with three students in the summer of 2003,’ Williams said. ‘Now, almost two years later not everyone goes all the time, but I have up to 19 sometimes.’ “Not bad out of a total Lore work force of 60 . . . “‘I find tha t after the session I’m much more centered and focused on the job,’ Kwiatkowski said. ‘The effects carry over and help me get through the week.’ “If a session is canceled, Kwiatkowski said, she feels her anxiety level go up. “Vinyasa Flow yoga is the answer to stress, according to Williams.

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“‘It’s a combination of several poses done in a seamless flow,’ Williams said. ‘We work in an environment that can be stressful. Through yoga and meditation you focus on breathing, which slows the heart rate and stimulates difference parts of the body. “‘There is a connection between physical activity and breathing,’ Williams said. ‘For one, when you concentrate on breathing you focus out what is bothering you.’” Rosen, Richard. Relief for computer users (and other office inhabitants). Yoga for Everybody, April 2004. Article available online: http://www.yoga4everybody.com/computer.html. Russell, Harriet. Get away without going anyplace. Cleveland Bar Journal, Mar 2001. Article available online: http://people.mw.mediaone.net/bhumi/GetAwayBarJournal.htm. Rytkonen, P. [Transcendental meditation helps the troubled worker]. Sairaanhoitaja, 22 Mar 1977, 53(6):36-37. [Article in Finnish.] Sahaja Yoga and the workplace. Available online at: http://www.sahaja.org/ResearchAndBenefits. Santa Rosa employee wellness program shows prevention is more cost-effective. HealthWire, May 13, 1997. Saranam, Sankara. The Business Person’s Package. Ellijay, Ga.: The Pranayama Institute. By donation. URL: http://www.pranayama.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=PACKAGE. From the website: “The Business Person’s Package is a comprehensive system designed to maximize our happiness and performance at home and in the work place. There are many factors that limit our success in life. The ancient Yogis have devised powerful techniques to remove the causes of failure in almost any setting. First, working individuals will learn the super-technique of calmness that stills the mind without having to make years of effort at concentration exercises to achieve similar results (Mahasavasana). Second a mudra is revealed that can be practiced through the day which will impregnate the voice with power and confidence (Kaka Mudra). Third, the technique of purifying the voice is given (Bhramari Pranayama). Fourth, a concentration exercise is offered that can be used to focus directly on problem solving or developing new ideas (Dhyanasana). Finally, the technique of Magnetism is given to generate more charisma and raw magnetic power (Maha Mudra). No working individual striving for excellence and upward mobility should be without this powerful arsenal of techniques designed specifically for progress in one’s chosen vocation.”

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Sausner, Rebecca. Corporations taking steps to improve workers’ health: More companies offer wellness programs aimed at cutting costs. Minneapolis Star Tribune, Dec 20, 1998, p. 04D. Schaeffer, Rachel. Balance your work day and build productivity with yoga on the job. In Rachel Schaeffer, Yoga for Your Spiritual Muscles: A Complete Yoga Program to Strengthen Body and Spirit. Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Publishing House, 1998. ___________. Perform your best with yoga: Gain energy and composure for important events, like job interviews and public speaking. Natural Health, Oct-Nov 2001. Article available online: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0NAH/8_31/80120497/p1/article.jhtml?term=yoga. Schonfeld, Erick. The sorcerers apprentice: Raj Singh used to work in the shadow of Vinod Khosla. Not anymore. Business 2.0, Jul 2000. Article available online: http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,6736,FF.html. “Singh, on the other hand, is soft-spoken, even humble; his regimen includes yoga and meditation. Singh comes from a village far from New Delhi . . .” Serber, Ellen. Carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive stress: A yogic perspective. International Journal of Yoga Therapy, 1999, 9:25-31. ___________. Desktop yoga. http://www.will-harris.com/yoga/. A series of exercises to use at one’s desk to help alleviate the strain of working at a computer. Sethi, A. S., and A. Daya. Management and meditation. Dimens Health Serv, Jul 1978, 55(7):32-33. Shea, Gordon F. Cost effective stress management training. Training and Development Journal, Jul 1980, 34:25-33. Found that the rank order, from the most cost effective to the least cost effective, based on selected criteria was: Self-hypnosis, progressive relaxation, TM, biofeedback, Yoga and Zen, and physical exercise. Skjei, Susan. Ordinary leadership. Shambhala Sun, May 1994, 2(5):26-28, 31, 44. “Management consultant Susan Skjei Joinsa heaven, earth, and man in the modern organziation.” Skolnick, Adam. Yoga goes to work. Article available online: http://www.layogapages.com/issue2/feature/feature.htm.

