Access Bars® & Workplace Wellbeing: Why Calm Brains Make Better Businesses
- Mish
- 3 days ago
- 6 min read
We all know the poster version of “workplace wellbeing”.
Fruit in the kitchen. A mindfulness app nobody uses. An annual wellbeing day with a PowerPoint on “managing stress” while everyone secretly checks their emails.
Meanwhile, your team are exhausted, wired, and quietly burning out.
If we’re honest, most workplaces are running on nervous systems stuck in survival mode – fight, flight, or freeze – while being asked to perform at their best, stay compassionate, and hit targets.
This is where Access Bars® comes in as something different: not a talk about wellbeing, but a direct nervous-system reset that helps people feel safe enough to breathe again.
In this blog, let’s unpack what Access Bars is, why it matters in the workplace, and how it can support happier, calmer, more focused teams.
What is Access Bars®?
Access Bars® is a gentle, hands-on technique that works with 32 specific points on the head.These points are associated with different areas of life and energy, such as:
Stress and control
Money and work
Creativity and communication
Healing, joy, and peace
During a Bars session, these points are lightly held in specific sequences. This simple contact can help the brain and nervous system shift out of high alert and into a state of deep relaxation.
People often describe it as:
“Like someone emptied my mind of noise.”
“I finally felt still and present.”
“My body relaxed in a way I didn’t realise I needed.”
It’s:
Done fully clothed
Non-invasive – no products, no tools, just light touch
Quiet – talking is optional, not required
Suitable for all genders, roles, and personality types
And importantly:
Access Bars is complementary. It doesn’t replace medical or psychological support, but it can work beautifully alongside existing wellbeing, HR, or EAP structures.
Why workplace wellbeing needs to be more than a buzzword
Modern work culture praises “resilience” but rarely gives people the conditions to build it.
Teams are dealing with:
Constant change, restructures, and uncertainty
Digital overload – messages, emails, alerts, calls
Emotional labour from clients, customers, patients, or the public
Pressure to hit targets while staying “professional” and calm
The result?
Sleep issues
Brain fog
Anxiety and irritability
Low morale
Presenteeism – physically at work, mentally depleted
You can put yoga classes and fruit baskets on top of that, but if the nervous system is constantly taxed, people can’t access their full intelligence, compassion, or creativity.
Wellbeing isn’t soft. It’s infrastructure.If your people can’t regulate their nervous systems, everything in the business eventually pays the price.
How Access Bars supports wellbeing at work
Here’s where Bars can make a tangible difference in a work setting.
1. Reducing stress and overwhelm
When the brain is stuck in stress mode, it’s constantly scanning for what might go wrong next. Bars helps interrupt this pattern and invite the body into a calmer state.
After a session, people frequently report:
Feeling lighter and more at ease
Less anxious about their to-do list
More able to respond instead of react
That alone can shift the tone of a team.
2. Improving focus and mental clarity
Stress scatters attention. Your mind jumps from one worry to the next, and even simple tasks feel strangely heavy.
By releasing some of that mental clutter, Bars can support:
Clearer thinking
Easier decision-making
Better concentration
Faster “recovery time” after a challenging meeting or day
It’s not about making people superhuman – it’s about giving them access back to the focus they already have underneath the noise.
3. Supporting emotional regulation
People bring their whole selves to work, whether we like it or not. Grief, family stress, health issues, burnout – it all comes along for the ride.
Bars can help people:
Feel less emotionally “frazzled”
Soften the intensity they’re carrying
Come back into their bodies instead of constantly living in their heads
When individuals feel calmer, teams become kinder, communication improves, and conflict tends to de-escalate more quickly.
4. Deep rest in short windows
One of the biggest challenges in corporate wellbeing is time.
Most people don’t have the capacity (or desire) for a 2-hour workshop or another meeting in their diary labelled “wellbeing.”
