Mindfulness on Land and Water with Sea Kayaking

This workshop is for colleagues ready to experience new ways of learning and growing in real-time by taking the practice of mindfulness off the cushion and onto the water. You’re invited to ONE, a nature-based retreat center for health care professionals on the beautiful South Salish Sea outside Olympia, WA. During this professional development workshop, we will be exploring and experiencing the practice of mindfulness on both land and water!

The first part of the day is in our lovely flower-filled Courtyard Garden focused on learning what mindfulness is, how it’s different from meditation, and reviewing research supporting this practice. You’ll learn how stress plays a key role in illness and disease (physical and mental) and how to prevent and reduce illness for yourself and your clients, too. We’ll share simple, evidence-based practices to increase awareness, empowering you to recognize and reduce stress in daily life. You’ll learn how to…