Dori Kelner on Workplace Mindfulness Programs Hacking Culture

Matthew Tift talks with Dori Kelner, a mindfulness teacher, yoga teacher, and a long-time member of the Drupal community. She founded Insightful Culture to provide evidence-based wellness practices to those who want a proven method for calming their inner critic and moving through life with greater ease. In this episode, we discuss topics such as:


- Dori's transition from developer to manager to yoga teacher to workplace mindfulness facilitator

- The differences between mindfulness, meditation, and yoga

- How to tell when an organization might be ready to incorporate mindfulness practices into their culture

- Potential goals of a workplace mindfulness program

- Dori's approach to "discovery" when she's working with clients

- The difference between training leaders and training employees

- The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) method

- The role of metrics in a workplace mindfulness program