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“From the factory floor to fashion, yoga is entering the workplace. The use and intent of the inclusion of yoga in the corporate realm proves to be both positive and disturbing.” Spirit in Business: Ethics, Mindfulness, and the Bottom Line Conference. 21-23 Apr 2002, New York City. URL: http://www.spiritinbusiness.org/sib/app/cda/sib_cda.php. “The Conference asks the question: What role should spiritual practices play in transforming international leadership at the personal and corporate level? Since the market is a living, dynamic process, what is its next evolutionary phase? . . . “Thought leaders, both in leadership development and in business, suggest that a healthy inner life—for oneself as well as one’s employees—is as critical to a company’s survival as a healthy market . . . “Experts will provide strategies for developing attendee’s knowledge base on the practical aspects of mindfulness as well as providing a practical tool kit that addresses ethics in the workplace.” “The Conference is intended for CEOs, senior executives, chief ethics officers, professionals, public and NGO officials and other decision-makers.” “Meditation and contemplative periods, yoga sessions, interfaith prayer and reflection, music and invocations will provide an atmosphere conducive to the themes of the conference . . .” Spirituality in the workplace. Zen & Business, Winter 2003. URL: http://www.zenandbusinessnewsletter.com/Winter%202003%20Newsletter.htm Stein, F. Occupational stress, relaxation therapies, exercise and biofeedback. Work, 2001, 17(3):235-245. PMID: 12441602. Author email: [email protected]. Abstract: Occupational stress is a widespread occurrence in the United States. It is a contributing factor to absenteeism, disease, injury and lowered productivity. In general stress management programs in the work place that include relaxation therapies, exercise, and biofeedback have been shown to reduce the physiological symptoms such as hypertension, and increase job satisfaction and job performance. Strategies to implement a successful stress management program include incorporating the coping activities into one’s daily schedule, monitoring one’s symptoms and stressors, and being realistic in setting up a schedule that is relevant and attainable. A short form of meditation, daily exercise program and the use of heart rate or thermal biofeedback can be helpful to a worker experiencing occupational stress. STRESS (general). See the “Stress” bibliography. Stress is part of owning a business. The Associated Press, 14 Jul 2005.

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“An informal and unscientific sampling of small business owners by The Associated Press found that exercise, yoga or meditation are popular ways for them to unwind. Many also make sure they have outside interests or activities that can divert their attention away from their companies.” Subramuniyaswami, Satguru Sivaya. Taking care of business—nonviolently: Ahimsa is not just a prohibition against physical and emotional assault. Hinduism Today, Jul/Aug 2001, p. 35. On the application of ahimsa in business. Sudo, Philip Toshio. Zen Computer: Mindfulness and the Machine. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. From the publisher: “In Zen Computer, Philip Toshio Sudo takes the age-old tradition of meditating on objects from everyday life and upgrades it for the cyber-worker. For many people, what is more everyday than a computer? From boot to shutdown, Sudo goes inside the computer and out, utilizing every nuance of computer work as an occasion for meditation.” Sweet, Melissa. Sitting pretty. The Bulletin With Newsweek, 16 Jan 2002. Article available online: http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/eddesk.nsf/printing/3293FD677E040686CA256AD4001A61F2. “The image of yoga in Australia was once synonymous with the hippie movement. These days, as Melissa Sweet reports, even corporate high-flyers are becoming enlightened.” Companies offering Yoga in Australia include: Reserve Bank, Pacific Power, Telstra, ING, the Sydney Festival, merchant bank ABN AMRO, law firms Minter Ellison and Phillips Fox, HLB Mann Judd, Vodafone Australia, Coca-Cola Amatil, Roche, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Leo Burnett Advertising, Challenger International, Caritas, Westpac, Belvoir Street Theatre, Vogue, Jingle Bells (a brothel), a women’s refuge, and an organization of rugby league referees. Sydlik, Bealisa. Yoga and work: Balancing mind and body. Alternatives for Cultural Creativity, Summer 1998, no. 6. Article available online: http://www.alternativesmagazine.com/06/sydlik1.html. Szabo, Liz. Yoga with a twist before they work: Dollar Tree employees get the kinks out. Virginian-Pilot & Ledger-Star (Norfolk, Virginia), Aug 8, 1998, Final, 12-149, Chesapeake Clipper Section. Tarthang Tulku. Work and spirit: Healing the split. Yoga International, May/Jun 1995, pp. 44-48.

