Over the last few years, studies have shown that social interactions and connections have significantly decreased, directly impacting our mental and physical health. This workshop will discuss the three vital components of social connection, why it matters, and how to boost our social well-being in a meaningful way.
**If you need reasonable accommodations, including ASL interpreters, CART, or other, please email us by Tuesday March 5 - info@kgreer.com.
Please note: Once this deadline has passed, we can no longer fulfill accommodation requests. Please take advantage...
Learn about multiple resources to help you plan for and support elders or other dependent adults. Kimberly Anthony from Care.com, and Betsy Pratt and Sarah Reynard from KGA discuss how both programs provide expert advice, emotional support and nation-wide referrals on adult-care issues. They will describe how these programs are different and how they work together to help you develop action plans to manage the ever-changing demands of caring for aging family members and other dependent adults.
Repeats every week every Friday until Fri May 24 2024 .
9:00am to 10:00am
Location:
Online
As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints—thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid in relaxing the hips and lower portions of the body to increase one’s ability to sit with ease. Because this practice blends movement in the body with the breath, it is an ideal extension of mindfulness practice. No previous knowledge of yoga is necessary. This class does not require special clothing or equipment.
Everyone experiences stressful days at work, but how we respond to stress makes a significant difference in work performance, the quality of our interactions, and how we feel both physically and mentally. In this program, participants are taught to recognize the early signs of stress as well as the sources of stress. In addition, they will learn how mindfulness enables them to respond to stressful situations in a calm, clear, and thoughtful manner.
Prerequisites: Either you have attended an “Introduction to Mindfulness” workshop at Harvard; you have completed “The Basics”...
Repeats every week every Monday until Mon May 20 2024 .
9:00am to 10:00am
Location:
Online
As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints—thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid in relaxing the hips and lower portions of the body to increase one’s ability to sit with ease. Because this practice blends movement in the body with the breath, it is an ideal extension of mindfulness practice. No previous knowledge of yoga is necessary. This class does not require special clothing or equipment.
Harvard’s Office of Work/Life supports the health and wellbeing of benefits-eligible faculty, staff and postdoctoral fellows as well as their spouses/partners and child and adult/elder dependents. Grab your lunch and join to learn about these wide-ranging programs and resources.
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Join us for a free, fun night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while strolling through the galleries.
Explore the new exhibit: Ants and Termites: Nature’s Super Organisms
Sample a variety of prepared edible insects with the founder of Little Herds
Hold a live Madagascar hissing cockroach
Meet members of the Cambridge Entomological Club and the Harvard Entomology Collections staff
As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints—thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid in relaxing the hips and lower portions of the body to increase one’s ability to sit with ease. Because this practice blends movement in the body with the breath, it is an ideal extension of mindfulness practice. No previous knowledge of yoga is necessary. This class does not require special clothing or equipment.
As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints—thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid in relaxing the hips and lower portions of the body to increase one’s ability to sit with ease. Because this practice blends movement in the body with the breath, it is an ideal extension of mindfulness practice. No previous knowledge of yoga is necessary. This class does not require special clothing or equipment.
Losing a loved one, a job or a relationship can leave us feeling aimless, confused and heartbroken—to the point where it becomes difficult to focus on daily needs. It is possible, however, to learn to face grief by allowing ourselves to feel it—instead of turning away. Mindfulness practice provides the steady footing needed to explore how grief shows up in our lives, and experiment with letting it go when our focus needs to be elsewhere. We will strengthen the ability to make room for difficult feelings, without becoming consumed by them. As a result, the natural process of grieving will...