Training Industry: From burned out to Zen-ed out, mindfulness training for remote workers

An option for many remote employees is to practice mindfulness to not only help create a healthy work-home balance, but to remain productive on the job.

Meriden McGraw, director of the UC Center for Integrative Health and Wellness’ workplace mindfulness team at the UC College of Medicine told online publication Training Industry that mindfulness is the “opposite of being on autopilot.” Employees on autopilot are less productive than mindful employees and are more likely to make mistakes on the job, she says. Mindfulness helps employees remain “in the here and now.”

Mindful leadership skills such as active listening and self-awareness can be helpful in training a group of C-level executives while a customer service team can benefit from mindful customer interactions. Movement-based therapies such as yoga can cultivate mindfulness. Some employers create those virtual yoga sessions for a team of workers to encourage breaks and help build community.

Read the full interview on the online publication Training Industry.

Learn more about mindfulness tools at UC.

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