A calming session of mindfulness meditation & Yin yoga, designed to help HR professionals relax, recharge, and restore balance.

About this event

A calming session of mindfulness meditation & Yin yoga, designed to help HR professionals relax, recharge, and restore balance.

Take 45 minutes just for you. As an people professional, you are always supporting others—now it is time to nurture yourself. Through guided meditation and mindfulness, reset, recharge, and rediscover a sense of calm and clarity.


Additional Information About This Event
What to expect in this 45-minute self-care session:

  • A guided meditation to help you unwind and reset
  • Breathing techniques to bring instant calm and focus
  • Visualization exercises to cultivate clarity and peace
  • Simple mindfulness tools to ease stress in your daily work
  • A dedicated space to nurture yourself and restore balance


Expect to leave feeling refreshed, recharged, and ready to navigate the demands of HR with renewed focus and resilience. Take this time for yourself—you deserve it.


Time: 18.30- 19.15

Length and duration of session: 45 minutes

What to wear: comfortable clothing


About the host

HR & Wellbeing Consultant | Mediator | Business Growth Partner

Anna-May is a highly skilled and versatile HR consultant, mediator, and wellbeing expert with a passion for building stronger, healthier workplaces. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (FCIPD), she has worked across diverse industries—including financial services, engineering, insurance, and, more recently, health and social care—where she directed her own business and was a registered manager with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

With a practical and people-focused approach, Anna-May collaborates with small business leaders to develop their teams, ensuring staff understand business objectives and contribute to sustainable growth. She specialises in resolving workplace conflicts, improving employee engagement, and guiding organisations through change with clarity and confidence.

Anna-May also supports healthcare organisations with safeguarding, regulatory compliance, and workforce development, helping them deliver outstanding care while meeting industry standards. Her ability to blend business needs with people-focused solutions makes her a trusted advisor in both operational and strategic HR matters.


Workplace Wellbeing – A Holistic Approach

Beyond HR and mediation, Anna-May is deeply committed to workplace wellbeing. A certified Yoga Teacher (since 2014) and Mindfulness Coach (since 2018), she founded Wellness Bliss to help individuals and organisations integrate mindfulness, resilience, and balance into their daily lives.

Through corporate workshops, community programs, and online sessions, she empowers professionals to pause, reset, and manage stress effectively. She regularly delivers mindfulness and yoga sessions for CIPD members and leads wellbeing initiatives that promote mental clarity and emotional resilience.

Anna-May is known for her innovative, forward-thinking approach—bringing together HR expertise, conflict resolution, and wellbeing strategies to create workplaces where people and businesses thrive. Whether supporting leadership teams, mediating workplace challenges, or fostering a culture of wellbeing, she is committed to helping organisations grow by investing in their most valuable asset—their people.

Please note:

  1. Webinar joining instructions will be sent to you again one day before the event, with a further reminder, 20 minutes prior to the event starting.
  2. The session may be recorded and shared with people afterwards. Please bear this in mind and have your camera off if you do not wish for your image to be shared.
  3. The chat function will be used for participants to engage with the webinar, so just be mindful of the login name you use and ensure you are happy for other people to see this.
  4. For security reasons, it is requested that participants join the live session 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time and with the same name as registered on Eventbrite as not doing so may cause a delay or non-admittance to the event.
  5. This event may include an external speaker who has prepared their own presentation. Any views or opinions expressed by the speaker are their own and do not reflect those of the CIPD.
  6. Please note that this is a members only event.
  7. If you require any reasonable adjustments to enhance your experience, please get in contact with us by responding to this email and we will do our best to accommodate.