Create space for your staff to make better decisions and think more strategically.
Our organizational workshops, and retreats provide your team with the permission for a mental and emotional break, a time to step away and reset. Staff return to the office refreshed, calm, centered and ready to go.
Benefits of our Wellness Workshops:
- Mental clarity and focus
- Sense of being more centered/grounded (less scattered)
- Space to be creative
- Better awareness of stress levels and managing reactions
- Greater ability to think strategically
- Improved decision making
“I worked with Vanessa for years. She is, without question, one of the most effective professionals I've had on any of my teams. She has such a keen intuition. EVERYTHING she does is on time, on budget and creatively inspired. I would highly recommend her work to any organization."
Custom workshops to meet your team's needs & your managerial goals
“Vanessa is intuitive and creative and brings exactly what (every)one needs.” ~ Toni Santos, Nonprofit Board Chair
Workshop Overview:
Team Building and Emphasis on Professional Development/Growth
Workshop Goals (to be further clarified with the Client):
- For team members to have looked introspectively at themselves and their habits/work styles and how they interact with others
- For team members to learn more about each other and develop a stronger connection and understanding of each other personally and professionally
- For team members to develop tangible skills to:
- Make better decisions at work
- Respect and treat colleagues better
- Manage mental and physical health through regular self care – which translates into better work productivity
- Other goals as outlined by the Organization’s Leadership
The sample half or full day workshop may include:
- Physical movement (which can be adapted) to move team members’ body and energy
- This can be a gentle form of yoga or other gentle seated or standing movement/exercises depending on the group
- Breathing techniques and affirmations to stay motivated and learn to regulate emotions and reactions
- Interactive activities for team members to learn work styles, personal preferences and individual situations to develop empathy and respect – which translates into working together better
- Visualization and writing activities for individual staff to reflect on company/organization mission/goals, personal work goals, and professional development interests/areas of desired growth/earning
- If there is interest in a team building/connection component, engaging activities for team members to engage in and get to know one another better, such as team bingo where you get to know other aspects or special interests/talents of your team, or other low key, fun games
- Other activities as discussed and deemed appropriate by Your Team Lead/Manager and KaliLuna Workshop Facilitator
Staff Wellness/Stress Management Workshop
Ongoing stress does a lot of damage to our nervous system and our ability to react in a mature and professional, calm manner, to make quick and or important decisions, to think strategically and to enable our natural creativity to flow to problem-solve.
Workshop Goals (to be further clarified with the Client):
- For team members to have permission to disconnect during this time to pause, take a break from the daily mental fatigue/work stress in order to:
- Reset their nervous system and come out of “fight or flight” immediate response reaction during the work day
- To free up space in their mind to think about the bigger picture of company mission, goals, personal professional goals/interests
- To have the space to think creatively and make better decisions at work
- Start creating new habits for improved mental and physical health through regular self care – which translates into better work productivity
- Other goals as outlined by the Organization’s Leadership
The sample half or full day workshop may include:
- Physical movement (which can be adapted) to move team members’ body and energy
- This can be a gentle form of yoga or other gentle seated or standing movement/exercises depending on the group
- Breathing techniques and affirmations to stay motivated and learn to regulate emotions and reactions
- Visualization and writing activities for individual staff to reflect on company/organization mission/goals, personal work goals, and professional development interests/areas of desired growth/earning
- Other activities as discussed and deemed appropriate by Your Team Lead/Manager and KaliLuna Workshop Facilitator
Fees & Other Details:
- Either workshop can be done as a half day or full day. Shorter wellness sessions can be done but the intended goals would change.
- Fees: please inquire for a specific proposal for your organization.
- Location:
- We have a space in Albany, NY that can be used (for an additional fee) or you can choose the location. Vanessa has worked with clients across the country and internationally and can travel to meet your Organization’s needs if you are based elsewhere or you have a conference or special event located outside of New York.
For more than two decades, Vanessa has been advising nonprofit and business executives and managers to be more effective and successful in various aspects of their organization.
What her clients say:
“Working with Vanessa for nearly two decades, I trust her implicitly. She approaches her work in a thoughtful and strategic way based on her longterm experience working with all types and sizes of nonprofit organizations and companies. Vanessa layers in her deep knowledge of mindfulness practices and experience teaching yoga to center the humanity of your team members, driving them to reach higher productivity individually and as a team.”
~ Amie Latterman, Longtime Nonprofit Executive, Formerly at Children’s Council of San Francisco
“Vanessa’s energy and enthusiasm is contagious. She was able to involve our Board at unprecedented levels and enable them to see our current and future possibilities as an organization that serves those most in need.”
~ Angel Luis Irene (dec), Executive Director, Vida Senior Centers
“Vanessa is intuitive and creative and brings exactly what (every)one needs.”
~ Toni Santos, Nonprofit Board Chair
Reach out to Vanessa to discuss how to best support your team!
Contact Vanessa:
Text or call: (518) 279-6884 or Email
Vanessa’s classes were a refreshing blend of energizing movement sequences and timely seasonal insights. I always came away invigorated, clear headed and more grounded.”