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Taylor, Kyoan Sandy. Money and Zen. Sangha-e!, Mar 2005. “Buddha was a realistic teacher. Money and social order were a great concern to him and many of his public talks addressed these issues. He knew that most followers could not be monastic and so he talked about the responsibility of each layperson to pay attention to the material elements in one’s life. “To the banker, Anathapindika, he said that a layman, who leads an ordinary family life, has four kinds of happiness. The first is to enjoy economic security and sufficient wealth acquired by just and righteous means. The second is to spend that wealth liberally on oneself, one’s family, one’s friends and relatives and on meritorious deeds. The third happiness is to be free from debts. The fourth is to live a faultless and pure life. “In the discourse on the Six Directions, Buddha addressed the responsibility of laypersons to their teachers and temples. He pulled no punches. He said that lay people should look after the material needs of the monastics with love and respect; the monastics should impart knowledge and learning to the laity with loving hearts and lead them along the good path away from evil. “Today, many Buddhists view money as a necessary evil: a dirty and distasteful pursuit. In this day and age of consumerism, the acquisition of great wealth and the overt display of materialism make it easy for us to see the entire financial sphere as the antithesis of Buddhist pursuits. The flagrant scofflaw behavior of some corporate executives reinforces our belief that money is the source of pain and suffering. Frequently it is. But just as frequently, we tend to overlook the Middle Way and can lose balance in our lives. In this respect, society was no different twenty-five hundred years ago than it is today, which is why Buddha addressed these issues. Buddha’s world was also filled with greed. “Can we apply his teachings with clarity and balance to our lives in the 21st century? We live in a material world. We must eat, clothe, and shelter ourselves. We must go to the dentist and doctor and plan for our children’s education and for our retirement. Buddha teaches us to take responsibility for ourselves, our communities, our teachers and temples.” Sandy Taylor is a retired Vice-President of a national investment firm and is Chairperson of the Investment Committee at the San Francisco Zen Center. Taylor, Shira. Yoga at work: An OT is turning her love of yoga into a business, teaching workers to avoid stress and injuries. ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners. 6 Nov 2000. Article available online: http://www.advanceforot.com/pastarticles/sept17_01feature4.html. “. . . Even before the economy took a downward turn, OSHA reported that each year more than 1.8 million workers report musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the U.S. Among those reported are complaints of backaches, neck and shoulder strain, headaches and leg pain. In addition, 600,000 MSDs are reported serious enough to result in worker

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absenteeism. While the debate still continues over whether to enforce workplace wellness practices as law, many corporations have taken the first step in transforming their workplace into a more employee-friendly environment. “As employers become aware of the need for protecting employees from workplace hazards, OTs can carve new niches for themselves. Occupational therapists are concerned with the psychological and physical wellness of employees and possess skills to improve their wellness at the workplace. In-Alignment, Inc. (www.in-alignment.com) is an on-site yoga wellness program aimed at relieving employees of job-related injuries caused by extreme stress, poor positioning, and repetitive motion injuries during the work hours. “Combining occupational therapy with the holistic approach of yoga enables In-Alignment to create wellness programs that focus on teaching yoga techniques to reduce stress and risks of MSDs on the job. The yoga workshops and classes have so far been offered on-site at hi- tech companies, banks, law firms, government agencies and more . . .” Temple, James. Slamming on the brakes: Downturn gives fast-paced executives the chance to slow down. San Francisco Business Times, 9 Nov 2001. Article available online: http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2001/11/12/story5.html. “Barsema, like many Bay Area executives and workers during the dot-com boom, was caught up in the pervasive startup culture that lauded 80-hour-work weeks and a singular focus on business. But as the economic implosion clears a little room for reflection, even some executives the boom made wealthy have concluded that, like the market expansion itself, such a lifestyle simply wasn’t sustainable . . . “‘The wear and tear on your body and psyche is too much,’ said Barsema. ‘I’m a true believer that you have to find a way to balance your life.’ “Barsema took up yoga, learned to meditate, worked out regularly, played golf, changed his diet and spent time with his family . . .” Thomas, Ben. Yoga for People with Careers seminar. B. K. S. Iyengar Yoga Association of Northern California, 20 Jan 2001. Thomsen, Katja. Business yoga. Yoga Aktuell, Aug/Sep 2002, pp. 41-44. [In German.] An interview with Yoga teacher/therapist Göran Boll about Yoga in the workplace. To become work-efficient is yoga. Akhand Jyoti: The Light Divine, May/Jun 2003. Article available online: http://www.akhand-jyoti.org/ArticlesMayJune03/Yoga.html. Transition Stress Management. (Kundalini-Yoga based. Developed for the corporate setting.) URL: http://transitionstressmanage.com/yogic.htm.

