Start your meetings with meditation

A surprise hit at Happy Workplaces 2014 was the Google-led meditation session in the afternoon. Even Luis Saurez, who was presenting via video link from Belgium, tweeted about the room going quiet, while other delegates said they felt “very chilled” and “we need this at our organisation.”

This is the meditation we used at the conference – why not try it at your next meeting?

As part of an increased focus on wellbeing, many Google meetings now begin this way. You can check out other guided meditations on the gPause YouTube channel.

Just did 5 mins meditation as part of the #happywork conference. Feeling very chilled

— Martin Couzins (@martincouzins) May 14, 2014

Having a #calm session at #happywork … [everything went just quiet while people meditate :)]

— Luis Suarez (@elsua) May 14, 2014

First 5 minutes of any Google meeting is meditation We need this at @bromford @LeighE11 @MindSpaceUK #happywork

— Sue Guest (@SueGuest) May 14, 2014

Start your next meeting with meditation

So why not try pre-meeting meditation and see what results you get. The benefits of meditation pile up over time, so you may want to commit to more than one session. Are your meetings more productive? More creative? More focused? Comments are open, so let us know how it goes.