Jill Saunders

The No Regrets Workshop
2020-10-03 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Chicago) | Webinar
Do you want to live without regrets, to step out of ruts and embrace the possibility of your life?
What if I told you that I’ve got just what you need to launch into a life with more meaning, love, satisfaction, and fulfillment?
Please join me for a workshop experience where you will silence the noise in your life, imagine and dream about your true desires, and plan the bold moves and choices to make it happen!
The No Regrets workshop has two steps:
Step 1 – A Self Awareness Practice
Before the live workshop, you will be asked to look at how you are spending your time, how you are investing your energy. You will identify what your deficits are, what is draining you, and what is giving you life.
This assessment will take 15 minutes a day for 5 days leading up to the workshop experience. You will be given a tool to use to capture your insights.
Step 2 – The No Regrets Workshop
For 2 hours, you will be immersed in a creative experience of self-care and discovery. The No Regrets Workshop will launch you into life without regrets. Here’s a preview of our time together, we will:

Review the Self Awareness Practice and begin to clarify where you need to shift your deficits…

Then, we will introduce you to 8 practices to help you live a life without regrets:

Practice a simple meditation to silence the noise in your life and connect to your heart…
Declare what’s most important to you, what are your non-negotiables…
Put your imagination into practice…and dare to dream about a life with no regrets…
Practice a meditation that gets your creative juices flowing…
Identify bold moves and choices to create a life that brings you joy…
Explore practices to live with resilience…
Create a daily structure of meditation, focus, and reflection to support you…

There will be two one hour workshop sessions.
Participants in the workshop will receive a beautifully designed .pdf to help
you dream, explore possibilities, and implement resiliency practices.
The No Regrets workshop experience will be held over a live Zoom session.
Come join me, let’s create your best life!

HeartMath Introduction
2020-03-28 08:00 | Webinar
Has the current environment caused you to feel stressed? Every area of our life is being impacted by the pandemic – health, finances, family, career. On a daily basis, we are faced with stress triggers that can take a toll on our physiology and performance.
For example, are you:

feeling tired, overwhelmed, fatigued
experiencing worry, stress, or anxious thoughts
not as clear-headed, or at optimal performance
edgy, irritated, less than patient
tense

If you are experiencing any of these conditions, I’d love to share with you some science and tools to help build your resiliency during challenging times. Over 18 years ago I was introduced to a powerful set of tools to help me manage stress from the Institute of HeartMath. For over 25 years, the Institute of HeartMath has been studying and researching how to use the power of the heart to live with vibrancy and resiliency.
In this free webinar, I’d like to share with you:

The science behind what happens when you experience stress, how negative emotions can take a toll on your physiology
How positive emotions felt in the heart can shift your physiology into optimal performance
The research behind how the heart, brain, and autonomic nervous system are all connected
What can happen when you harness the power of the heart to manage stress
Two simple tools you can put to use immediately to manage stress and build resiliency

Join me for this free webinar on Saturday the 28th at 1:00cst. Register below and I’ll send you the zoom link to the session.
I hope you can join me!
With so much love,
Jill

The Universe Whispers
2020-03-19 14:00 - 15:30 | The Riveter, 4388 France Avenue South, Edina, MN, 55410, United States
Have you ever wondered if the Universe has a message for you? I did too. I was a busy single mom, working in a demanding corporate job, raising a son and managing a house. I was experiencing stress and overwhelm, going through the motions day by day. Something needed to change.
One day, out of despair, I made a specific request to the Universe to help me…and then my life began to change in a very unexpected way! I was drawn to my journal and began to write creative, inspiring messages from the Universe to me. I’d love to share my story with you. I believe we all can listen to the whispers and nudges the Universe is sending our way.
Come join me while I tell true stories that lie at the intersection of prayer, creativity, yoga, parenting, challenges, magic, and love. I’ll share best practices, tips, and ideas for how you can listen to your whispers…all in a practical, packed, and fun session.

From Problem to Possibility
2019-09-01 04:30 - 18:30 | The Riveter, 4388 France Avenue South, Edina, MN, 55410, United States
Are you struggling with a problem, challenge, or difficulty?
Are you feeling stuck in a situation in your life?
Are you less than creative about how to solve this problem, in a rut about what to do?
Do you experience fear or confusion about a way forward?
Would you like some inspiration or creative insight, some new ideas?

If you answered “Yes!” to any of these questions, then from Problems to Possibility is for you! In this workshop we will:

Hone in on your limited perspective, become aware of your stuck thinking, your story about the problem
Notice what happens when you problem solve from this limited thinking
Explore multiple, creative perspectives and approaches that “shine a light” on a way forward through the problem to possibility
Choose one perspective that lifts the weight of the problem or challenge, and inspires you with creative action
Brainstorm actions, ideas, and insights that can be taken from this new perspective. Get clear on action to propel you forward.
Declare what you will say “yes” to and “no” to as you move forward.
Declare your commitment to acting from a new perspective and moving forward with inspiration

