Executive leadership in the nonprofit world often means carrying an enormous mental and emotional load: funding concerns, staffing challenges, board expectations, community needs, difficult decisions, strategic planning, events, advocacy, crisis management, and the constant pressure to find the resources to do more.
Mindfulness & Renewal is designed to give those leaders three intentional hours to temporarily put down what they carry. This is not another professional development session asking leaders to become more productive. Instead, it is an opportunity to release, move, breathe, rest, reconnect, and return to their work with renewed energy and perspective.
Led by Cat Bigley, this experience brings together her background in yoga, meditation, mindfulness, wellness, leadership, nonprofit management, community building, and facilitation. As an Executive Director herself, Cat understands that nonprofit burnout is not an abstract concept. She understands the challenge of simultaneously caring deeply about a mission while managing the very real responsibilities required to keep an organization moving forward.
Schedule:
1:00pm-1:30pm: Let Go and Release. Cat will lead a guided mindfulness and "letting go" exercise.
1:30pm-2:30pm: Gentle Yoga, Breathwork, and Meditation
2:30pm-2:45pm: Nourish: Participants will transition into a simple refreshment break.
2:45pm-3:45pm: ESCAPE: Planetarium Immersive Experience. Following the break, participants will be invited to settle into the Planetarium for an immersive visual experience designed around escape, perspective, wonder, and release.
3:45pm-4:00pm: REENERGIZE: Affirmations, Intention & Returning to the Mission.
Cost: $45/person
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 2nd, 2027
Registration Link: https://givepul.se/u1fluc