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TRAVEL. See the “Travel” bibliography. Trunk, Penelope. Recruiting doldrums: The corporate matchmakers aren’t as busy as they used to be—that leaves plenty of time for yoga. Business 2.0, 19 Mar 2001. Article available online: http://www.business2.com/articles/web/0,1653,9724,00.html. Turner, Rosemary. Room at the top: Bringing silent space into the boardroom. An interview with Ed and Deb Shapiro. Spectrum Review, Spring 2003, pp. 16-17. “As coaches to executives in some of the world’s most stressful jobs, the couple believe they can really make a difference. If the multinational companies are the monarchs of the 21st century, as Swami Satyananda conveyed to Ed, then these boardrooms are where real transformation can take place, because these people guide the finances and politics of the world . . .” Vaghul, N. Karma upga amd the managerial ethos. Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram Darsanam, Feb 1994, pp. 22-23. Vipassana—an art of corporate management. Maharashtra, India: Vipassana Research Institute. Available for purchase online at: http://www.vri.dhamma.org/publications/publist.html. Vogel, Amanda. Yoga for well-being at work. Article available online: http://atbalance.com/unifi/fit013.shtml. Vrana, Debora. Stretching your limits: Corporations take a new posture toward yoga. The Los Angeles Times, Apr 4, 1998, Home Edition, Business Section. ___________. Jefferies’ new age. The Los Angeles Times, Mar 22, 1998, Home Edition, Business Section. On meditation at the financial firm Jefferies & Co., Los Angeles, California. What senior administrators say about Vipassana - I, II, and III. Maharashtra, India: Vipassana Research Institute. Available for purchase online at: http://www.vri.dhamma.org/publications/publist.html. Wheatley, Margaret. Where business looks for answers. Shambhala Sun, Jul 2002, pp. 27-28. Widdowson, Rosalind. Overwork. In Rosalind Widdowson, The Joy of Yoga. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co., 1983, p. 19. Wild, Russell. Best practices, inc.: As corporate America rolls out the mats in the workplace, it has discovered the value-added benefits of yoga. Yoga Journal, Jul/Aug 2001, pp. 68-73, 139-140.

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Profiles financial services firms, a large law firm, a public relations firm, an advertising firm, and a hotel suites firm that offer Yoga to their employees. Williams, Norman D. Yoga meets the workplace in battle to reduce stress. The Sacramento Bee, Mar 6, 1998, Metro Final, PSA-2044, Bus iness Section. Wilson, Jean Kaye. Rest for the weary: Restorative postures for the frantically busy. Yoga International, Jan 2001, pp. 92-96. Winzelberg, A. J., and F. M. Luskin. The effect of a meditation program on the level of stress in secondary school student teachers. Stress Medicine, 1999, 15(2):69-77. Wiscombe, Janet. The business benefits of yoga. Workforce, Dec 2001. Article available online: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0FXS/12_80/81007530/p1/article.jhtml?term=yoga. Witten, Donna, and Akong Tulku Rinpoche. Enlightened Management: Bringing Buddhist Principles to Work. Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions, 1999. Based on the Seven Points of Mind Training. Wolfson, Nancy. Incorporating yoga. Yoga Journal, Mar/Apr 1999, pp. 45-46, 144-148. Article available online: http://www.yogajournal.com/views/294_1.cfm. Yesudian, Selvarajan. “Working is also a form of meditation . . .” In Selvarajan Yesudian, A Yoga Miscellany. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1963, p. 95. Yoga at Your Desk “Oasis” CD. 20-minute program. URL: http://www.yogaatyourdesk.com. The Yoga Barn. Keyboard yoga seminars. http://www.cnw.com/~yogabarn/home.html. Yoga can help improve productivity. Chandigarh Newsline, 21 Mar 2004. Article available online: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=79541. “‘Simple yogic exercises can help improve productivity, reduce stress and [increase] positive interactions in an organization,’ said Krishan Lal Gupta, president, Bhartiya Yog Sansthan (Punjab) today. Gupta was addressing the Chandigarh Management Association during a demonstration and lecture on, ‘Self Development Through Yoga,’ at the Rajasthan Parishad, Sector 33. “He further added that yoga changed one’s attitude towards work and made people aware of challenges in the work environment. J.N. Vohra of the Chandigarh Management Association said practicing managers and entrepreneurs were under constant mental

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pressure to perform and an introduction to yoga could help create an environment of success.” Yoga in the corporate sector. Yoga Therapy Ireland Newsletter, Aug 2000, no. 3, p. 11. Yoga, kind to aging bodies, increases in popularity. The Columbian, May 12, 1998, Northwest Life Section, p. C2. Yogananda, Paramahansa. By excerpting Yogananda’s talks and writings, an answer is provided to the question: “How does one reconcile competition in the business environment with following God’s will? If it is Go that created myself and my competitor, how could I take actions that would lead to possible suffering for my competitor and the destruction of his business? Yet if I do not compete, am I doing the right thing by those whom I support through the success of my business?” Self-Realization, Summer 2001, pp. 8-10. Yoga dot calm: Reducing stress, promoting focus. Samacar@KYM Newsletter, August 2002. On the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram one-day workshop for professionals, titled “Yoga dot Calm” that focuses on identification of stress and its reduction in order to enhance productivity. Contents: Introduction to Yoga, The occupational hazards of modern work (discussed are the classical symptoms of stress under five broad headings - a) physical, b) physiological, c) intellectual, d) ethical, and e) emotional), How we end up in difficulties (discusses the usefulness of Yoga in combating stress and emphasizes the impact of food on the mind, using examples from Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra), practice session in which participants are taught some Yoga practices, Overview of health: A yogic perspective, How yoga can help us in our professional lives Yoga takes the edge off stressful duties. The Palm Beach Post, 18 Jun 2001, p. 3D. On the Yoga class offered to employees at Palm Beach County’s Workforce Development Board. Zen & Business Newsletter. URL: http://www.zenandbusinessnewsletter.com.

