Yoga for Business People: Lifetime Habit
Mr. La Forge (Yoga Trainer) suspects that because the mind-body exercises typically are easier to pursue, executives have a better chance of making a lifetime habit of them. To see if his opinion is correct, he launched a five-year study of 110 middle- and upper-level executives in companies in the US. He tracks their exercise habits to see if those incorporating mind-body techniques stick with the program longer.
Devotees say the mind-body exercise regimen has a payoff in the workplace, as well.
Barry Moltz, 36, founder and CEO of CHTech International, a mail-order distributor of computer hardware and software, started doing Yoga a year ago to balance the pressures of growing a business and starting a family. He still works out in a gym and commutes to work on his bicycle, but he also meditates in the half-lotus position for 15 or 20 minutes at night after his two young children have gone to sleep.
He says that many of his friends, also in their mid-30s, have been also getting interested in the mind-body connection and the ways it can improve their lives, both at work and at home.
”I think the toughest part about running a company is that there are so many demands on your time. When I meditate, it really allows me to relax and focus all my energies in one place,” he says. ”Now when I am involved in a meeting, I can be immersed in that meeting instead of thinking about 15 other things. And people really respond when you are totally focused on just them.”
The pressures of the job say you should not be satisfied where you are today. You can never feel like you have achieved anything because it is very elusive. Yoga and meditation allows you to be happier and more effective in what you are doing now.
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