{"id":76796,"date":"2022-03-01T12:01:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=76796"},"modified":"2022-03-01T16:28:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:28:47","slug":"chocolate-meditation-event-among-resources-featured-in-march-employee-wellness-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/03\/chocolate-meditation-event-among-resources-featured-in-march-employee-wellness-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate meditation event among resources featured in March employee wellness calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock employees are in for a sweet treat this month with a chocolate-themed meditation session.<\/p>\n<p>The lunchtime wellness event is one of several resources highlighted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.sharepoint.com\/human-resources\/Shared%20Documents\/Forms\/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fhuman%2Dresources%2FShared%20Documents%2FEHS%2FWellness%20calendar%2F2022%20%2D%20March%2Epdf&amp;parent=%2Fhuman%2Dresources%2FShared%20Documents%2FEHS%2FWellness%20calendar&amp;CT=1646145801271&amp;OR=OWA-NT&amp;CID=8c9ba8cb-0e6b-b89e-e477-ed653476a390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March employee wellness calendar<\/a> prepared by the University\u2019s Health Management team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/hr\/training\/focus\/courses.php?cid=2508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chocolate meditation<\/a> will take place online Wednesday, March 16 from noon to 12:30 p.m. and will lead participants through active meditation by focusing on eating a piece of chocolate or other food. <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/hr\/training\/focus\/courses.php?cid=2508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register via Focus on Learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also included in this month\u2019s wellness calendar is a reminder to participate in a <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/02\/rak-day-2022-brock-vp-encourages-employees-to-be-kind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">year-long initiative to make kindness the norm<\/a>. The theme for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.randomactsofkindness.org\/work\/calendars\/2022\/2022_RAK_kindness_at_work_calendar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March workplace kindness calendar<\/a> is self-awareness and self-love, and includes suggestions such as accepting compliments with gratitude, taking a nap and advocating for oneself.<\/p>\n<p>The Health Management team has made several video recordings available to Brock employees from February\u2019s wellness sessions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KZ6o1sgZyIY&amp;t=9s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good decisions for overall health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3hi4bUJ_xiw&amp;t=7s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LIFT session fitness app<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dhsViGezoYw?t=80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30-minute beginner yoga<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cs1cTKt8ICI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In a nutritionist\u2019s pantry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brock\u2019s Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) provider LifeWorks also has several new wellness resources available:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/links.emarketing.lifeworks.com\/els\/v2\/RZ~3H_-E49JE\/ZW9Tb2VJd0tQek53QkdTc2Z1czB5ZDJBYkgrWWIxUU56K1VCS0JTZFk1b3ljUGRnSy9yOGhQNzIwUTBwMkZTbHd6WWdkMHRxbTNhQUlHYmtNVWp6VlRLQy96RjhTNkNXcHc2RHhqRlJiTHc9S0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connecting physical and mental health with mindfulness (video)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/links.emarketing.lifeworks.com\/els\/v2\/am~9Twx_2mt4\/ZW9Tb2VJd0tQek53QkdTc2Z1czB5ZDJBYkgrWWIxUU56K1VCS0JTZFk1b3ljUGRnSy9yOGhQNzIwUTBwMkZTbHd6WWdkMHRxbTNhQUlHYmtNVWp6VlRLQy96RjhTNkNXcHc2RHhqRlJiTHc9S0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getting a good night\u2019s sleep<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/links.emarketing.lifeworks.com\/els\/v2\/2zwdHmk8mvH~\/RmRSSS9uc1BlZlVOL3E4WlpqaFhCZG5waHhLSHUxMVhGcGkyU0NDa0c4dEVLampRZjV6b3grVzE1cVhMMTF0b21VTzRnbm10cC9LbXdzWEVrQm5WdGtrT1FZQTlNdDdKTWJTSFREYm54VEE9S0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keeping up with health screenings (video)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/links.emarketing.lifeworks.com\/els\/v2\/Ky~AMZ8NZkTb\/RmRSSS9uc1BlZlVOL3E4WlpqaFhCZG5waHhLSHUxMVhGcGkyU0NDa0c4dEVLampRZjV6b3grVzE1cVhMMTF0b21VTzRnbm10cC9LbXdzWEVrQm5WdGtrT1FZQTlNdDdKTWJTSFREYm54VEE9S0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SMART goals and exercise<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional videos, articles and resources are featured in the <a href=\"https:\/\/links.emarketing.lifeworks.com\/servlet\/MailView?ms=Nzk4NzU5NwS2&amp;r=NDQyMTYzNjMwNDYxS0&amp;j=MTQ2MDAzNTAwMAS2&amp;mt=1&amp;rt=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LifeWorks Heartbeat March newsletter<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/links.emarketing.lifeworks.com\/servlet\/MailView?ms=Nzg3ODk0NwS2&amp;r=NDQyMTYzNjMwNDYxS0&amp;j=MTQ0MDAzODQ3MgS2&amp;mt=1&amp;rt=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LifeWorks Heartbeat February newsletter<\/a>. Subscribe on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pages08.net\/morneaushepellltd\/heartbeat\/OptOut?spMailingID=7987597&amp;spUserID=NDQyMTYzNjMwNDYxS0&amp;spJobID=MTQ2MDAzNTAwMAS2&amp;spReportId=MTQ2MDAzNTAwMAS2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heartbeat newsletter form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit Brock\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.sharepoint.com\/Health-Safety-and-Wellness-Toolbox\/SitePages\/EFAP.aspx#wellness-newsletters-from-lifeworks%2C-formerly-shepell?CT=1646151846221&amp;OR=OWA-NT&amp;CID=c9a594a3-1abc-b582-9065-44ad6b323a3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health, Safety and Wellness Toolbox<\/a> on SharePoint to access information about Brock\u2019s EFAP as well as videos and articles on topics such as strong relationships, healthy habits and coping with traumatic events.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76800\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76800\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76800\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Kindness-calendar-March-2022.png\" alt=\"Workplace kindness calendar for March 2022 \u2014 Self-awareness and self-love.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1552\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The workplace kindness calendar theme for March is \u2018self-awareness and self-love.\u2019<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock employees are in for a sweet treat this month with a chocolate-themed meditation session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":76797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,7],"tags":[11050,11051,339,3393,101,11052,2721],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76796"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76799,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76796\/revisions\/76799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}