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April 2009
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Quest Quote |
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“I’ve wrestled with reality for 35 years…and I’m happy to state I finally won out over it. ” - James Stewart |
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Quix Pix |
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Every month we will share some of our currently favorite books, music, movies and TV shows. |
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Visual Harvey – This 1950 movie, based on the Pulitzer-prize winning play, was one of James Stewart’s favorites to perform. His character’s approach to life after befriending a six-foot rabbit that no one else can see is inspirationally quixotic. |
Pocket Poem |
Small enough to fit in your pocket, big enough to be of use. Mating Song  If I could find just one peeper If I dared walk back through these woods, I would kneel in the grassy mud |
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From the Founder  The air is changing in the northeast, breathing new life in as the snow finally melts and the ground softens. The daffodils are pushing up through last year’s leaves and the spring peepers are peeping. This is a perfect time to get reacquainted with the joys of the body, whether you get your bicycle out for the first ride of the season or head out for a walk on your lunch break. The Office Yoga Break, inspired by our Office Yoga program, is a new feature this month. Take a moment now at your desk to breathe, relax and stretch your body. You’ll return to your work renewed, energized and with a little bit of that wonderful spring energy to help with the challenges at hand. May you have giddy moments of April foolishness, breathe well and be inspired by the world outside to grow the best in you. On with the quest, |
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Topic of the Month
Office Yoga Break
Take a quick break from your work and try these yoga poses right at your desk. They open the hips, release the tension in back, chest and throughout the body, strengthen the back, and allow breath to flow more freely.  Seated mountain pose
Sit forward on chair, feet below the knees. Press down on tops of thighs. Lift and open chest, soften lower ribs, sink shoulder blades down the back. Lift with thumbs under armpits to help this action. |
Seated forward bend
There are three variations: Try all three. Each provides a different benefit. Decide which of the three gives you the most benefit. A – Spread legs a little wider than hips distance apart, feet parallel. Inhale, then exhale with your upper body forward; rest your forearms on desk with hands parallel. |
 B – Spread legs a little wider than hips distance apart, feet parallel. Inhale, then exhale, moving the upper body forward. Hold elbows with hands on desk. Rest head on crossed arms and allow back to release. |
 C – Spread legs a little wider than hips distance apart, feet parallel. Inhale, then exhale, moving the upper body forward. Hold elbows and release forward, letting head float free with gravity. Allow the strength of legs to release spine. |
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Further Resources
Click here for Seven Helpful Yoga Hints. Click here for further yoga resources. |
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Featured Program
Office Yoga
 Join the hundreds of companies and fifteen million Americans that practice yoga! Develop your mental and physical potential as you take control of the challenges of everyday living with simple movements. Our friendly, one-step-at-a-time, few-minutes-a-day way gets your team going immediately. Businesses now see the need to address chronic fatigue, repetitive stress injury, recurring back problems and other physical ailments due to long periods of deskwork. They are realizing that employees who practice yoga experience less stress and take fewer sick days. Physical and mental health, stress reduction, safety and employee satisfaction are crucial aspects to productivity. Having the ability to focus, create solutions, and maximize productivity are characteristics of a healthy employee. For a complete program description, please click here. |
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Quix Tip |
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Breathe  Breathing is not only the most important part of yoga, it is the most important part of being alive. Your body completes this simple, beautiful task every moment of your life without the mind having to keep track of it, or put it on the To Do list. Beyond feeding the body with oxygen, breathing can pull you out of fretting about the past or future and connect you to the present moment. There is no other place, no other time that the breath can happen than right here, right now. You may find it helpful to close your eyes. Notice how you’re naturally breathing. Follow your breath’s path. Is it labored, shallow, quick, full, excited? Take a full, slow inhale, filling and relaxing the belly. Don’t strain, just allow the filling of new life, new oxygen, new energy. Click here to read the rest of the Quix Tip. |
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Statisticity |
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Q. Approximately how many Americans have said that a doctor or therapist has recommended yoga?* Source: Yoga Journal, February, 2008
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Panza's Proverb |
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"At times the just must pay for sinners."  Sancho Panza, Don Quixote’s squire, was famous for his proverbs. |
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Spread the Word |
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This is your monthly word challenge. Identify the correct definition for the following word. Once you know the definition, spread the word! Withe |