The new schmooze

Remember when being a corporate high-flyer was about boozy cocktail parties and Byzantine lunches? Alcohol and pills may have been the old way to manage stress, but the new CEO is more likely to spend their lunch breaks limbering up at the yoga studio or prone on the acupuncture table. Lee-Anne Duncan speaks to those who have given up networking for needles and namaste.

ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Yoga instructor Jase Te Patu conducts a class at the Awhi Yoga and Wellbeing Centre in Wellington.