Recently, Citizen Agency/Citizen Space put together their 4 pillars of coworking:
- Collaboration
- Openness
- Community
- Sustainability
Tara mentioned that sustainability may be unique to them, and were met with a flurry of “no, we’re working towards sustainability, too!” . Luckily, the term “sustainability” itself has enough connotations to come along with it that we can interpret what that means. The 2 most common, in my opinion are environmental sustainability and business sustainability (does this model allow us to stay in business?).
Another really important part of sustainability is HUMAN sustainability. As business owners and entrepreneurs, we’re super susceptible to overworking and burning out. Most people are generally harder on themselves than on others, so just think how that translates when you are your own boss? High stress, poor sleep and eating habits, and something that I’m most notorious for…forgetting to take time for yourself. In the theme of sustainability, we need to remember to spend some time on ourselves.
Lucky for us work-a-holics, there’s some wonderful wellness structures we can work with. P’unk Ave has been doing Yoga on Friday mornings for a few months now and the entire team has expressed how much they enjoy it. IndyHall member Jennifer Lim has offered to come on Friday Mornings and provide Reiki Energy Therapy. In full disclosure, Bart and I were provided a complimentary session to see what Reiki was all about. For those of you who saw us in the week prior to our opening, you saw two grown men on the edge…minimal sleep, high stress, and tons to do by September 1st. Jen came and gave us each a 30 minute session, and I can confidently say that the structure of the Reiki session put me back on the level to make it though the rest of the week.
From Jen’s literature:
Reiki is a very gentile practice of using light touch to deeply relax your body, allowing it to heal and rebalance itself naturally. Benefits include: stress reduction, pain management, increased focus, and general wellness.
Starting this Friday, Jen will be running 15, 30, and 60 minute sessions at $20, $40, and $75 respectively. Jen is providing 5% discounts for 30 and 60 minute sessions for IndyHall members, too! Sessions are by appointment: we have limited availability so let us know if you are interested!
I highly recommend a 15 minute “reboot” at the very least. You may find yourself glowing for the rest of the weekend! We hope to move forward with this, if there is interest, in an entire regiment of “Zen Hall” wellness programs. If you have any ideas or suggestions, let us know!
Tags: wellness, reiki, p’unk ave, yoga, collaboration, openness, community, sustainability, indyhall, coworking, independent work, stress