Videotapes, DVDs, CDs, Audiotapes NOTE: All videos are available from Yoga Journal Resource, 1-800-436-9642, unless otherwise indicated.

Anderson, Kathleen. Yoga: In the Garden of Serenity video and DVD. Available from www.yogawithkathleen.com. 60 minutes.

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Combines elements of Kripalu and Iyengar Yoga, Pilates, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais work, and dance to improve the posture and strengthen the core of sedentary office workers. The exercises concentrate on the neck and shoulders, spine, and hips. Dickman, Carol. Seated Yoga: For Office, Home and Travel video. Available from Yoga Enterprises, 888-YES-YOGA. 43 minutes. Elliott, Theresa. Yoga at Your Desk slideshow. Available online: http://my.webmd.com/health-e-tools/3836# (click on “Yoga at Your Desk” under “Sideshows”). 15 Minutes Office Yoga CD. Body Wisdom Media, 2002. URL: www.bodywisdommedia.com. From the publisher: “Containing 15 different video routines, this . . . CD-ROM is designed to fit into any busy day at work. Relieve pain, reduce stress, maintain your center and increase energy all at your desk . . .” Hanna, Thomas. Somatic Exercises™ for the Hands, Wrists, Elbows and Shoulders audiotape. Novato, Calif.: Novato Institute for Somatic Research.

“Widely used by persons doing constant repetitive hand-arm movements, e.g., typists, office and assembly workers . . . etc.” Jarow, Rick. The Yoga of Work: Strategies for Right Livelihood from the World’s Wisdom Traditions audiotape set. Boulder, Colo.: Sounds True, 2000. Two tapes, 150 minutes.

From a review in Spirituality and Health magazine: (www.spiritualityhealth.com): “Rick Jarow is a professor of history of religious studies at Vassar College and a practicing career consultant. In this two-and-one-half hour audio presentation, he looks at the process behind building a ‘holistic career.’ That means one based on belonging, relatedness, interdependence, inner freedom, fulfillment, and creativity.

“In order to shed light on the true meaning of work, Jarow examines a variety of vis ions of vocation from the world’s wisdom traditions. He begins with the Indian concept of ‘dharma’ where being and doing are one. Next he moves through the six realms of consciousness developed by Tibetan Buddhists. His explanations of these states help put into focus the different reactions we have to work. Next is the Taoist understanding of flow and movement without pushing. Jarow salutes the Confucian tradition of harmony based on right relationships. He also finds value in the Zen Buddhist view of craft as supportive of mindfulness, care, and discipline.” McCord, Rich, and Lisa Powers. Yoga for Busy People video. Ananda Yoga series. Nevada City, Calif.: Crystal Clarity Publishers, 2000. 88 minutes (3 25-minute routines).

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Pandey, Ramesh. Easy Yoga for Busy People video. Norwalk, Calif.: Universal Temple of Yoga and Inner Peace. URL: www.universalyoga.org.

Patrick, Priscilla. Stress and De-Stress video. URL: http://yogaone.com/cgi-bin/leeshop/open.pl. From the website: “Three ten minute lessons designed specifically for people in the workplace who are subject to job related stress which results in muscular tension in the upper back/shoulder/neck area. These stretching exercises are performed sitting on a chair . There are a total of 20 different exercises that were tested in group sessions and proven to dramatically reduce tension, pain and stress in the upper body.” Rypins, Christa. Yummy Yoga: Gentle Stress Relief for the Hips, Back and Neck video. 2000. Publisher unknown. Vidyananda, Swami. Integral Yoga as Stress Management video. Buckingham, Va.: Integral Yoga. 80 minutes. From the publisher: “Stress is not an event, it’s our reaction to events. This video (from two live talks) shows how Yoga teaches us to control our mental reactions in order to remain calm and happy. It also examines how to ease stress through on-the-job stress-buster stretches and a variety of techniques which can change our way of looking at problems.” Voelker, Lakshmi. Chair Yoga: The Sitting Mountain Series audiotape and tutorial booklet. Lakshmi Voelker Enterprises, 1999. URL: http://www.yogalakshmi.com/index.html. (Two 15-minute and one 30-minute classes; includes a seated sun salutation series.) Ward, Susan Winter. Sitting Fit Anytime: Chair Yoga video. Susan Winter Ward. 43 minutes. (Exercises that can be done in an office chair.) Available from Susan Winter Ward, P.O. Box 2228, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147, 800-558-YOGA. Also available on CD-ROM as Sitting Fit Anytime: Interactive CD-ROM & Screen Saver with Susan Winter Ward. (CD-ROM comes with a Travel Companion guidebook.) Videotape reviewed by Richard Rosen in the Jul/Aug 1999 issue of Yoga Journal and CD-ROM in the Sep/Oct 2000 issue. Work and Relax with Yoga videos. Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced tapes. Devon, England: BSY Group. URL: http://www.bsygroup.co.uk/accessory_list.asp?section_id=a. Yee, Rodney. The Art of Breath and Relaxation video. 90 minutes. ___________, and Donna Fone. Yogabreak: Stretches to do at Work CD. Oakland, Calif.: Salt of the Soul, 2001. URL: www.yogabreak.com. (Reviewed by Richard Rosen in the May/Jun 2001 issue of Yoga Journal, pp. 159-160.)

