Teams function best when their members are fully present and on-board with the group's key mission. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts if and only if the parts are in optimal performance states.
The individual is best prepared to perform as an effective part of a team when they are brought to a mindful and present state within the context of the start of group work.
Whether it is developing a strategic vision, participating in a highly skilled cooperative coordination of services or preparing for intense physical competition the individual must be effectively prepared to fit into the whole.
Guided Mindful Movement Practice of a team in unison can effectively bring the individual team members into their optimal mindful body awareness while, in a coordinated manner, team coherence is visualized and held as the object of sustained attention.
Groups that move together, move together.
Ash Sangoram MD PhD is a neonatologist and neuroscientist by training. His scientific training was under the guidance of two National Academy of Science members (Joe Takahashi and Matt Scott) and his main thesis work 20 years ago in circadian rhythms characterizing the Timeless gene in mammals harnessed a key collaboration with 2017 Nobel Laureate, Michael Young. Ash went to medical school at Northwestern University and completed pediatric residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and neonatal fellowship at Lucile Packard Stanford Children's Hospital. He is currently a Senior Partner practicing neonatology with The Permanente Medical Group. Outside of taking care of sick infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, he enjoys an East-meets-West approach to health, wellness and peak performance. Having worked with the 2019 NCAA Division I National Champion Stanford Men's Golf Team and 2015 NCAA Division I National Champion Stanford Women's Golf Team's to optimize their performance through analytics and neuroscience, Ash is familiar with the intense demands that teams functioning at the highest level must endure to prevail.
After a spinal cord injury suffered 20 years prior, Ash has engaged the Western medical technologies to physically fix his vertebral column and at the same time Eastern approaches of movement practice and mindfulness to cultivate a renewed ability to move better while healing his compromised motor control systems. He has been meditating since medical school and practicing Qi Gong and body awareness practices in depth for the last 5 years. Teaching body awareness/mindfulness techniques (through a seamlessly interwoven practice of Qi Gong and Yoga informed by Feldenkreis theory as well as Western medical physiology that he has developed and honed through direct repeated practice) to health care providers in stressful medical environments is one of his passions. Especially effective is a group mindful movement practice that Ash has been teaching for multi-disciplinary teams in the Intensive Care Unit. This has been well received in this stressful environment and has noticeable effects on efficiency of team work to improve patient care. What works for stressed Intensive Care environments can work for high stakes board room settings, competitive team performance and any other group dynamics where coherent cooperative interaction is crucial to performance. Ash is committed to providing your "team" with a synchronized mindful kick-off to strategic vision sessions, pre-competition training and other mission critical group interactions. By empowering the individual through mindful movement in a setting where the entire group participates, a renewed efficiency and effectiveness can unfold.
If you want to energize your group to function at its best, contact Ash at sangoram at gmail dot com.