Leaving Your Soul At The Door

I asked you in the last article to ask yourself the question of intent when you exercise and answer like nobody was watching. With that same abandon and honesty I want you to ask yourself that same question of intent when it comes to going to work every day or before you start what ever it is you do everyday. What are the thoughts that go through your head when your feet first hit the floor or when you sit at your desk first thing in the morning?
In my early acting days in London I spent many hours in varying corporate roles. I look back now and realise all these jobs gave me the experience and knowledge for running my own company but at the time I believed I was just filling a gap in money and time between theatre jobs.
I didn’t realise until much later on that if I had only been totally present more of the time, how much more value I would have received out of these seemingly mundane jobs. The question is how do we be totally present and more importantly what are the thoughts that lead to this state of being. Actually the answer to that question is not deliberate thought at all. Think about when you have been on holiday, the sun seems brighter and the sky bluer, inspiration seems to ooze out of you and you come back with changed outlook intent on changing your life. What happens? This flow of inspirational thoughts stop as soon as Monday morning comes around and you seem again to be stuck in the thought pattern of "I must do this" and "I haven’t got enough time" and "Everybody wants a piece of me". Why do you think Richard Branson office is a hammock on his Island, so inspiration can flow freely though his billionaire mind and body. However we must remember that he was not born on that Island and I am sure there where many mundane jobs he had to inspire himself through with what I call the “Tropical Island Mentality.”
Many of us leave our souls at the door when we enter the work place, we feel that if it’s outside it will be protected and we won’t lose it in the seemingly cold corporate world. However our soul/spirit (if you believe) or true self is integral to the full experience of life and being present. So how can we bring our true self back into the work place without it being subject to abuse? Simple, we spend a little time sitting with our true self’s for a few moments each day; we do this by simply stopping, acknowledging where we are and taking the moment in. This simple acknowledgment puts unlimited value on your true self and validates your life in an instant. We can also ask ourselves everyday who are we really dealing with, not a cold corporate machine but lots of people just like us. If we stop take a moment to really give our attention to every person who we come into contact with everyday we really start to see them and ourselves more clearly. We realise that in every moment in every person there is something wonderful to discover about ourselves and our world.
This is the “Holiday” or “Tropical Island Mentality”, this is how we bring our whole selves body and soul to the game every day. This is true fulfilment and contentment whoever, where ever we are in our life. By Heidi-Ann

WHAT IS CORPORATE DESK PILATES? To combat high turnover from staff dissatisfaction and huge losses in revenue due to absenteeism “Pilates And The City” is implementing an exciting new Pilates Program designed to be done at the employee’s desk. This program consists of a combination and audio and live sessions that are designed to revolutionise back health and transform the symptoms of sedentary syndrome forever. Live sessions engage and inspire staff to a greater level of mind and body awareness and the Voice Pilates audio download provides the tools to maintain this transformation.

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PILATES AND THE CITY ALL NEW DESK PILATES CORPORATE PROGRAM
Sedentary Syndrome (sitting at desks for long periods of time) is one of the leading causes in staff absenteeism and dissatisfaction. Human beings are not meant to be stationary for long periods of time, we know that. Also chairs were not designed with the back in mind as they disable the core muscles and put pressure on the smaller muscle groups. These facts are no secret and until now there hasn’t been a solid solution for this problem.
Enter Desk and Voice Pilates an easy fun interactive and educational program on reactivating the core at the core, so to speak of the problem. A Pilates Program designed to be done at Employees desks. How? Postural, Visualisation and Relaxation techniques designed by Body Awareness expert Heidi-Ann Frick.This program goes where other work place Yoga and Pilates sessions have never gone before into the office at the desk and into the minds of the corporate professional. The desk is where the problems occur and only at the desk can these be resolved not on a vacant meeting room floor.

WHAT IS CORPORATE DESK AND VOICE PILATES?

• Voice Pilates is provides the tools for people through simple listening to understand and use their bodies in a more economical way.
• It is designed to release stress and tension in the muscles and mind through simple reconnection exercises that can be done at the desk.
• It also trains people to use their deep abdominals whilst sitting to take the pressure off the lower back.
• Voice Pilates also includes a relaxation download designed to clear the cluttered mind and refocus the individual.

Voice Pilates Ultimate Package features 8 live sessions for all your staff. They are 20-40 minutes in length and can be booked at your company’s convenience.
The Live Sessions are taken by Heidi-Ann and are truly transformational in their content. The live sessions are designed specifically to open the mind of the employer to give them the power to transform their performance in work and life.

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