Ranked as North America’s healthiest city, Montréal’s balanced approach to well-being seamlessly blends nature, community and actualization. That’s Better Being’s ultimate message: whether in the workplace or during professional events, we should all incorporate physical and mental well-being into our everyday. With a creative variety of offerings ranging from yoga to fun runs, meditation breaks, cooking classes and breathwork sessions, they’re here to help you — and your attendees — be well.
From good to better
Now 4 years old, Better Being is a young Montréal-based company that has graduated from startup status and now considers itself well on its way to being established. Part of that is the fortuitous joining of forces of Founder and CEO Shi Diwen Zhu and Wellness Director Scott Simons, ex-CEO of Organik - Santé Corporative and an experienced corporate wellness professional with a huge network of 50+ talented technicians in his roster.
This meeting of minds has blended Gen Z enthusiasm with a Millennial experience and positioned Better Being as an expert in corporate and professional-event wellness programs, working with clients like Fairmont, Sheraton, Ritz-Carlton and C2 Montréal. They are also the official wellness concierges at Montréal’s convention centre, the Palais des congrès de Montréal, and ready to take on new clients both in Montréal and nation-wide.
Wellness is wealth
Designed to be incorporated either before, during or after events, Better Being’s wellness interventions can last anywhere from a 15-minute energy break to a 2-hour painting experience. In addition to designing bespoke offerings that cater exactly to your needs, they offer a menu of plug-n-play experiences designed to awaken the mind and reenergize the body. They include early-morning Rise and Thrives and end-of-day Healthy Hours, which encourage people to gather and network around activities other than drinking.
In short, Better Being is looking to transform the status quo of events design more than just offer offsite or between-session entertainment. They want to increase health for all in a lasting way.
“After 45 minutes, attendees lose 50% of their focus. So while wellness can be seen as a little something extra, it can also be seen as a strategic device that invites people to really optimise and regulate themselves so that they can better listen and absorb information,” says Shi.
“Our mandate is for attendees to leave an event healthier than they were when they walked in,” seconds Simons. “We will reconnect you to your potential and hopefully keep you there for the duration of your event and beyond.”
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