After attending a MindGym session, I immediately felt more productive and able to better focus on work tasks. It would be very helpful to have regular daily or weekly MindGym sessions.
After attending a MindGym session, I immediately felt more productive and able to better focus on work tasks. It would be very helpful to have regular daily or weekly MindGym sessions.
Knowledge Workers are Mental Athletes.
As a mental athlete, you are efficient and productive when you are calm and focused.
Calmer you are, more focused you can be and vice versa.
But mental athletes are under assault.
Distractions happen every 12 minutes in modern workplaces
It takes about 23 minutes to get back to a flow state
61% of employees say work pressures make them sick
72% of millennials suggest wellness initiatives to address work stress
More distracted you are, more agitated you will be and vice versa.
It is delivered onsite as an in-person or a live streamed session.
Designed by a former silicon valley software engineer
Engineered using science and science-vetted eastern wisdom
Makes you calm, alert, and energized
Supercharges employee wellness and productivity
MindGym sessions are held in a typical meeting or training room.
Like a long coffee break, employees will attend a 25-minute session in their work clothes:
First 10 minutes: Standing dynamic breathing techniques
Next 10 minutes: Seated (on an office chair) dynamic breathing techniques with closed eyes
Last 5 minutes: Simple meditative techniques
No exercise mats are needed. There will be no need to change clothes nor take a shower after the session.
Employees will leave calm, alert, and energized!
Cohesity has been subscribing to weekly MindGym sessions and our employees are raving about them. Based on Science, these exercises are simple, practical and highly effective.
MindGym uses simple movements and easy breathing techniques to move you to higher levels of calm and focus. These exercises are extremely conducive for your wellness and productivity throughout the day.
The practical exercises are effective in increasing circulation to your brain, and calming down your nerves. It leads you to a mindful state.
When practiced regularly, it improves your sleep quality, increases your energy levels, and improves your focus and attention span.
At lower levels of calm and focus, Mindfulness is not easy.
A MindGym session has a two-step approach:
1. Upgrade Hardware (pre-Mindfulness) First: Use your body and breath to lead you to higher levels of calm and focus.
2. Update Software (Mindfulness): Then use simple, guided meditative techniques.
MindGym is not Yoga, if you are referring to the twisting, contorting poses that are more like gymnastics. You do not need to be physically flexible to attend MindGym.
MindGym is Yoga as it was intended thousands of years ago - effective ways to use the body and breath to prepare the mind for concentration and focus.
We use a variety of techniques including a few basic yogic (especially breathing) sequences.
No.
MindGym uses your body and breath in simple ways for optimizing your brain performance. It complements your physical exercise routine.
MindGym is not a replacement for your physical exercise routine, such as aerobics, weight training or yoga.
Every mental athlete should! MindGym is for optimizing your brain performance, your most important asset.
Only prerequisite for attending MindGym is the ability to climb a typical flight of stairs without gasping for breath or feeling dizzy.
Please bring a smile and a curious, learning mindset!
Please leave your electronic devices behind.
Please ensure at least an hour has passed since your last snack or meal.
Optional: We recommend removing your footwear to enhance the circulatory effectiveness of a few exercises.
A MindGym session is 25 minutes long.
Customized sessions (15 minutes to 45 minutes) are also available.
Ideally, you should do the MindGym exercises every day. Like any other exercise, benefits of MindGym are cumulative.
MindGym sessions are held at your workplace in a training room or a typical office meeting room.
Live streamed sessions are also available.
MindGym sessions are available Tu-W-Th at three different time slots.
Pre-Lunch-Recharge: 12 to 1 pm
Mid-Afternoon-Recharge: 2:30 to 3:30 pm
End-of-Business-Recharge: 4:30 to 5:30 pm
Only prerequisite for attending MindGym is the ability to climb a typical flight of stairs without gasping for breath or feeling dizzy.
Like climbing a flight of stairs, there is always a minimal risk of injury. Please use your common sense and discretion.
If you have a medical condition, please consult with your doctor before beginning MindGym.
Passionate, lifelong learner with computer science degrees from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, and IIT-Madras, India. Favorite topics include Who Am I and Influencing Others.
Previously worked in various software engineering roles in San Francisco Bay Area and derivative trading in New York Stock Exchange. Now fulfilled in teaching, training and public speaking.
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