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May 19, 2016

Google’s ‘Search Inside Yourself’ Promotes Balance for Peak Performers

Maintaining a high rate of productivity can be difficult to sustain when unexpected personal turmoil and work-related stress create disharmony in our minds and bodies. One learning program that has had incredible results is Google’s smartly titled “Search Inside Yourself” program developed by Chade-Meng Tan. Since the program’s 2007 inception at Google, Tan has grown Search Inside Yourself into its...

April 26, 2016

Launch Day: Introducing the UpGrade™ System for Schools

When we decided to set the world in motion by introducing the Level® last year, we were thrilled that so many people joined us in our mission. We are now just as excited to announce the Kickstarter launch of the UpGrade™, an immediate solution to help change the way kids participate in a classroom setting. The UpGrade™ System—comprising an adjustable height desk and...

April 2, 2016

Can Standing Desks Help Students Learn Better?

With the rise in the use of standing desks and active workplaces, we’ve made some big strides toward prioritizing employee health and productivity in the modern workplace. As research repeatedly supports the benefits of reducing sedentary time in the workplace, people have begun to explore how we can make changes to improve learning in schools. For students, a new study finds, using a standing desk may improve...

March 2, 2016

FluidStance Takes SXSW Interactive

Next week, the FluidStance® team will be boarding a plane to Austin, Texas, and heading to South by Southwest (SXSW) for the week! For those unfamiliar with SXSW Interactive: the festival provides an opportunity for filmmakers, musicians, and innovators to showcase their work to an audience of creative-minded festival-goers. We’ll be there specifically for the Interactive Festival, which runs from March 11 to March...

December 30, 2015

6 Fitness Habits to Kick Off 2016

The new year is just around the corner, and so are New Year’s resolutions. This year, let’s resolve to move more. Our bodies are designed to move, and it’s been shown that sedentary lifestyles aren’t great for our physical or mental wellbeing. The FluidStance® Level® is designed to keep you in motion while you work, but achieving fitness this year means staying active...

December 15, 2015

FluidStance® on the Blogosphere, Part 1

As we’ve mentioned before, we love blogs. We’re excited to share some reviews that we’ve received on the blogosphere this year. Read up on a few bloggers who wrote about their experiences on the Level®: 1) Writer Unboxed “To my surprise (and immense relief), it’s not at all difficult to maintain your balance on this thing. And it’s kinda fun, too. I found myself purposely...

December 9, 2015

What Moves You: Desk Yogi Founder Jacqui Burge Brings Zen to Your Cubicle

It’s not often that we can find a moment of relaxation in the workplace. Between meetings, deadlines, and emails, the workday too-often feels like a rush to the finish line. Jacqui Burge, the founder of Desk Yogi—a site that features fitness and stress reduction videos tailored specifically to office life—has made it her mission to change that. “I found that when...

November 28, 2015

Small Business Saturday: How to #ShopSmall in Santa Barbara

One of our favorite new holidays is this Saturday, November 28: Small Business Saturday! FluidStance® is founded on the principle of supporting small, local businesses. Purchasing locally reduces the environmental impact of shipping products, supports local infrastructure, and builds up communities. At FluidStance, we assemble all of our products in our Santa Barbara, California, warehouse, and we source nearly all of our materials from California or the...

November 18, 2015

What Moves You: Using the FluidStance Level in Your 80s

Guest post by Joan Dawson I love being the oldest person in the world happily using the FluidStance Level! We moved recently into a great retirement community, and when we were down-sizing I gave my husband my great desk and took over my antique jeweler’s bench as a standup desk (OK, I’m short). My husband fixed an extension to make my desk deeper, so I...

November 11, 2015

Facebook Employees Hack their Workstations with the FluidStance® Level®

A haven where techie t-shirts and complimentary snacks abound, 1 Hacker Way is the Menlo Park, California, home to the famed Facebook headquarters. FluidStance was lucky enough to be invited to host a pop-up shop for Facebook employees at this Menlo Park campus last month, so we loaded up our trucks with Levels, mats, and racks and headed up to the Bay Area on...

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