A Mindful Workplace

Daily life at work wherever and whatever it is, brings with it a fullness of unknowns along with hopes and expectations. How we are within ourselves has everything to do with how we respond to situations that arise in the work day. Challenges within work along with life outside of work can and often does have an effect on how we cope with workloads, difficult clients or challenges with colleagues. So many aspects of work are out of our control. Mindfulness offers a way of being aware, to regulate and direct attention to how we can, in the moment, be the highest expression of our self.

With mindfulness we can find a way to respond to the moments in a way that de-escalates what might be ramping up within ourselves or in our environment. With work, no matter the occupation, the corporate aim is more and more that there is happiness at work; which in turn can allow for smooth productivity and success for all stakeholders.

Mindfulness is awareness. It is a practice to recognize, regulate and reset, connecting with an inherent ability to adapt and change the way we respond to life; to stressful situations.

This one-day workshop offers an experiential exploration bringing mindfulness to the working life. What you can expect to delve into through this workshop:

• Concentration: Use mindfulness practices to train our awareness and improve ability to bring attention back from distractions.
• Emotions, Thinking and Physical sensations: Recognizing where stress is being experienced in the body allows us to care for ourselves and reduce stress.
• Self-Awareness: Mindfulness can bring awareness to the patterns in our work lives that hold us back and may become stressors. (e.g. inner dialogue, being hard on oneself, aversion [procrastination],or unreasonable expectations [perfectionism]).
• Dealing with Difficult Emotions in the Workplace: Mindfulness helps us to identify (name) and handle (tame) our emotions. This in itself can improve ability to respond rather than react in stressful situations.
• Kindness and Care at Work: Mindfulness = Kindfulness. Mindfulness makes space for greater kindness and patience both with ourselves and with others. Mistakes and slips of words can be met with awareness and lead to more caring relationships.
• Communications: Mindfulness invites us to truly listen to others and expand our ability to consider other perspectives as well as express our own views with care and consideration.
• Emotional Intelligence: Once we begin to understand our own emotions we can then be more open to understanding other people’s emotions. We can create a pathway to effectively self-regulate, working with greater empathy for self and others.
• Making space for mindfulness practice: Developing mini mindfulness breaks throughout your work day where you can check in with yourself and then step back into your day knowing you have cared for yourself in a valuable way. The time you take to do this will be repaid in full by the way you are in relationship with your others, your time at work and all that it holds.

Please note:

• The day will hold insightful discussions, practical meditation exercises and group exchanges.
• Being new to this type of practice is welcomed.

Workshops can be tailored to meet your workplace needs. Possible options might be:

• 2 hour presentation
• Full or half day workshops

Please contact me for more details and investment fee

for your Workplace Mindfulness Workshop.

lindalberg54@gmail.com

“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn