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The purpose of this workshop is to empower participants with the knowledge to identify how their thoughts drain their energy and to enhance energy through a mental shift. During the workshop participants are introduced to the concept of mental fitness and how it applies to multiple areas of development, personally and professionally. Familiarization with our mental high-jacking is explored during the overview of the three core mental muscles. Participants are afterwards presented three strategies for the applicability of mental fitness to energy enhancement.

Help yourself establish a routine and deepen your practice by joining our virtual Yoga Class every Tuesday and Thursday from 12 - 1 PM. Bring calm, clarity, and peace to the mind.  Everyone – faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees, visiting scholars – Welcome!  No experience required. Try not to eat 2 hours before the practice.  "A yoga collective that cares about cultivating health and wellbeing on the diverse U of G campus and beyond. Our goal is to offer valuable tools for achieving a balanced state of mind and body."

The Wellness@Work Grant Program encourages faculty and staff across all campuses and research stations at the University of Guelph to help promote wellness in their workplace through the implementation of a tailored health‐promoting program, approach or idea in their workplace. Further information on the Grant Program, along with important dates, can be found on the Wellness@Work Grant Program webpage. 

Join this short mindful moment to kick start your Monday morning and your week.  This mindfulness exercise will be a guided activity focused on guided breathing followed by a short debrief period. Join to sit back, relax and follow along to the guided script to start your day in a positive way. All levels of experience are welcome! Register now! 

Join this online session hosted by UofG Women, Work and Wellness to explore research related to naming our emotions, including why it matters and how we can get better at it. The session will include self-reflection as well as small/large group discussions to help incorporate these ideas into our own lives. Register now! Zoom meeting link. Meeting ID: 967 2505 1946 Passcode: 523278

Each session will open with taking some time to connect and presence ourselves in the virtual space: unmuting ourselves, saying hello, telling a story, saying something about how things are going. Next, we will do some breathwork, then a short gratitude practice, and then a short practice of acknowledging (silently) our hopes, our longings, what we are wanting more of in/from life, maybe even asking for it. Following this we will do one of three practices: 1. Coming to our senses 2. Cultivating Equanimity 3. Guided Imagery (active imagination)

Help yourself establish a routine and deepen your practice by joining our virtual Yoga Class every Tuesday and Thursday from 12 - 1 PM. Bring calm, clarity, and peace to the mind.  Everyone – faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees, visiting scholars – Welcome!  No experience required. Try not to eat 2 hours before the practice.  "A yoga collective that cares about cultivating health and wellbeing on the diverse U of G campus and beyond. Our goal is to offer valuable tools for achieving a balanced state of mind and body."

Help yourself establish a routine and deepen your practice by joining our virtual Yoga Class every Tuesday and Thursday from 12 - 1 PM. Bring calm, clarity, and peace to the mind.  Everyone – faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees, visiting scholars – Welcome!  No experience required. Try not to eat 2 hours before the practice.  "A yoga collective that cares about cultivating health and wellbeing on the diverse U of G campus and beyond. Our goal is to offer valuable tools for achieving a balanced state of mind and body."

GREAT at U of G is an initiative designed to enhance the culture of gratitude, recognition and appreciation for all faculty and staff at the University. It is important for all employees to know that they are valued and that what they do makes a real difference. Openly appreciating people for who they are and recognizing what they accomplish are key factors in employee wellness, and support U of G’s vision of a thriving workforce, organization, and community.

Visit the Gryphon Fitness On-Demand Class portal to view a range of fitness classes that you can do from the comfort of your own home at a time that fits you're schedule! Videos include a range of exercises from pilates to zumba to strength and mobility and more. Length of workouts range from as little as 15 minutes to as long as 45 minutes.