Your local wellness expert
Committed to wellness and the well-being of those you manage?
Need refreshing conference, in-service, or team building content?
Value whole person health in your organization?
Invite Dené Oglesby, MA, 500 RYT to present engaging topics on mindfulness, stress management, and yoga. With classroom and administrative experience in higher and secondary education, years of community-focused work in the Nebraska non-profit scene, and over a decade of training and teaching yoga, Dené now dedicates her efforts to promoting personal, professional, and social wellness.
Presentations may be scheduled as stand-alone events or part of a continuing series. Custom topics and packages can be designed to fit your needs. On or off-site corporate yoga classes can be organized as a lead or follow up for any presentation. Discounted rates available for schools, nonprofits, and community organizations. Available for local and regional speaking engagements.
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Stress is a fact of life. We may not be able to control when stressful situations arise, but we are equipped with the brain power to decide how we react. In many instances, skillfully flexing the parasympathetic nervous system leads to fewer stressful situations arising, both for oneself and others. Learn the basic features of the nervous system as it relates to our physiology and evolution, how to “flex” the parasympathetic system, and why knowing how to hack the nervous system is important for both workplace productivity and job satisfaction.
Manage your workload by better managing your stress. Practice fifteen fun ways to uplift and energize, while releasing stress through yoga stretches, breathing, and a combination of the two. Learn the best natural alternatives to afternoon (or evening!) caffeine jolts. Bust your stress whenever and wherever you need to!
A major player in the nervous system, the vagus nerve brings the heart, lungs, and “gut brain” together to work toward relaxation. Learning to tap into this nerve downregulates our stress reactions (fight, flight, or freeze) and allows to remain or become calm and rested. Learn to identify stress reactions and explore twelve exercises to activate the vagus nerve to remain cool and clear-headed no matter the task or situation.
Burnout takes its toll well before the actual resignation from a job. Before excessive sick days or time away from work is required to play catch up with our physical and mental needs, it’s important to take measures to support a healthy immune system. Learn about the lymphatic system with hands-on yoga, breathing, Qi Gong, and massage techniques to boost your immunity, energize the body and mind, and take steps toward eliminating the word burnout from your hiring team.
Mindfulness in the workplace is a trend with staying power. Proven over millenia of practice and biological evolution, mindfulness is an inherent capacity of our neural network. The anatomy of the brain acts as our pathway through reactivity towards mindfulness in this engaging presentation about our stress response and how to subvert it for our health, longevity, and focus.
We all have those stroke of genius moments, frequently at the most inopportune moments (driving, showering, going for a walk) when our notebooks are not handy. Take time to alternate between mindful movement and creative brainstorming, individually and/or as a team. Connect the dots between disparate thoughts to spur innovation and new ideas. Leave with a few new tricks up your sleeve that incorporate yoga breathing and postures to encourage more bright idea moments and focus to make a more brilliant reality.
Did you know that practiced meditators regularly score higher on emotional intelligence tests than the average person? Today’s modern world favors digital communication, leaving practiced, solid, and dependable interpersonal skills to gather dust. Discover what recognizing microfacial expressions has to do with mindfulness, how spending time tuning in to yourself leads to better communication, and experience true collaboration as you enhance your interpersonal toolkit.
Whether your daily schedule requires you to stand, sit, or be on-the-go, chances are that repetitive movements (or lack thereof) have taken a toll on your body. Discover how the essentials of yoga can be adapted to the workplace by incorporating simple, office-friendly stretches throughout the day.