New Year, New Plans…Same Parking Lot? A Lesson in Wellness Flexibility
Like many people attempting to start the new year off right, I headed back to the gym after the holidays with big intentions and fresh resolve. One of my New Year’s goals was to shake up my routine by adding group fitness classes instead of relying on the same familiar machines. Wellness is THE buzzword for 2026! When you offer chair massage regularly, you quickly realize you “knead” strength, literally and figuratively.
Cue the reality check.
Despite my best intentions, I arrived to find zero available parking spaces and a gym full of fellow resolution-makers who had planned better than I had. No class for me. Disappointing? Absolutely. Defeating? Not quite. I pivoted, used the equipment that was available, and made the most of the time I had scheduled for exercise.
Sound familiar?
In our wellness journeys, both personal and professional, we often have great intentions, but can easily fall back into the same old patterns when logistics get in the way. The first few months of the year is prime time for renewed energy, but it’s also when schedules fill quickly, and options disappear if planning doesn’t happen early.
This is exactly what we see at the beginning of each year at Corporate Massage Kneads, Maryland’s premier mobile chair massage company. Corporate clients reach out with fresh motivation to support employee wellness through programs such as on-site chair massage, chair yoga, and movement-based initiatives. These programs don’t require massive time commitments or extravagant budgets, yet they deliver meaningful returns in morale, productivity, and stress reduction (Field, 2016).
Another effective approach to New Year wellness planning is selecting a focus word, such as growth, kindness, or opportunity. A focus word allows flexibility while still guiding decisions and actions throughout the year. Wellness, after all, is not about perfection; it’s about consistency and adaptability.
So, what are your plans for bringing wellness into your workplace this year? Corporate Massage Kneads can tailor an on-site chair massage program that fits your time constraints and budget while delivering big dividends, including reduced stress, improved morale, and relief from the lingering holiday blues (American Institute of Stress, 2023).
Since 2006, Corporate Massage Kneads has proudly served Maryland businesses with professional, licensed therapists and customized corporate wellness solutions designed around your unique “kneads”.
If on-site chair massage is a program you’d like to explore, we would love to connect. Contact us here!
Escape. Experience. Enjoy!
References
American Institute of Stress. (2023). Workplace stress statistics.
Field, T. (2016). Massage therapy research review. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 24, 19–31.
