World Affairs
Business & FinanceBy Jonathan
10 months ago
As a manager, you may cringe when you hear the phrase "Work-Life Balance," which is viewed by many employers as a code phrase for "work less." But is the trend toward employees demanding more balance between their careers and their other obligations and interests entirely negative for employers? Viewed from a positive perspective, Work-Life Balance can be one of your best tools to retain and motivate your employees.
Think of Work-Life Balance not from the point of view of a giveaway, but as yet another form of horse trading. What do you want, and what are you willing to trade for it? Some of the things you might want are: minimum turnover, effective recruiting of high quality employees, employee loyalty, employee motivation, and flexibility in scheduling. For the first four of these, offering Work-Life Balance benefits is similar to offering vacations and health insurance. You hope that employee morale rises enough to compensate for the cost of the benefit. But flexibility in scheduling is a completely different matter.
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LifestyleHealth, Sports & FitnessBy ramaraobobby
11 months ago
Suryanamaskar (Surya means sun & namaskar means salutations, thus Salutations to Sun) combine Yogasanas and Pranayama. It brings general flexibility and builds strength of the body preparing it for further Asanas and Pranayama. This is usually done both at "sunrise" and "sunset", facing the Sun. Before starting these salutations to the sun the following Sanskrit verse should be chanted. (traditionally done that way because Pantanjali who is the compiler of yoga sutras has said so)
You can chant the verse in Sanskrit or take the prayer in English as given below. Whatever may be the language, meaning holds the same.
Here is the verse: (Sanskrit verse)
Hiranmayena Patrena Satyasyapihitam Mukham |
Tat twam Pusan Apavrnu Satya Dharmaya Drstaye ||
Which means(in English)
Like a lid to a vessel, O Sun, your Golden orb covers the entrance to Truth.
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