Diminish the Stress with Yoga at Your Desk

Event Schedule by Time Zone: 
Pacific: 10 AM to 11 AM | Mountain: 11 AM to 12 PM | Central: 12 PM to 1 PM | Eastern: 1 PM to 2 PM

The roles of risk professionals can frequently be expansive.  The ability to maintain self-care during priority transitions plays an important role in diminishing a negative impact on this demanding occupation.  A seasoned risk professional will share her experiences and explain how incorporating the practice of yoga elements while both in and out of the workplace have helped to promote positivity, balance, and resiliency.  The benefits of yoga will be reviewed. The session will conclude with some beginner level exercises that can be performed while at work.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss the importance of self-care while in the workplace.  
2. Delineate the role yoga can play in promoting a healthy mind-body connection at work. 
3. Demonstrate chair yoga and focused stretching exercises that can help manage routines.

Speaker:

Melanie Osley, RN, MBA, CPHRM, CPHQ, CPPS, ARM, DFASHRM, has been in the field of risk management for 34 of her 40+ years in nursing. Experiences include roles as a legal nurse consultant in law firms, claims manager and risk consultant in malpractice insurance companies, independent consultant, and roles from risk manager to vice president in hospitals with responsibility for risk, quality, and patient safety.  Melanie is also a past member of the ASHRM Advisory Board, and a past frequent ASHRM speaker.  To expand her ability to manage the constantly evolving career and personal life demands, Melanie became certified in yoga in 2014.  As yoga and meditation became very helpful, her training expanded to include longevity, energy, chair, restorative, and yin yoga, as well as presenting a work yoga session in a past ASHRM annual conference.

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