Wellness In the Workplace

What does Wellness mean to you?

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself what “Wellness” means to you? Wellness means the state of being in good health, especially as an active goal. We are in a movement of focusing on health and wellness, physically, mentally and spiritually and it’s about time. Life can’t simply be living on a hamster wheel as I call it. Doing the same thing day in and day out and in a constant state of stress and worry. If you look around, without judgement of course, just observe the people around you or maybe look at your own lifestyle. Are you eating healthy, exercising regularly, addressing causes of illness vs treating symptoms, being present for family and friends, feeling joy and simply enjoying life?

We are in a day and age of constant stimulation, our minds constantly moving and technology always keeps connected to everyone and too many things. This over stimulation creates stress in our mental, emotional and physical bodies. As a yoga instructor and energy healer I have many clients, men and women who have so much tension in their bodies its created chronic pain and/or an emotional imbalance. You may be asking “What does this have to do with the workplace?”. Ask people “What causes the most stress in their life?” Most will answer “my job or money”. The two in my opinion go hand and hand. Believe me after years of being in the sales industry, getting paid based on 100% commission, I understand this stress. I made a decision a couple years ago to get off the hamster wheel and while that may not be an option for everyone I want to support employees that need tools to support stress reduction in the workplace and their personal lives.

As the instructor of Wellness in the Workplace I teach breathing techniques and mindfulness practices that have scientifically proven* to reduce stress and anxiety. Wellness in the Workplace yoga is a gentle yoga practice designed for employees on their feet all day or sitting behind a desk, it promotes increase in energy levels as well as supporting relaxation.

*Self-Regulation of Breathing as a Primary Treatment for Anxiety. Ravinder Jerath et al. in Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Vol. 40, No. 2, pages 107–115; June 2015.

*Mindful Attention to Breath Regulates Emotions via Increased Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex Connectivity. Anselm Doll in NeuroImage, Vol. 134, pages 305–313; July 1, 2016.

What Businesses are saying...

"At Freshly, we pride ourselves in wellness events for our employees. We reached out to Wendy to come to Freshly's office in Savage, MD to teach a yoga class during a lunch break. It was a wonderful experience for everyone who participated and they asked for Wendy to come back, so we asked if she could do a mediation class next time which she very happily helped to schedule it because she cares so much for helping other people achieve overall wellness especially in the workplace. With all the meetings, crazy schedules, and long hours that our employees endure, meditation was definitely needed and people were very excited to sign up for her class! Some of the people that signed up for meditation were in Wendy's previous yoga class she taught here and were already very at ease to know they would be doing meditation with someone they already knew. The meditation class was just what we all needed and employees felt refreshed and again were asking for Wendy to come back again! We are now planning monthly events with Wendy because our employees love her! Wendy has helped our wellness events grow and we have now realized the importance of hosting these free to our employee. Wendy is a great teacher and I highly recommend any of her classes in the workplace!"

Maria
Office Manager

Freshly

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