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Every week, the editors at Yoga Journal compile moments—generally mind-bending, generally easy—that remind us yoga is, in reality, all over the place.
COPE
Many firms mainly shout from the rooftops about wellness perks designed to reinforce worker satisfaction. “Free yoga lessons on Thursdays! Lifetime entry to meditation apps! Workplace ball pits!” But a prevailing sentiment amongst workers appears to be, “Perhaps simply pay us extra?”
And now there’s assist for that sentiment. A current research suggests these perks aren’t really enhancing anybody’s well-being or retention ranges. (We’re guessing as a result of nobody may really slip away to take yoga.) What would assist? In accordance with the research, volunteering or charity work elevated positivity in full-time employees. And, as this text by Salon.com suggests, extra paid break day and four-day workweeks most likely wouldn’t be a foul factor.
![An overhead shot of a cool co-working space in Brooklyn with remote workers and their laptops sitting at long tables with strings of lights from the ceiling.](https://cdn.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/shridhar-gupta-unsplash-1024x576.png?width=730)
OVERHEARD
“Yoga lecturers are like cats. They only come into your life while you want them.”
MEDITATE
Folks meditate for all kinds of causes. In “This Week’s Intercourse Diary” on The Lower, we hear about “the divorced man too drained for intercourse” who finds himself unable to sleep in between encounters organized by way of 5 totally different courting apps. So he muses to himself, “Perhaps I want to start out meditating?” No judgment right here. And yeah, meditation helps with just about all the pieces.
![A social media post from The Cut for the Sex Diaries column about a divorced guy who wants to learn to meditate.](https://cdn.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Week-in-Yoga-February-11-17-2024_The-Cut-1024x576.png?width=730)
STRETCH
Likelihood is you’ve heard a yoga trainer cue you to take prayer palms and press your palms collectively or ask you to come back into Cat-Cow and angle your fingers outward towards the lengthy aspect of your mat. Felt fairly good on the forearms and wrists, didn’t it? Though you most likely forgot about it the second class takes you into the following pose. And that’s a mistake.
It’s been estimated that 25 % of American these who’re lively in athletics or use their palms for work find yourself with some quantity of wrist pressure and ache. Even the best of strengthening and stretching workouts, together with prayer palms, could make a distinction when practiced constantly. For less difficult stretches, take a look at our article.
![A black and white photo of a woman in a t shirt with prayer hands at her chest as she practices how to strengthen wrists.](https://cdn.yogajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/How-to-Strengthen-Wrists_Getty-e1707615944692-1024x543.png?width=730)
STRENGTHEN
In an article revealed earlier this week in The Guardian, a author displays on her hypermobility and explores whether or not it’s a blessing or curse. “For many of my life, I’ve believed this to be an excellent factor: I typically really feel smug in yoga lessons.”
As the author discovered by way of private expertise in addition to analysis, that very same hypermobility can result in joint ache in later years. But sure low-impact, strength-building types of train—together with yoga, swimming, and Pilates—can assist assist “flexible” physique components, in response to analysis. Though not all yoga lecturers are skilled to assist college students with hypermobility, you possibly can study extra about its subtleties in Yoga for Flexible Folks, a complete useful resource written by Libby Hinsley.
LEARN
When a pupil walked into Pink Solar Yoga in Winter Springs, Florida, not way back and inquired about lessons, she had problem speaking with the non-Spanish-speaking studio proprietor. So the studio proprietor requested the assistance of one in all her lecturers, Luz Paez, who may clarify the category choices in Spanish.
Just a few weeks later, Paez seen that the coed had signed up for a mild hatha class. Paez took it upon herself to attend class together with her. “I informed the lady that I’d be there within the background, and if you happen to get caught, simply let me know,” says Paez. She ended up quietly translating your complete class, phrase for phrase. She additionally modified poses as wanted so the coed may observe safely. “She informed me that she’d been in a automotive accident and had some spinal points,” explains Paez. “I didn’t need her to get harm.”
Paez just lately celebrated her one-year instructing anniversary. In her brief time instructing, she clearly understands yoga.—Lisa A. Seashore