HWTI
The Holistic Wellness Training Institute (HWTI) provides workplace training with a heart-centered approach. We provide scientific backing to our mindfulness-based approaches that integrate compassion, creativity, emotional intelligence, and resiliency practices that help companies meet the needs of their employees, while simultaneously meeting organizational goals. We are a diverse team of individuals with a desire to see your workplace thrive!
Our Mission
To integrate creativity and well-being into workspaces through mindfulness-based programs, fostering a supportive, enriching, and resilient work environment.
Our Vision
To build meaningful connections within organizations that cultivate a sense of belonging and purpose for all members of the team.
Our Values
• Supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in all workspaces
• Building continuous and cohesive growth by working with all levels of stakeholders within organizations
• Promoting integrative mindfulness-based practices to create emotionally intelligent and sustainable workplaces
• Creating wellbeing in the workplace by affirming individuals and their needs
• Inspiring organizations to share in corporate citizenship by connecting to and supporting our free community outreach programs
What we do
With our team of skilled experts, we provide access to effective workplace solutions that help your teams to thrive. Today, more than ever before, individuals seek a healthy and supportive work environment that allows them to grow with their organization. Mindfulness has been proven to help organizations with team building and increase employee productivity, engagement, and morale. See our infographics for more information.
“This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.”
Alan Watts
The Holistic Wellness Training Institute (HWTI)
Why You Should Care
Creating a thriving and productive workplace environment requires attention to employee engagement, retention, and psychological safety. These factors directly impact an organization's success and the satisfaction and well-being of its employees. Despite the economic slowdown, data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2023) indicates that employee turnover in 2022 and 2023 has reached unprecedented levels in the past 13 years. Employee engagement fuels motivation, commitment, productivity, and innovation. Retention efforts save resources by reducing turnover costs and ensuring a knowledgeable and experienced workforce. According to research conducted by SHRM (Navarra, 2022), replacement costs can be as high as 50% to 60%, with overall costs ranging from 90% to 200%.
Mindfulness: The Game-Changer You Didn't Know You Needed
Implementing mindfulness and meditation practices can significantly contribute to fostering psychological safety in the workplace. This psychological safety allows employees to feel at ease expressing their ideas, taking calculated risks, and openly collaborating with their colleagues. Mindfulness and meditation techniques empower individuals by helping them effectively manage stress, improve focus, and develop emotional intelligence. These benefits enhance the organization's engagement, retention, and overall psychological safety. Enabling individuals to cultivate a resilient mindset and navigate challenges with clarity, mindfulness, and meditation positively contributes to creating a harmonious work environment that propels the organization toward sustainable success (linkedin, 2023).
Cultivating Happiness at Work
Numerous studies have shown that a regular, consistent mindfulness practice can develop resilience, mitigate the effects of workplace stress, increase creativity, and foster compassion at work. Translation? Happiness.
Researchers in 2019 concluded that mindfulness helped restaurant workers in fast-paced environments cope with stressful situations, and that mindfulness may guard against emotional exhaustion at work, which contributes to turnover rate.
Mindful supervisors can also do their part to cultivate happiness in their employees. Studies found that employees with mindful supervisors actually perform better, report higher job satisfaction, and feel more successful in balancing work and family life. Why? Partly because mindfulness teaches key interpersonal skills, such as improved communication and empathy, and promotes collaboration, teamwork and even inclusivity in the workplace.
Experts are also recognizing that intangible elements of workplace culture like psychological safety and trust are essential for happy and successful teams. In fact, a study by Google found psychological safety to be the top characteristic of high-performing teams (wisdomlab.com).
Cassandra Powell
Holistic Wellness Training
Chris George
Dr. Larry Turner
Mindfulness Facilitator and Coach
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Meisner Technique Facilitator
Writer, Wellness Coach
Yvia LaVie
Rebekah Joy Hall
Our Team
I had tension in my shoulders when I came in, the exercises helped reduce tension. The best part was reducing my tension with helpful exercises for work.
Shavette
The presenter was able to engage the audience & hold their attention. The techniques were useful and I liked learning the breathing technique. Fantastic information. Thank you! In our society it is very helpful to slow down! Proactive mindfulness, I wish it could have been longer to go further in depth.
Donisha
Great instruction and DIFFERENT -- I love the focus on self-care. Straight forward & simple tools; refreshing. I liked best how accessible & useful the tools are for work and home.
Jonathan
What clients are saying
Corporate Citizenship
Each program delivered by the Holistic Wellness Training Institute (HWTI) provides streamlined donations to Light of Loving Kindness (LOLK), a Chicago-based nonprofit that works with young adults from challenging circumstances including poverty, trauma and violence affected areas of Chicago. LOLK triangulates their resources to incorporate mental wellness, mindfulness-based interventions, and workforce readiness and development in its programming. Working with the HWTI provides continued access to LOLK's free programs and resources for these young adults.
Want to Bring Light of Loving Kindness to your Organization?
Light of Loving Kindness (LOLK) offers a variety of curated packages, as well as custom programs that can be tailored to suit your organization’s specific needs. Our programs help to foster mindfulness, healthy communication, team building, confidence, resilience and so much more. Ranging from a singular event to a multi-week course, LOLK has provided high quality programs, nationally, internationally, and in the Chicagoland area for over 7 years! We would love to share our unique blend of mindfulness training with you and your team.
Executive Director