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Meditation in the Workplace?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ommmmmmmmm dept.

prostoalex writes "Nortel, Texas Instruments, Raytheon, Google, Apple and many others are apparently finding meditation and yoga to be a very efficient way to motivate and energize the employees. BusinessWeek finds that the reasons companies are suddenly hiring the yoga experts and conducting regular classes are easily justified to the management: "increased brain-wave activity, enhanced intuition, better concentration, and the alleviation of the kinds of aches and pains that plague employees most"."

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  1. Yoga ??? by OeLeWaPpErKe · · Score: 1, Troll

    Staring for hours on end in front of you without moving a muscle ? Briljant

    Where was this research done ? At SCO ?

  2. But TV tells me... by tuxedobob · · Score: 0, Troll

    And job tension is directly tied to a lack of productivity and loss of competitive edge.

    I thought that was hunger! Isn't Snickers the cure?