At the end of April, Tara hosted a virtual event for Women in Banking and Finance for 58 people . With so many finance people working from home and trying to juggle work with homeschooling, the topic of the webinar was Resilience and Relaxation.

The session explored how it is really important that we carve out time to renew our energy levels and to reduce stress. If we try to keep operating in survival mode we will eventually burnout and are make ourselves physically or mentally ill. Taking time to really relax and release the tension we are holding in our bodies helps us renew our selves ready to perform again.

To truly understand the benefit of relaxation and help attendees recognise how they were feeling, Tara used an assessment measure and at the start of the webinar 42% felt either calm or positive. The session then began with then breathing practices that can used in the moment to relieve feelings of anxiety or worry. Followed then by an instant relaxation practice and also a short guided visualisation. Attendees were then split into small groups to allow them to discuss how they were feeling after the practices. Lots of people were amazed how using these practices made them feel instantly better. When the measure was rerun at the end of the session the number of people feeling calm or positive had risen to 89%.

We will be running more Webinars over the the next few months as a way to experience our work, until we can be back in person running workshops and retreats for you.