Mindfulness Experiences for Teams
We are honored to propose a menu of mindfulness offerings to support wellness and wellbeing
throughout your team’s onsite training, retreat in Carmel, California, or special event elsewhere.
We work with groups from various sectors (non-profits, corporate, educational, healthcare, and more) to offer unique experiences and trainings which help build community, deepen experience, and explore topics related to mindfulness, daily life, and work.
WE’RE SKILLED IN ADAPTING MEDITATIONS AND TRAININGS
TO BE APPLICABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR EACH GROUP’S CONTEXT AND NEEDS.
Whether it’s a 20-minute meditation to open or close a session, or a half- or full-day workshop or retreat,
we complement other planned events by offering participants a chance to
ground themselves through meditation and gentle movement,
team-build and connect with each other authentically through mindful relating, and
process transitions and change in a way that promotes creativity and growth.
Program Components
Our offerings combine guided mindfulness meditation, gentle movement, nature experiences, and relational practices
to engage and body, mind, and spirit; cultivating connection with others, self, and the natural world.
MEDITATION
Sitting meditation is the heart of mindful practice. Pausing to meditate with a group, whether offered as a grounding practice at the beginning of the day, as a way to intentionally transition and re-set between sessions, or as a meeting closer, allows participants to recharge and avoid a sense of “meeting burnout.“ Our approach is appropriate for total beginners, long-time meditators, and everyone in between.
OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES
Being outdoors is a natural stress-reliever. Research has demonstrated that cultivating present-moment awareness in nature cultivates a sense of physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. The richness of all that can be felt, seen, heard, and smelled is invigorating and grounding, and facilitates a sense of awe and connection.
RELATIONAL PRACTICES
The quality of relationship in a team directly affects the individual’s sense of satisfaction, as well as impacting the quality of the work produced. Mindful Relating Games engage curiosity, vulnerability, transparency, and awareness of oneself and others in service of deeper connection. Through co-creation and co-discovery, participants come to experience shared humanity on a profound level. This allows teams to operate in a way that’s more authentic, connected, and productive.
Program Options
THE FOLLOWING SAMPLES SHOW WAYS TO WEAVE
MINDFULNESS TRAINING AND PRACTICE INTO YOUR MEETING OR RETREAT.
We invite your collaboration and suggestions in order to design a customized offering that would best serve your group.
All options include a customized web page with resources
for post-retreat support in beginning or continuing mindfulness practice.
Sample 2: Deepening
Re-set and access spaciousness for clarity and inspiration.
MORNING GROUNDING SESSION
20-30 minutes: morning insight + meditation
AFTERNOON REFRESHER
50-60 minutes: 2 concurrent groups:
Relational Practices with Marianne
Sample 1: Pausing
“Refresh the screen” and take a breathing space.
MORNING GROUNDING SESSION
20-30 minutes: morning insight + meditation
AFTERNOON REFRESHER
30 minutes: 2 concurrent groups:
Relational Practices with Marianne
Morning, Afternoon, or Full-Day Retreat
3-6 HOUR DEEP DIVE INTO A PERTINENT TOPIC RELATED TO MINDFULNESS IN THE WORKPLACE
Devote a morning or afternoon session or an entire day to the growth and wellbeing of team and its members
with a customized signature retreat.
Topic Suggestions: Intro to Mindfulness at Work | Deepening Relationships | Navigating Transitions
Our Intentions
We at Monterey Bay Meditation Studio offer opportunities to develop, sustain, and deepen your meditation practice while helping to create a diverse and supportive community of people interested in being, learning, and evolving.
With an eye on providing a safe, comfortable environment for practice, growth, and community, we at Monterey Bay Meditation Studio are committed to making mindfulness and compassion both accessible and relevant. With an intention of cultivating awareness and kindness as way of being in the world, we offer a variety of classes, workshops and retreats based on secular teaching, ancient wisdom, and current application.
At our studio in Pacific Grove, California, we offer regular drop-in meditation sessions, community events, courses, and retreats. In addition to guided and silent sittings, we provide opportunities for awakening the senses through nature, opening the heart through relationship, cultivating body awareness through movement, nourishing the soul through creative process, and developing community through shared exploration.
Our overall intention is to cultivate capacity for being aware and being kind.
Marianne Rowe, MS, LMFT
Marianne Rowe has been studying and practicing meditation since 1996. As founder of the Mindful Education Project, she has been teaching mindfulness to children, youth, and adults since 2007. Marianne also teaches courses in mindful relating and facilitates retreats to develop mindful awareness as an essential part of the creative process. Through the Institute of Noetic Sciences, she is a Certified Conscious Aging Facilitator and teaches workshops exploring emotional, psychological and spiritual responses to the challenges and opportunities of aging. As a Certified Forest Therapy Guide through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy, Marianne leads Forest Bathing sessions, a way of sensing deep connection with the natural world through a meditative walk in the forest. In private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist since 1986, Marianne focuses on healing, transformation and evolution through awareness and connection. Her therapeutic work incorporates developing consciousness of and integrating the physiological, cognitive, emotional, relational and spiritual aspects of being.