Why Your Company Needs In-Office Meditation

It seems like an oxymoron. How can a meditation practice exist in the busiest of workplaces? Taking time out of your crazy schedule to sit and do…nothing?

This time last year, our company decided to start doing in-office meditation sessions with Exubrancy.

For many of us, it was the first time we were exposed to any kind of meditation. We began with 30-minute sessions, every other week, but it got so popular that we upped the frequency to every week.

In the hustle and bustle of daily life in NYC, we found that our weekly meditation break encourages productivity and energy throughout the rest of our week. It soon became very clear that we needed this weekly check-in with ourselves, our breath, and our mind.

Science has shown the benefits of incorporating a meditation practice into your life, and meditating in your office might just be the perfect place to start.

We sat down with Keri Setaro, our meditation specialist, to pick her brain about the benefits of meditation in a corporate setting.

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What is meditation and who practices it?

KERI SETARO

Meditation used to have the connotation of being only calmness and peacefulness, but it’s more than that. Populations as diverse as professional athletes, traders on Wall Street, and even children in schools are now using meditation to relax and reduce stress. Athletes even use it as a performance aid.

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How does meditation help Wall Street traders and other individuals in the corporate sphere?

KERI SETARO

They are harnessing their active monkey minds to find a kind of deep focus and concentration that aids them in their chosen field as well as in their personal lives.

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How would you define mindfulness?

KERI SETARO

Mindfulness means paying attention to the present moment on purpose and without judgement. It is a tool that anyone can use.

It’s a kind of laser focus that is free of chatter. It allows for the meditator to take a step back from the experience and notice patterns in the mind, then carefully choosing which patterns are useful and trying to create new better patterns for the ones that are harmful.

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For how long do you need to meditate to see the benefits?

KERI SETARO

Just 15 minutes of meditation does more for the mind and the immune system than 3 hours worth of sleep. It is a practice, after all, so you see more benefits the more frequently you do it.

For more mindfulness tips and tricks, follow Keri on Instagram.