To be or Not to be (Outdoors)?
If you are living in north India, and specifically in the Delhi-Punjab-Haryana-UP belt, you would know winter is setting in. Not just because of the slight nip in the air but because of the smog engulfing us, making it hard for us to breathe. It has been on a bad-to-worse […]
Management principle for life
“Yatho Hasta thatho Drishti, Yatho Drishti thatho ManahYatho Manah thatho Bhaava, Yatho Bhaava thatho Rasa” “Where the hands(hasta) are, go the eyes (drishti); where the eyes are, goes the mind (manah); where the mind goes, there is an expression of inner feeling (bhaava) and where there is bhaava, mood or […]
Corporate Health Programs – Be Rewarded and Be Healthy
I continue with the thread of my previous two blogs about Building a Culture of Health, with focus on Corporate Health/Wellness Programs. Often Employee fitness and health programs are unable to achieve the desired engagement and outcome due to a disconnect between the program construct and employee expectations/needs. It doesn’t […]
Building a Culture of Health – Where to begin
In my previous blog Building a Culture of Health, I wrote about how a healthy workplace helps build a productive and happier environment within an organization. And how success in achieving this objective depends largely on its Leadership – to inculcate and provide a supportive environment for a ‘Culture of […]
Building a Culture of Health
A Healthy workplace is a more productive workplace. It is a well-documented and accepted fact that maintaining a workplace where employees are healthy, in addition to improving their quality of life at the individual level, positively contributes to their productivity thereby adding to the company’s bottom-line. Even though this fact […]
Could That Nagging Pain be Your Posture
This might seem like an utterly basic, common sense question not deserving any screen space, but my long professional experience as a personal trainer, rehab specialist and corporate health and wellness mentor, screams otherwise. So here we are, back to addressing fundamentals of one of nature’s most complex creations – […]
The ‘Sunshine Vitamin’
Yes, that’s what it is also called. Vitamin D. While there is some growing awareness about this Vitamin, knowledge about its functions and the role it plays in maintaining health is still poor. WHAT IS VITAMIN D? It’s important to first understand what Vitamins are in general. Vitamins are organic […]
The Four Pillars Of Well Being
Holistic fitness includes physical, emotional, mental and spiritual fitness. The word ‘holistic’ has made its way into common vocabulary, especially in the health and wellness industry. What does it mean? It’s a basic and intuitive concept on which our very existence should rest, not just health and fitness. It is […]
Keep falling off fitness goals? Here’s maybe why.
We all know someone who has trouble getting on and staying on board the health and fitness train. Chances are, we are that someone. Here are some common reasons why most people fail to start or stick to their goals: Setting a future date. You keep the beginning of next week, […]
Life beyond the hot flashes
That much-dreaded journey to menopause need not be all misery if you make some simple but healthy changes in lifestyle Menopause marks the end of the monthly menstrual cycle for women. It’s the time when the ovaries cease to function and the woman can no longer reproduce. Though it is […]