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From the website: “. . . yoga postures that specifically target the difficulties that arise from working at a desk. These postures will bring health to the body, evenness of the breath and quietness to the mind. This will allow you to be more productive at work by increasing your concentration, clarity of thought and presence of mind. Furthermore, you will learn how to relax in all work situations.” Yoga at Your Desk CD. Oasis. See http://www.yogamovement.com/resources/yogaatdesk.html.

Software Digital Love.

Program includes a demo of yoga techniques that can be performed while sitting at a desk. Of Related Interest

Alexander, Doug. Self-care for computer athletes. Part 2: Pecs, traps, arms, & hands. Massage Therapy Journal, Winter 1999, 37(4). “Clients who sit in front of a computer all day can use these techniques to relieve the resultant cramps and aches of chest, shoulders, arms, hands, and fingers.”

Associated Press. There’s trouble in slumber-land for Americans, survey shows. 27 Mar 2001. Available online: http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=50446&src=n1. “Americans are sleep-deprived workaholics, with only about a third sleeping the recommended eight hours a night, and about 40 percent say they have trouble staying awake on the job, according to a poll released Tuesday.” Business and Consciousness Conference. Held annually. URL: www.bizspirit.com. Butler, Katy. Living on purpose: The seeker, the tennis coach, and the next wave of therapeutic practice. Psychotherapy Networker, Sep/Oct 2003. Article available online: http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/living_on_purpose.htm. On Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr’s highly successful work in introducing a spiritual mission into business people’s lives and thereby restoring balance. Hayakawa, Ellen. The Inspired Organization: Spirituality and Energy at Work. Trafford Publishing.

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Haroutinounian, A., S. Ghavan, and S. J. Gomez. Learning and being: Outcomes of a class on spirituality in work. Journal of Management Education, 2000, 24(5):662-682. Kerr, M. S., J. W. Frank, H. S. Shannon, R. W. K. Norman, R. P. Wells, W. P. Neumann, C. Bombardier, and the Ontario Universities Back Pain Study Group. Biomechanical and psychosocial risk factors for low back pain at work. American Journal of Public Health, Jul 2001, 91(7). Laabs, J. Balancing spirituality and work. Personnel Journal, 1995, 74(9):60-69. Lanphier, Loretta. Setting up a healthy office. Article available online: http://www.byregion.net/articles-healers/Setting_Up_Office.html. Lavelle, J. L., Jr. The spirituality of work. Life Association News, Feb 1999, pp. 130-132. Lewis, J, and G. Geroy. Employee spirituality in the workplace: A cross-cultural view for the management of spiritual employees. Journal of Management Education, 2000, 24(5):682-695. Mitroff, I. I., and E. A. Denton. A study of spirituality in the workplace. Sloan Management Review, 1999, 40(4): 83-92. Murray, Bridget. Does “emotional intelligence” matter in the workplace? APA Monitor, Jul 1998, 29(7). Article available online: http://www.apa.org/monitor/jul98/emot.html. Nahit, Elizabeth S., Christina M. Pritchard, Nicola M. Cherry, Alan J. Silman, and Gary J. Macfarlane. The influence of work related psychosocial factors and psychological distress on regional musculoskeletal pain: A study of newly employed workers. Journal of Rheumatology, Jun 2001, 28(6):1378-1384. Abstract available online: http://www. jrheum.com/abstracts/abstracts01/1378.html. “The study has shown that adverse work related psychosocial factors, in particular aspects of job demand and control, influence the reporting of regional musculoskeletal pain. This occurs even after only short term exposure. The odds of reporting these adverse exposures are increased when pain is reported at multiple sites.” Neal, J. A. Spirituality in management education: A guide to resources. Journal of Management Education, 1997, 21(1):121-140. ___________. Work as service to the divine. American Behavioral Scientist, 2000, 43(8):1316-1334. ________, and J. Bennett. Examining multi- level or holistic spiritual phenomena in the workplace. Academy of Management MSR Newsletter – Management, Spirituality and Religion. Austin: St. Edwards University.

