
Have a quick scan of the items on your office desk. Other than your computer, phone, and maybe some stationery, what else are you surrounded by?
Maybe a framed picture showing your family, friends, or favourite holiday destination? A desk plant that you’ve named, take care of, and never forget to water? Or perhaps a funny figurine, motivating poster, or stress ball?
However, you choose to enhance your desk space, it’s your way of turning it into your own happy place.
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New evidence-based wellness brand Mondays recognises the importance of creating happier working environments, and is producing products that not only look good, but keep us moving too.
Mondays Moves includes 5-minute exercises you can do from the comfort of your own desk or workspace. Photo: Mondays
Founded in 2019 by Los Angeles-based entrepreneur Ami Gosalia, the company has launched Mondays Moves: Daily Office Stretches for Feeling Good and Working Well.
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The book includes colourful, fun, and engaging illustrations that guide you through a five-minute movement practice designed to relieve stress, increase focus, and ease the aches and pains of modern office life.
With many of us spending roughly 10,000 days over a lifetime at work, much of that time spent sitting down, it’s a great idea to surround ourselves with things that make us happy and encourage us to move.
It’s often said that movement is medicine, and Mondays Moves is a great reminder to do more of it.
Mondays Moves by Ami Gosalia is published by Roundtree Press, $15.95, (mondays.com)
The new book by evidence-based wellness brand Mondays is here to remind us that movement is medicine