benefits

Each wellness package includes a nutritious meal prepared by a local restaurant or caterer, a daily meditation practice, and movement tips that educators can integrate and utilize throughout their school day. 

meals

Benefits of healthy meals:

• positively affects mental, emotional and physical health
• increases seratonin which promotes a better night's sleep (protein rich foods)
• enhances better mental health (omega 3)
• combats depression (folate rich foods)

Harvard article on the relationship between good quality nutrition and the affect on the brain

Let thy food be thy medicine.
​~Hippocrates

meditation

Benefits of meditation:

• beneficial in being your best self by steering your thought patterns to something more constructive
• lengthens attention span giving you the ability to reorient
• enhances self-awareness
• assists in going to sleep sooner and staying asleep longer for a more restorative night
• leads to more compassion and kindness
• it's challenging to be in a good mood when your body is deficient in key nutrients
• it's a practice for anyone: start where you are and build - one restorative breath at a time

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Stanford report on the relationship between meditation and compassion

Meditation will change your life for the better, enhance your physical health, improve your sleep. 
​~Deepak Chopra

movement

Benefits of movement:

• reduces physical stress - we tighten and hold stress in parts of our bodies
• increases mood and quality of life
• changes sleep patterns to support a more restful night's sleep
• decreases blood pressure
• increases flexibility, balance and range of motion
• encourages proper alignment and proper posture
• it's good for your mood, concentration and overall physical and emotional health

​Yale + Oxford study on the relationship between movement and mental health

Healthy is an outfit that looks different on every body.
​~Unknown

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