Balanced You is here to provide tools to help you to live healthy and safe, know and use your benefits, and find balance in life and work. We’re Investing in YOU to help you feel good, get the most out of life, and do your best work for the people of King County.
As part of this work, one of our focus areas is Mindfulness. This is a simple yet powerful ability of the mind to attend more fully to the present moment’s experience. Mindfulness practice can result in many benefits for teams and individuals including mental and physical health, well-being, and happiness.
Whether you work as a frontline employee, in the field, on the road, in the office or telecommute – the daily grind of meetings and physical work can take a toll on the mind, body, and spirit. Balanced You has put together a toolkit to make it easy for managers, supervisors, and all employees to build mindfulness into the workday. These simple techniques are designed to take 2-10 minutes and can help increase team engagement, improve focus and attention, and support reducing stress especially for high interpersonal interaction jobs. Breathing exercises can also help individuals stop and take a moment to reset during a hectic workday.
We have created the toolkit (below) to help you practice the mindfulness techniques with your team or on your own:
- Balanced You Grounding in and Grounding Out Exercises
- Navigating a Mindful Workday
- A Quick Guide to Mindfulness Practice
We hope that you will utilize these easy resources to encourage yourself and your team members on a path to physical health, mental well-being, and safety.
Questions? Contact us at BalancedYou@kingcounty.gov