Bars works beautifully in short, focused sessions:
20–30 minute mini sessions at the office
30–45 minute slots on wellbeing days or off-sites
In that time, people can drop into a depth of rest it would usually take hours to reach (if at all). They walk out clearer and more grounded, without losing half the day.
What a Bars session at work actually looks like
Let’s demystify it.
A typical on-site Access Bars® in Business day might look like this:
A quiet meeting room or wellness space is set aside.
A portable massage table or reclining chair is set up.
Staff book individual time slots (20–45 mins).
They arrive, lie down fully clothed, shoes off if they like.
The practitioner lightly holds specific points on the head.
The person rests, often with eyes closed. No talking is required.
After the session, they sit up, take a moment, and head back to their day – usually feeling softer, clearer, and more grounded.
No awkward sharing circle. No forced group activities. Just quiet, private nervous system care.
The business case: Why leadership should care
Yes, this is about human beings first. But if we zoom out, there’s also a very real business impact when people have access to this kind of support:
Fewer emotional blow-ups and miscommunications
Teams that can handle change with more steadiness
Staff who feel genuinely cared for (not just managed)
Better quality decisions because brains are less fried
A reputation as a workplace that takes wellbeing seriously
High performance doesn’t have to mean high stress.In fact, over time, the two are completely incompatible.
Why Eros Rising brings Bars into business
Eros Rising sits at the intersection of deep healing and real-world practicality.
I (Michelle) bring:
Years of experience in corporate SaaS / tech and sales – so I understand deadlines, targets, stakeholders, and the pressure your teams are under.
A background in energy healing, nervous-system regulation, sound healing, and Access Bars® – so I know how to create safe spaces where people can genuinely rest.
That means when I step into your organisation, I’m not bringing vague, airy-fairy spirituality. I’m bringing grounded tools, professional boundaries, and a clear understanding of how to work respectfully within corporate culture.
Ways to introduce Access Bars into your workplace
Here are a few simple options:
1. Wellbeing day or pilot session
A one-off day where staff can book short Bars sessions to experience it for themselves. Ideal as:
Part of a wellbeing or mental health awareness day
A treat after a busy project or peak season
An offering for high-stress teams (e.g. sales, operations, clinical, IT, HR)
2. Monthly or quarterly reset days
Regular visits where your team know they can get a nervous-system reset. Over time, this builds trust, resilience, and a calmer culture.
3. Leadership & key staff support
Dedicated sessions for leaders, managers, and key staff who hold a lot of responsibility. When leadership is calmer and clearer, it ripples through the whole organisation.
Is Access Bars right for your organisation?
Bars may be a powerful addition to your workplace if:
You genuinely care about staff wellbeing (not just for show).
You’re open to approaches that work with the body and nervous system, not just the mind.
You want practical, time-efficient support that fits into real workdays.
It may not be the right fit if you’re looking for:
A quick PR tik-box without any real engagement
Something purely educational, without experiential support
Bars is about experience, not theory. Your people will know within one session if it helps them – and most feel the difference immediately.
Final thoughts: Humans first, productivity second
At the end of the day, businesses are built on human nervous systems.
When those systems are constantly overloaded, people can’t think, feel, or perform at their best – no matter how good your strategy, tech, or processes are.
Access Bars® offers a simple, powerful way to give your team what they’re craving but rarely receive at work:
Space.
Stillness.
Permission to let go for a moment.
From that place, better work naturally follows.
Want to explore Access Bars® in Business for your organisation?
If you’re curious about bringing this into your workplace, you can:
Enquire about on-site sessions and wellbeing days
Create a pilot day for a single team or department
Or build it into a wider wellbeing strategy for your business
Drop me a message via the Eros Rising contact form with your company name, location, and an idea of numbers – and we’ll explore what would best support your people.
Because your team doesn’t just need another talk about stress. They need somewhere their whole system can finally exhale.
Learn more on our Workplace Wellbeing page - click here
