TO: Sonoma State Employees
FR: Wellness Program, Payroll and Benefits
Wellness Webinars
We are excited to share this month’s wellness webinars offered by Kaiser Permanente. These webinars are open to all employees regardless of your health plan election. Webinars remain available on-demand for six months after the live stream (with the exception of the live Calm Meditation Sessions which are available only at the time of the event).
- Intuitive Eating
Increasing your awareness of when your body and mind need to eat and when the body and mind are done eating encourages you to build trust with your body by honoring your hunger and fullness cues.
January 17, 2024 (Noon - 1pm)
Register
- Beyond the Shot: Weight Management Tools
Learn about the fundamentals of obesity as a disease, the causes, consequences, and control of obesity, and an overview of obesity medications.
January 25, 2024 (12:30 - 1:30pm)
Register
Calm Meditation Sessions (2 live sessions offered)
15-minute de-stress exercises using the Calm app.
January 10, 2024 (10 - 10:15am)
Teams Meeting ID: 279 311 874 960
Passcode: GCbyHJ
January 24, 2024 (2 - 2:15pm)
Teams Meeting ID: 211 050 742 592
Passcode: 2HKRks
Yoga Classes
Lunchtime yoga classes continue and are open to all experience levels. A great opportunity to meet employees from other units, while also taking a break to stretch and have a midday reset.
- Mondays and Thursdays (12:05 - 12:55pm, Ives 80): Meditative Yoga with Jeanne Janae
- Tuesdays and Wednesdays (12:05 - 12:55pm, Ives 80): Yoga Flow with Kim Purdy
Spring Mindfulness and Self-Care Classes Beginning January 26th
Please join our 30-minute virtual Mindfulness and Self-Care classes with Dr. Andy Wallace, SSU Philosophy professor (pre-registration required). Each class begins with a short description of mindfulness followed by a 15-20 minute mindfulness-based exercise and concludes with a poem. Dr. Wallace will also be available following the class for further discussion.
“The benefits of mindfulness stem, I believe, from the role that it plays in the human caregiving system. Kindness, compassion, and love are the system’s core emotions, and unconditional acceptance of self and other is its raison d’etre. When we meditate mindfully we activate or elicit those emotions and learn to care authentically for ourselves in the same loving spirit as we authentically care for others.” - Dr. Andy Wallace (bio)
These mindfulness classes will be held on Fridays from 12 - 12:30pm beginning January 26th and will continue throughout the spring semester. Employees interested in attending are asked to please register in order to receive the zoom link for the class.
Additional information regarding our SSU Employee Wellness programs can be found here: https://hr.sonoma.edu/payroll/employee-wellness.