I have been leading my co-workers during lunch hour for just half an hour of stretching exercise & guided meditation, twice a week. The feedback has been quite tremendous & positive with the majority of the staff.

In our Pediatric Primary/Acute Care clinic, we triage and room over 120-130 patients a day, the only down time is between 12 noon and 1 p.m.. By utilizing the half hour, we were able to spend 15 minutes of stretching our body from head to toe; I then guide them with breathing meditation for another 15 minutes. The result is refreshing & helps reduce the stress level by more than half or more.

I strongly recommend UCSF staff to initiate such activities in their workplace regularly. It is a win win!

The idea is to help boost the morale of our staff in the workplace, thus, increase productivity.