The workshop is 2 hours in length and will take place at the

Community Room - Free Restorative Yoga Class
2018-10-10 14:30 - 15:30 | Sattva Yoga, 3200 Bryant, Minneapolis, MN, 55419, United States
Dear Friends and Yogis,
I took my first restorative yoga class many years ago, and immediately fell in love with the practice! Restorative yoga is a practice that utilizes bolsters, blocks, and blankets to help you to “fall in” and rest in different poses. It’s perfect for anyone who wants to experience a deep release and rest!
As part of the community room, I am offering a free restorative yoga class taught by Jennifer Colletti at Sattva yoga in Uptown on 10/10 at 7:30pm. Register here. Class of 24.
Let me know what questions you have!
Namaste,
Jill

Nicollet Open Streets - Up Yoga Art Fair
2018-09-23 06:00 - 12:00 | Up Yoga, 4325 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55419, United States
Dear Friends,
I’ve been asked to be part of an Art Fair Pop-Up at Up Yoga on 9/23 from 11:00am – 5:00pm. This is part of the Nicollet Open Streets celebration.
My understanding is that there will be about 20 artists at the Pop-Up. Come join us! I’ll be sharing some new journals and prints.

Life Renewal
2018-04-21 03:00 - 12:00
The Life Renewal workshop is a process to support you with getting aligned with your core values, an inspiring vision, and a do-able action plan for moving forward.

We will start with a 45 minute yoga practice. No experience necessary. Never practiced? Let this be a first. Come join us and sit on a mat and breathe. When was the last time you breathed for an hour? Not interested in yoga? Join us for breakfast!
Enjoy an organic breakfast.

What You Can Expect:

Take a look at your whole life, right now, today. Consider what’s working, what’s not working. Be honest with yourself. Then get clear, where do you want to focus?
Engage in creative exercises to identify your core values and an inspiring vision.
Clarify what is most important for the next six months and beyond.
Create a do-able and inspiring plan with supportive practices for moving forward.
Learn a process for unraveling your fixed problems and challenges that prevent you from living your values and vision. Discover your “yes’ and no’s” when creating more of what you desire.
Learn a simple meditation process for connecting to your wisdom and creativity.

Post Workshop
Each participant will have a 60-minute 1:1 coaching session to review your
plan forward, potential obstacles, and supportive practices to keep you aligned with
your values and vision.

Community Room - Restorative Yoga
2018-02-26 22:30 - 2018-02-27 12:00
The Community Room is a place to learn from others whole life practices to be the person you desire to be.

More to Come

Emotional Intelligence and Neuroscience - Meet Yoga
2016-09-23 02:30 - 07:00 | Minneapolis Golf Club, 2001 Flag Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55426, United States
This workshop is designed for the leader in you who may need some personal attention. You will raise your self-awareness of your emotional intelligence patterns, gain an understanding of social neuroscience, and identify development practices to support you being at choice in the moment.
Did you know that a leader’s negative words have a negative contagion effect on an employee’s brain and performance? Yes, it is now personal. Emotional intelligence has been described as a true predictor of success. The good news is, is that unlike IQ, it can be developed. We will pack the workshop and a 1:1 coaching session full of tailored solutions to help you become more emotionally intelligent and successful.
Prior to the Workshop

Two weeks prior to the session you will receive a link to the EQ-I 2.0 Emotional Intelligence Self-Assessment from Multi-Health Systems. This is one of the only valid and reliable emotional intelligence assessments on the market. You will review your results in the workshop.

At the Workshop

We will start the workshop off with a 45 minute yoga practice. No prior yoga experience necessary. It will be very basic and can be done from a mat or a chair. It will be accessible to everyone. You will learn that your breath is going to be one of your greatest assets to being mindful, allowing you to be at choice in difficult situations. Come sit on a mat and breathe, experience your parasympathetic nervous system kicking into gear for optimal performance. Please bring a mat. Not a fan of yoga? Join us for breakfast at 8:30am.

Enjoy an organic breakfast.

What You Can Expect

Get a taste of an emotionally intelligent company, what it’s like to work there, the benefits for employees, leaders, and the bottom line.

Conversation with Nancy Greatrix, Director of HR at Room and Board

Reflect on how emotional intelligence is core to leadership success.

Understand the basics of emotional intelligence and social neuroscience.

Examine how your brain works, what happens when:

Your emotional intelligence is robbed
Your thinking and problem solving is dulled
Your leadership patterns are stuck

Gain an in depth understanding of the EQ-I 2.0. Recognize typical leadership patterns and reflect on your EQ-I 2.0 results.

Identify what triggers you and causes your emotional intelligence failures. Reflect on the cost and ripple effect of poor emotional intelligence. Raise your self-awareness for how to change your leadership behaviors.

Gain leading edge insight on how simple mindfulness and yoga practices can support you in developing and sustaining emotional intelligence, allowing you to be at choice in difficult moments instead of falling into limiting leadership patterns.

Learn yoga practices you can put into practice at your desk for optimal brain performance.

Begin to develop your custom development practices for becoming more emotionally intelligent.

Post Workshop
Following the workshop we will have an in-depth 90 minute 1:1 coaching session on your EQ-I 2.0 Self-Assessment results. Your emotional intelligence strengths and risks will be highlighted and concrete development practices are identified.
We welcome you to show up in some yoga, workout, or comfortable clothes, have an open mind, and keep breathing.
