Wellness is like driving a car. It’s something you learn by doing, and it keeps your engine functioning properly.
There was a time when massage chairs were considered the gold standard for adding wellness to meetings. Comfy as they are—and many an attendee no doubt nodded off while seated there—they can’t really be called a source of education and inspiration. In short, massage chairs or even massages themselves aren’t something that attendees will take to heart, remember in the months to come and incorporate into their own lives.
But wellness training can do all that, and more. In a sense, wellness is like driving a car. It’s something you learn by doing. And to extend the metaphor, wellness keeps your engine functioning properly.
Planners have been mindful of wellness at meetings for years—adding healthy menu choices and activities like morning yoga, for example—but the push for healthier practices at conferences and conventions really picked up after the pandemic brought the relationship between work and well-being into clearer focus.
Read the full story at Prevue Meetings >>