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Onciul, Julia von. ABC of work related disorders: Stress at work. British Medical Journal, 21 Sep 1996, 313:745-748. Available online: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/313/7059/745. In-depth discussion of stressors in the workplace and possible remedies, including Yoga and meditation. Peterson, Michael. Work, corporate culture, and stress: Implications for worksite health promotion. American Journal of Health Behavior, Aug 1997, 21(4):243-252. Pielstick, C. Dean. Teaching Spiritual Synchronicity in a Business Leadership Class. Journal of Management Education, Feb 2005, 29(1):153-168. Abstract: Business leaders and business workers are increasingly interested in bringing their whole selves to work, including the spiritual. Students, as prospective leaders, need to understand issues of reasonable accommodation, religious holidays, display of religious objects, religious practices at work, and so forth. Students may also benefit from considering their own spiritual practices. The business curriculum should prepare future leaders to address these concerns. This article (a) describes the evidence for spirituality at work, (b) defines spiritual synchronicity and the implications for work, and (c) describes the integration of these factors into a business-leadership course at a public university. Reuters Health. Report shows cost of stress in the workplace. 19 Apr 2001. Available online: http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=51674&src=n1. (On mental health and well-being. Study conducted by the Mental Health Foundation, London.) “‘One of the most successful approaches used by organizations was a quiet space for contemplation where workers could rest, regroup and relax . . .’ Financial encouragement for use of sporting facilities and complementary therapies such as Shiatsu massage and external counseling were used by other organizations.” ___________. US workers too stressed to take vacation. 23 Feb 2001. Available online: http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=48858&src=n41?&src=hcnewshse1. Rowe, M. Michelle. Hardiness, stress, temperament, coping, and burnout in health professionals. American Journal of Health Behaviors, Jun 1997, 21(3):163-171.

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Some Companies That Offer/Have Offered Yoga Classes to Employees United States Apple, Palo Alto, California Asimba, Redwood City, California, (a sports, fitness, and lifestyle website company) AT&T Biometric Imaging, Palo Alto, California Brogan & Partners Convergence Marketing (offers free weekly Yoga classes for employees and was named in March 2001 as one of Metro Detroit’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to work) Candle Corp. Chase Manhattan Cohesion Technologies, a subsidiary of Collagen Corporation, Palo Alto, California Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May law office, San Francisco, California CTB/McGraw-Hill DaimlerChrysler, Michigan (offers weekly Yoga classes as part of its Wellness Program and in 2001 received the Healthy Workplace Platinum Award in the large business category from the Michigan Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports for this program) Dofasco, Inc. (Canada) (recipient of the 2002 Healthy Workplace Award from the National Quality Institute) Dollar Tree Stores, Inc., Greenbrier, Virginia Executive Director, Inc. (free Yoga classes for all employees) Exxon Forbes Gaiam (free weekly Yoga classes for all employees) Gelula & Co., Beverly Hills General Electric General Mills, Minneapolis

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J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Harpo Studios (Ophrah Winfrey’s company) holds a Yoga class every Wednesday HBO IBM Industrial Light & Magic, San Rafael, California Intel Loews Hotels Motorola Nike New York Telephone Company New York City Police Department NYNEX Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, California Pepsico Pfizer Princeton Review, New York Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Newark, New Jersey Robert Silman Associates, New York, New York Ritz-Carlton Hotels Sematech Singapore-based companies—several now offer subsidized Yoga classes during the lunch break State Farm Insurance 3M Texas Instruments Toyota Motor Corp. (U.S. Division) U.C. Davis Medical Center U.S. Coast Guard, Governor’s Island Vastera, Inc., Dulles, Virginia, “the leading provider of solutions for Global Trade Management” (offers free Yoga classes for employees and was the recipient of the Northern Virginia Family Service organization’s CARE [Companies As Responsive Employers] Award for 2002) Viking Corp. Walt Disney Co. Australia

Reserve Bank Pacific Power Telstra ING Sydney Festival ABN AMRO (merchant bank) Minter Ellison (law firm) Phillips Fox (law firm) HLB Mann Judd

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Vodafone Australia Coca-Cola Amatil Roche Sydney Symphony Orchestra Leo Burnett Advertising Challenger International Caritas Westpac Belvoir Street Theatre Vogue Jingle Bells (brothel)

Some Yoga Teachers Who Work in the Corporate Setting Alison Abrams, M.A. Brentwood, NY 11717 631-369-4509 [email protected] Teaches Yoga in the workplace setting. Terry Albores The Woodlands, TX 281-363-1763 [email protected] Teaches in corporate wellness programs. BevAnn Barta Stuart, FL 561-220-8436 [email protected] Teaches corporate Yoga. Beryl Bender Birch The Hard & The Soft Astanga Yoga Institute P.O. Box 3223 East Hampton, NY 11937 212-661-2895 [email protected] Has taught at Pepsico, General Electric, AT&T, and Chase Manhattan. Goran Boll Lifeforce Fiskartorpsvagen 54 Stockholm, Sweden 11542 468-210330 [email protected] www.lifeforce.nu Teaches in the corporate setting.

