Welcome to Week 4 of Yoga Month at the University of Washington, where over 1500 UW faculty, staff, and students have committed to experience and explore the benefits of yoga practice. The main component of this year’s Yoga Month has been the focus on the seven chakras. Participants have be challenged to practice each week [...]

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“Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis in men today, and it’s the third leading cause of cancer related death in men.” — Dr. Jonathan Wright Medical Director of the UWMC Urology Clinic UW associate professor of urology. The numbers are staggering. In their lifetimes, one in seven men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, [...]

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Welcome to Week Three of Yoga Month at the University of Washington! Each week in September, more than 1500 staff, faculty, and students from across the UW are learning about and celebrating the benefits of yoga with a special focus on the seven chakras. If you missed Week 1 or Week 2, there’s still plenty of time to [...]

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Over 1500 UW faculty, staff, and students have committed to participating in Yoga Month at the University of Washington. This year’s focus is on the seven chakras. Each week, participants will be challenged to practice both on and off the mat and can do so through the partnership of UW Recreation and Leela Yoga Studio [...]

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A little time, a little effort, and a dash of concentration. It’s a simple recipe for what might seem a complicated endeavor: climbing rock walls. But in the case of two new would-be rock climbers at The Crags, the University of Washington’s climbing center, another element would prove a key ingredient on their path to [...]

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Welcome to Week One of Yoga Month at the University of Washington, where over 1500 UW faculty, staff, and students have committed to this experience. The main component of this year’s Yoga Month is the focus on the seven chakras. Participants will be challenged to practice each week both on and off the mat and [...]

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This year marks the fourth year in a row that The Whole U has supported National Yoga Month, encouraging UW faculty and staff from all campuses and medical centers to try yoga. From postures to flows, thousands of avid yogis and new practitioners alike have discovered the incredible benefits of this exercise. This year’s focus [...]

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It’s the last week of the Raise the Bar challenge for wellness in the workplace, so we thought we’d leave you with a story we hope will inspire participants to carry forward the momentum you’ll have built over the past 60 days into the new academic year and beyond. It’s one that started with a [...]

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In Week 6 of our 60-day Raise the Bar challenge for wellness in the workplace, teams across the UW took time out to experience the almost-total solar eclipse, while continuing apace with their regularly scheduled wellness- and team-bonding programming centered on physical activity, eating well, stress management, and positive affirmation. Sue Carr, strategic initiatives and [...]

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We may be half way through our Raise the Bar challenge to champion wellness in the workplace, but thus far we’ve seen nothing but full effort. For the past five weeks, teams have been hitting new heights in healthy work environments, but even as potlucks have gotten more colorful and team walks and workout sessions [...]

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When most people think of summertime barbecues, an image of burgers with melty cheese and hot dogs on the grill comes to mind. These foods are perfectly fine in moderation, but don’t let the traditional idea of a barbecue prevent you from taking advantage of all the delicious produce summer has to offer! We are [...]

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With temperatures on the rise and a smoky vail descending on Washington from the north, our Raise the Bar teams could easily have thrown in the towel, cranked the AC, and shelved workplace wellness for less sweltering weather over the course of the past week. But did they? Far from it! From team hydration and [...]

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