Workplace Wellness

​Coping With COVID
​ONLINE Wellness Series
Balancing the daily stressors and demands of our lives and at work is always a challenge. It's a journey that takes time, attention, and care, but it's one that we each deserve. Reclaim your right to be happy, healthy and whole! Start with you, start small, and perhaps start at the workplace! 

Let's face it - social distancing and COVID-19 has undeniably impacted our lives, shifted the way we work, and forced our community to juggle many competing demands. During these uncertain times, it is even more critical that we take time to come together, support one another and our community, and more importantly, take care of ourselves in the process. If this crisis has taught me anything, it's that taking care of ourselves and our people matters, and even more so now. That said, I’ve launched some new series offerings to support communities in this time of need. 

What we practice grows stronger.  If you are searching for more ways to practice mindfulness, kindness, and stay grounded amidst all the instability, these series of offerings might be for you or your colleagues!

​Full details are below. Any of the offerings can be offered as a standalone or custom-built as a package to best  support your team’s needs. Connect with Alia and learn more about building your custom wellness series for your community.
Mindful Meditation Breaks
5 or 10 week series with weekly 10-15 mini-meditation breaks,  customized to your teammates needs. In this series, staff will build their toolkit for self-care by exploring concepts of mindfulness, self-compassion, presence.

​Through weekly meditations build your muscle for awareness in order to support each of us in honoring what we each need in these challenging times.
Weekly Yoga Sessions
​Options for 4, 8, or 12-week series with weekly yoga sessions.

​Students will explore creative movements with mindful breathing techniques to  release stress and find balance. Classes will be customized to the group’s needs and can be tailored in length. 
Chair Yoga
Has sitting at a desk all day got your body and back all worked up? Join the club! Unfortunately, this is commonplace for most of us, especially now with work from home life. Sitting at our desks for hours can compromise our health and posture over time. But the good news is, there’s something you can do to help. 

If you are looking for a place to get started with a movement practice, try chair yoga! This is a great, accessible way to get some movement in with your colleagues, especially between the busy work day. In this sessions, you'll learn common poses and stretches to support your posture and help get you moving between meeting breaks to support your back health and learn how to reset throughout the day so you can feel focused and refreshed. 
​Self-Care Workshop
In this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to custom- build their own self care plans  and consider what it means to take care of themselves during this crisis. This session can be tailored to your group’s needs, but together, we: 
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  • Will explore how mindfulness can support you in these uncertain times and enhance your self-care; 
  • Build your muscle for awareness and presence; 
  • Understand the role presence plays in honoring what we each need.
​More Resources & FREE Meditations
“There are some things that we cannot change, but in being present we can choose how we relate to them.” ​-Tara Brach
                                                                                                                                                                
Finding time to pause is integral in helping us become aware of when we are stressed, overwhelmed, and can’t show up as our best selves. This is always an important part of the practice and even more so now with the increasing challenges and demands we each face amidst  the crisis. Take time to pause throughout your day with me!  Check out my mini-meditations on my youtube channel to guide you  on how to breathe, pause and find some stillness amidst the busyness and demands of your day. 
Start Your Morning Off Right!
Get grounded with this 5 min morning meditation.
Need a break between your day?
Check out this 2 min meditation
Release that Work Stress!
This is a great meditation to do at the end of a busy work day.  10 minutes is all you need!
 Resource Share
Looking for more resources to support your friends, family and community? By now, you’ve likely come across a ton of resources. Below are a few of my favorite ones! Do you  have other great resources you are using? I’d love to hear it! Share them with us. 

Instructional/Learning Resources: 
  1. Resources for Learning at Home 
  2. Khan Academy
  3. Achievement Network Instructional Resources for Teachers

Parent & Family Friendly: 
  1. How to talk to children about Coronavirus
  2. The Kids’ Guide to Coronavirus with Kristen Bell: helping answer young people’s questions about COVID-19. 
  3. 12 Famous museum Virtual Tours
  4. Right at Home: Learning & After School Activities 
  5. Pandemic Parent: sample schedules for work and at home, how to manage things at home. 
  6. Learn how to create connections with your kids at home  with these connections is the cure printable download packets
  7. Check out this tip sheet for families and caregivers Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
  8. Read aloud/Story time and kids yoga: Best of online story resources & classes from BreathingSpace studio in DC 
  9. Bri Reads: Read aloud stories on youtube for kids. 

Self-Care:
  1. Washingtonian on Mindfulness - Tips for COVID Anxiety
  2. ​A Simple Breathing Practice to Keep Panic at Bay
  3. Tara Brach's Pandemic Care Resources: Includes talks and guided meditations to support you through these difficult times. You will find it here: 
  4. How Mindfulness Can Help You Navigate the Coronavirus Panic
  5. Headspace has opened up FREE meditation to support with COVID-19 pandemic. Educators can also sign up for Free accounts here:  https://www.headspace.com/educators