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Do daily yoga and meditation classes at the job sound like workplace heaven? Be the change you want to see. Follow these tips from Tevis Trower, founder of Balance Integration Corporation on how to get your company to offer yoga classes at work.

You’ve heard of companies where chair massage, raw food bars, yoga, and dogs at work are a reality. While work-sponsored daily sushi may be out of the question at your office, use these easy steps to make your yoga-at-work dreams come true:

Want to fight nasty seasonal allergies the natural way? Try incorporating more superfoods into your diet. Many superfoods combat allergies because they are especially rich in flavonoids and omega-3 fatty acids. 

Here are 3 of our favorite allergy-fighting superfoods: 

Have you ever sat back and thought about where we would be as humans if we used the time we spend learning how to make a living on learning how to make a life? 

Way too much time, effort and finances go into making a living.

All other animals are able to make a living, in just a few years after birth. But, we the kings and queens of the Earth, spend our entire lives trying to earn, maintain, save and for what? 

Los Angeles yoga teacher, Hala Khouri’s Yoga for Stress Reduction DVD and Radiant Pregnancy DVD are both available on GaiamTV.com. “It's such a treat to be able to share my passion for teaching with many of you who aren't able to attend my classes in person and I'm honored to be a part of such an amazing online resource for yogis everywhere” says Khouri. (She’s talking to you, East-siders.)

Having one of those days? Lift you spirits with these three yoga poses to boost a bad mood from Kristin McGee.

Yoga teacher Jennifer Pastiloff, who was recently featured in New York Magazine for her Manifestation Workshop at Pure Yoga in the fall, shares an inspiring story about the importance of kindness.

I have had so much kindness displayed to me in my life.

Yoga is extremely beneficial to golfers both physically and mentally. A consistent yoga practice can help alleviate pain from play and prevents injuries from happening on the course. Golf also requires intense concentration; yoga cultivates focus, which results in a better game. This Father's Day, instead of buying your dad another set of golf balls, introduce him to some postures that will help him on the course. 

Here are 4 yoga poses for the dad and golfer in your life:   

The data is in - 20 minutes of yoga a day improves brain function. This finding is from research done at the University of Illinois, through the testing of 30 pariticpants. Subjects who took a test after 20 minutes of hatha yoga performed more accurately and faster than subjects that walked or ran on a treadmill for the same amount of time. 

We love cinnamon so much (especially in our green smoothies), that we sometimes forget that the spice is actually good for us. So, we just had to share this article from Blisstree on the healthy benefits of cinnamon.

In power vinyasa yoga, you can flow through chaturanga dandasana dozens of times in an hour-long class. It is so crucial to perfect this posture since you perform it so often. Doing it incorrectly is not only uncomfortable, but it can also lead to injury. 

Here are 3 ways to perfect chaturanga to keep in mind next time you practice: