Specialized Seminars

TylerWellness delivers a variety of educational seminars that guide employees toward healthy choices and productive habits. Seminars vary in length from a one-hour lunch and learn format to a multi-day wellness retreat. Topics include:

Stress Management: Say No to Burnout:

Stress is part of life for all of us; we encounter it at work and at home. As the pace of our lives whirls faster and faster, we need tools to reduce stress and prevent burnout. This workshop addresses issues related to stress and appropriate stress reduction techniques. Participants will:
· Understand the destructive impact of stress on their body and mind.
· Begin to identify their unique stress triggers
· Practice stress management skills
· Practice easy to learn relaxation techniques to reduce stress

Desk Top Yoga™ introduces participants to the ancient practice of yoga and how to incorporate its benefits into their modern work life. Participants will:
· Learn how the ancient practice of yoga can improve their productivity and well-being
· Practice a sequence of ten easy yoga stretches that require no special clothing or equipment and are appropriate for any workstation
· Finish the seminar feeling refreshed, relaxed, and rejuvenated

Making Meditation Practical: Focus, Produce & Enjoy:

Many of us whiz through life multitasking until we're exhausted. We clear off our desk on a daily basis only to discover a fresh mountain of problems the next day. The ancient practice of meditation can tame this stress-producing beast. Meditation focuses the mind and produces efficient creativity - what some experts call "flow." Participants will:
· Practice several different methods of meditation
· Learn how to discover what type of meditation best suits their personality
· Discover fun and unusual ways to bring mediation into their daily lives


Ergonomics 101: The Basics for your Business:

Ergonomics addresses three questions - How do you work? How does your body work? How does your body work at work? This workshop introduces practical applications of ergonomics including proper workstation set up. Attendees will learn how ergonomics influences the bottom line and affects productivity. Participants will:
· Review how to utilize the equipment - chairs, desks, monitors, etc. - they already own
· Learn how to evaluate their workstation for optimum ergonomic impact
· Discover no-cost and low-cost ergonomic solutions
· Experience neutral posture and practice exercises to maintain neutral posture


Introducing the Benefits of Wellness in the Workplace

Wellness involves taking responsibility for the physical, emotional, and mental well being in our lives. We spend approximately a third of our weekdays at work, so it stands to reason that improving wellness at work impacts our productivity and our interactions with colleagues and customers. Companies that introduce proactive wellness behaviors create a positive spiral of education, increased personal awareness, and experimentation with change. These same companies report that the culture of their workplace becomes more resourceful, creative, and productive. Guests at our wellness seminars will:
· Take a personal and confidential wellness inventory
· Examine low cost and no cost ways to work for wellness at home and at work
· Learn why small incremental changes toward wellness are the most lasting
· Create strategies to increase wellness in their professional and personal lives.


Repetitive Strain Injuries: Prevention & Awareness

Companies are spending thousands of worker compensation dollars helping employees cope with repetitive strain injuries (RSI). Lost productivity and absenteeism only compound the problem. This seminar discusses the many forms of RSI that businesses encounter. Participants will also learn tactics to identify risky behavior and proactively address RSI concerns. Attendees will:
· Learn how to recognize potential RSI problems
· Learn proactive methods to reduce the exposure to RSI in the workplace
· Discuss the factors outside of work that influence RSI and limit a companies liability
· Examine successful corporate strategies to minimize RSI

CyberPosture™

This hands-on, participatory seminar uses the Feldenkrais Method® to guide attendees in an exploration of how they work at their computer - how they sit, how they type, how they use the mouse, even how they talk on the phone. Using a format called Awareness Through Movement®, our instructor guides participants through a sequence of movements that turn attention inward; attendees feel and sense the interactions between muscles and bones. Past participants of CyberPosture™ describe the class as practical, relaxing, graceful, refreshing, simple to do, and comfort creating. Participants will:
· Gain an improved internal sense of how they use their body while working at their desk
· Learn techniques to fend off the stiffness and aches associated with a long day in front of the computer.
· Learn how to sit with energy and vitality


Massage in the Workplace: Benefits & the Bottom Line

Massage profoundly reduces stress. In this workshop, attendees will learn how reducing stress in the workforce benefits the worker and the company. Participants will learn how proactive companies are using on-site seated massage to increase morale and productivity while reducing turnover and burnout. Attendees will:
· Learn how massage restores the body/mind connection and how that connection impacts productivity
· Discover how some companies are implementing workplace massage programs for free
· Witness a demonstration of seated massage


Natural Remedies for Stress Reduction

Health food stores, and even your local drugstore, carry many herbal supplements, teas and alternative remedies. Determining what can be helpful, safe, and effective for stress reduction can be confusing. Participants in this workshop will:
· Learn to identify which herbal supplements help the body wind down for relaxation and a sound night's sleep
· Learn effective dosage amounts for herbal supplements
· Be introduced to Rescue Remedy, a safe, easy to use and readily available flower essence used around the world to help keep the body balanced in times of stress


Defining Alternative Approaches for Health Maintenance

Health care in this country is at a crossroads with more and more consumers seeking alternatives to the western model of expensive technology and prescription drugs. Have you ever wished to know more about safe, natural alternatives to complement mainstream medicine? This workshop serves as an introduction to the basic philosophy and practice of some increasingly accepted and simple alternatives for healthcare. Participants will:
· Learn how acupuncture works and how it benefits them
· Get a definition of homeopathy and consider its uses
· Learn about flower essences and how they work to balance the emotions


Nutritional Seminars led by dietitian Kirsten Straughan RD, LD
We encourage dialogue and questions to help clear up any nutritional misconceptions you may have and to help you adopt nutritional practices that will work the best for you and your family's health and wellness.


Maximize Your Heart's Health
We will be discussing all the nutritional recommendations to maximize your heart's health including:
· What the diet recommendations are if your cholesterol and triglycerides are high, as well as discussion about the "good" and the "bad" cholesterol.
· What "functional foods" can give you the recommended nutrients for lowering cholesterol
· What vitamin and herbal supplements may or may not be advised
· Learn about omega-3 fatty acids, newly recommended for lowering cholesterol and triglycerides
· and much, much more - watch for more information!

How To Be A More Health-Conscious Consumer
· Learn about power foods and functional foods
· What to look for when reading food labels
· How to decrease processed foods and increase whole foods in your diet
· Learn about healthier choices when eating out

Insulin Resistance: (affects 40% of the population) What Is It?
· The condition where a low carbohydrate diet is recommended! People with insulin resistance are at high risk for diabetes, heart disease, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and other chronic diseases.
· Learn how to decrease your carbohydrates and increase the healthy fat in your diet.

Women's Health
· Interested in what "functional" foods can help prevent breast cancer?
· How can diet and supplements help you deal with PMS?
· Want to learn more about alternatives to estrogen replacement therapy?
· Ensure that you are receiving the correct amounts of important nutrients, including calcium.
· Find out if soy protein could be beneficial to you

Men's Health
· Learn what "functional foods" and supplements can help manage or prevent prostate cancer and BPH.
· We'll discuss your heart's health and what you can do to lower your cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
· Learn about flower essences and how they work to balance the emotions