Comstock's magazine 1119 - November 2019 | Page 65

office relief Businesses are bringing yoga into the workplace and finding that relaxation and mindfulness are lucrative BY Jeff Wilser | PHOTO BY Fred Greaves very Friday at 7 a.m. sharp, the senior executives of Elliott Homes, the Folsom-based real-estate development company, file into a weekly staff meeting. They’ve done this for years; the firm dates to 1914, and they’re big on tradition. One day, Price Walker, the vice president of project development, had a decidedly nontraditional idea. “I started thinking these Friday morning meetings, frankly, yeah, they’re important, and, yeah, we get a lot done, but they’re monotonous,” he says with a laugh. November 2019 | comstocksmag.com 65