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Lee Brewster Sebastopol, CA 707-829-8915 [email protected] www.sonic.net/brewster Specializes in Yoga in the workplace. Ramona Brown Big Bear Lake, CA 909-584-7734 [email protected] Teaches corporate Yoga. Mikel Bruce, R.Y.T. MetroYoga San Diego, CA 619-200-1779 [email protected] www.metroyoga.net MetroYoga specializes in Yoga in the workplace and offers a business program to help other Yoga teachers take Yoga into the corporate setting. This program provides training in all aspects of business development, business and promotional tools, and marketing and sales strategies and training. Danielle Cass Teaches at Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May law office, San Francisco, California. Susan Cohen New York City [email protected] Runs a business that brings Yoga into the workplace. For an article about Susan that appeared in the Nov/Dec 2000 issue of Yoga Journal, see: http://www.yogajournal.com/views/321_1.cfm. Gabrielle B. Dahms, C.Y.T., M.A. San Francisco, CA 415-441-6280 (phone) 415-613-6280 (cell) [email protected] www.yoga9to5.com Specializes in Yoga in the workplace. Claire Diab [email protected] www.heartinfo.com/yoga 908-273-4467 Runs Yoga programs for several major corporations and health facilities. Jeanne Dillion Back to Basics; Yoga for Wellness Boise, ID 83702

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208-345-7113 [email protected] yogaforwellnesspro.com Specializes in Yoga in the workplace. Christine Fairchild-Sartore Body & Spirit, Inc. P.O. Box 440350 Aurora, CO 720-351-6565 [email protected] Teaches in the corporate setting. Donna Gentile Creating Healthy Lifestyles P.O. Box 158 Davis, CA 95617-0158 530-758-8604 [email protected] Teaches in the corporate setting. Jean Marie Hays and Debra McKnight Higgins San Francisco, California Have taught Kripalu-style Yoga and stress management courses at more than 50 California companies. Wendy Hilsen-Bernard, M.S. Still River Brookfield, CT 06804 203-775-9094 Teaches stress reduction in the workplace. Dea Jacobson, Director Blue Heron Yoga P.O. Box 4434 Grand Junction, CO 81502 970-242-3319 [email protected] Teaches Yoga for office workers. Atma K. Khalsa Object Radiance, Inc. Murrieta, CA 92562 909-698-9422 [email protected] www.objectrad.com/yoga Teaches in the corporate setting. Ginny Mazzei Bloomsburg, PA 570-784-1366

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[email protected] Teaches in the corporate setting. Christy McCammon (daughter of Dollar Tree Stores CEO Macon Brock) Teaches Yoga at Dollar Tree Stores, Greenbrier, Virginia. Elise Browning Miller (The following information may not be current.) P.O. Box 60746 Palo Alto, CA 94306 415-493-1254 [email protected] Teaches at Silicon Valley companies. Jill Edwards Minye The Open Hand - A Studio for Yoga and the Arts 7151 Wilton Avenue Sebastopol, CA 95472 707-823-9642 Teaches in the corporate setting. Kelly Naughton Flexible Rhythm, Inc. Tannersville, PA 18372 570-620-9817 [email protected] Teaches in the corporate setting. Debbie Lehwalder Nietert Teaches at Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, 213-956-5001 Larry Payne, Ph.D. Samata Yoga Center 4150 Tivoli Ave Los Angeles, CA 90066 (310) 306-8845 [email protected] Has taught at Viking Corp., Candle Corp., and J. Paul Getty Museum and set up Yoga programs for executives at Ritz-Carlton and Loews Hotels; currently teaches yoga to medical students at UCLA Medical School. Stewart Richlin Yoga on Melrose Los Angeles, CA Teaches at Gelula & Co., Beverly Hills. Mark Sandler Yoga & Wellness Center Fairport, NY 14450 716-223-4290 [email protected]

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www.yogawellness.com Teaches in the corporate setting. Patricia Sulger Cardio Fitness Center New York, NY 10019 212-757-6359 Teaches in the corporate setting. Mary Frances Taffe Teaches at U.C. Davis Medical Center, Davis, California. Sandra Uyterhoeven (The following information may not be current.) Yoga for Mainstream People 617-354-0570 Corporate Yoga program throughout eastern Massachusetts. Diane Zantop Diane Zantop Studios Boca Raton, FL 33486 (561) 392-3191 [email protected] Teaches in the corporate setting. Karma Yoga corporate Yoga service Sydney, Australia http://www.karmayoga.com.au Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram 31 (old no. 13) Fourth Cross Street Ramakrishna Nagar Chennai-600 028, India tel.: + 91 (0)44 4933092 fax: + 91 (0)44 4613341 email: [email protected] URL: www.kym.org. KYM offers personalized corporate health programs for a number of leading companies in India. Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation Eknath Bhavan, #19 Gavipuram Circle Bangalore - 560 019, India +91 80 650 7347, 660 8645, 60 7347 fax: +91 80 660 8645, 667 3446, 661 0666 [email protected] http://www.vkyogas.org.in Offers “Yoga for the Corporate Sector” trainings (Self-Management of Executive Tension, Holistic Systems Management (HOLSYM), HOLSYM Orientation Program, Certificate Course in HOLSYM, Diploma Course in HOLSYM).