In this session, you'll discover actionable strategies to boost your wellness through 'keystone habits'—small changes that create lasting impact. Drawing on neuroscience and a coaching mindset for change, Rebecca will explain the 'Red Zone' vs. 'Blue Zone' and how these states affect stress and share six steps to promote learning and change. You'll learn to nurture your well-being with mindful choices, such as breath awareness and micro-actions, and you'll leave with new tools to improve your daily life.

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Cycle Fit is meant to make you sweat, increase your heart rate and have fun! Perfect for new and advanced riders. Taught by Queens’s employees, offered exclusively to Queen’s employees.

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Participants will have access to an array of collage materials. They will be asked to consider what their goals are for wellness and reflect on what helps them most to stay in balance.

Art-making will allow participants to work through life/professional/academic experiences in a safe and expressive way. Art as healing is a growing movement that has a lot to offer to people working through emotions that are difficult to put into words.

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Join us for an interactive flower bouquet workshop! Hosted by Gardening 4Joy, this session will teach you the basics of flower arranging while highlighting some of the beautiful flowers grown in the Queen's Community Garden.

Supplies, including vases, will be provided, and attendees, in groups of 5, will create their own unique group arrangements to enter a draw to take it home. Don't miss this chance to unwind, get creative, and bring a little nature indoors!

Spots are limited, so sign up early!

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Sleep is critical to ensure maximum productivity. It increases your ability to concentrate and focus, allows you to approach challenges with a more positive attitude, and can have positive effects on your memory and health. Participants will learn about circadian rhythms and the impact that disrupting these key biological processes can have on their day-to-day activities and work. This virtual seminar will also describe sleep's vital role in maintaining health along with valuable and practical tips and strategies that participants can apply to get quality, restful sleep and stay alert.

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Join us for a 3D Modelling workshop at SparQ Studios Makerspace. SparQ Studios is a makerspace and design studio that provides a wide range of tools, machinery, knowledge, and expertise so that you can bring your idea into a physical form.

3D Modelling is a fun one-hour workshop where attendees can bring their laptop or work on one of the (2 or 3) computers available in the space and learn the basics of creating their own custom 3d model in less than 30 minutes, using standard CAD software. The attendees can then optionally print their 3D designs.

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Join us for a tour of the historic Douglas Library, where information services and resources are available for learning and research, in a space that is conducive to contemplation and collaboration. Inside of Douglas, you will find W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections.

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Two streams for this session are taught together. One stream is for employees, focusing on developing personal resilience, recognizing your automatic responses to stress, and choosing healthier strategies. The other stream is for students, who will move from surviving to thriving, by developing personal and academic resilience. Both of these streams, provide participants with excellent takeaway resources, as well as a participant handbook to follow along with and reflect on in the future.

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The Great Wisdom Institute nuns will be hosting a 1-hour and 30-minute mindfulness session to refresh and energize you and to bring mindfulness into your daily life. The Great Wisdom Buddhist Institute is a monastery for approximately 500 Buddhist nuns in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Their mission is to bring peace and positivity to the world through practices of wisdom and compassion. Mindfulness is a critical practice at the monastery. Their daily routine focuses on gratitude, positive thinking and self-discipline.

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There has been a lot of discussion about what burnout is, and the fact that many people experience it. This workshop goes beyond those facts to cover practical actions you can take to prevent burnout, or if you are already experiencing it, to begin to recover from it.

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