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Employee Wellness offers health promotion opportunities for all employees in the MRU community. The common thread between all events is to provide you with a variety of supports to keep yourself healthy across all dimensions of wellness. Wellness Wednesdays will continue as our flagship program in addition to new opportunities to connect.
Join the Employee Wellness team for a six week Meditation & Breathwork series guided by Dan Pichette. These 45 minute classes will be held weekly in U111 in November and December.
No prior experience is required, classes are designed for all levels. Classes are capped at 30 participants and registration is required.
Join Dan Pichette, owner of Alchemy Yoga Cochrane, for this series focused on breathwork and alchemy crystal bowl meditations to help connect within, release stress and regulate the nervous system. Breathwork can help to release energy stuck in the body, increase the flow of energy and relax the body in preparation for meditation. In this class, students will experience a variety of breathwork practices before settling into a comfortable meditation enjoying the power of sound healing with quartz crystal bowls. The tones produced by crystal bowls are heard by the ear and the vibrations are felt by the body affecting the energy centres (chakras) for healing and balancing. Dan will incorporate a variety of meditation practices from guided visualization to yoga nidra.
Yoga mats will be provided, participants are welcome to bring your own blanket to settle into the space.
Register for all the classes or select the individual classes you can attend.
Monthly Wellness Wednesday Theme:
Employee Wellness is focusing on a specific area of health every month to structure Wellness Wednesday events. Wellness Wednesday events will be planned according to these themes and additional health promoting events will be hosted by Employee Wellness to compliment the Wellness Wednesday programming.
November Theme: Nutrition
Register for November Events
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Location: T107
Date: November 27, 2024
Time: 10 - 11 a.m.
Description: Join this in person session with MRU faculty Pattie Pryma, PhD, RN to explore the various health benefits of Art Therapy. Art therapy as a discipline began in the 1940s and became more widespread in the 1970s. Art therapy has been shown to activate brain regions involved in emotional regulation, such as the prefrontal cortex and amygdala. By engaging in the creative process, individuals can regulate their emotions, reduce anxiety and promote emotional well-being. Art making is a way to express ourselves beyond words. It encourages us to be in our present moment, through noticing the sensations we are experiencing. This can help to reduce stress and anxiety, improve mood and self-esteem, and help to have deeper insight and ways to develop compassion for yourself and others.
In this session, participants will have the opportunity to engage in a hands on activity - Gratitude Mandala. All materials will be supplied and registration is required. This session will not be recorded.
You can make a difference! Employee Wellness is collaborating with SAMRU for the food and hygiene drive. The drive will run from November 18 to December 9. A donation bin will be present at this event to collect items. Food wish list items include: peanut butter, canned fruit, cereal and gluten free cereal, canned meat and vegetables. Hygiene wish list items include: pads, toothbrush, toothpaste, razors, shampoo, conditioner, body wash and deodorant. Thank you for supporting the MRU community.
December Theme: Gift of Giving
Register for December Events
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Location: E125
Date: December 4, 2024
Time: 2 - 3 p.m.
Description: Join the Employee Wellness team as we celebrate the gift of giving this month. Cultivate your creativity during this in person workshop in collaboration with The Apothecary. In this hands on workshop participants will make: headache roll on, uplifting/refreshing mist and ginger snap tummy tea. This is a great opportunity to make a homemade gift for a loved one.
Registration is required and this session is capped at 30 participants.
You can make a difference! Employee Wellness is collaborating with SAMRU for the food and hygiene drive. The drive will run from November 18 to December 9. A donation bin will be present at this event to collect items. Food wish list items include: peanut butter, canned fruit, cereal and gluten free cereal, canned meat and vegetables. Hygiene wish list items include: pads, toothbrush, toothpaste, razors, shampoo, conditioner, body wash and deodorant. Thank you for supporting the MRU community.
Register: here
Location: EC 1125
Date: December 11, 2024
Time: 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Description: Join Employee Wellness as we collaborate with Cont. Ed. to offer a seasonal floral design workshop. This is a great opportunity to make a homemade gift for a loved one as we embrace this gift of giving theme this month. Participants will create a floral arrangement in a vase. All floral elements will be provided. If possible please supply your own garden sheers and bucket.
Registration is required. This event can accommodate 19 participants.
