Dr. Joe Schaefer, Ph.D.
Neuroscientist, Transformational Coach,
37-Yr Kung Fu/Tai Chi Teacher
Science-Backed Stress Relief & Peak Performance For Your Team
A workplace wellness experience combining Tai Chi, Chi Kung, guided meditation, and cutting edge science-backed strategies for stress reduction. Designed for busy professionals who need real tools, not just a lunch break.
✓ No experience required
✓ Experience immediate results
✓ Grounded in neuroscience
✓ Available Austin-wide
✓ Skills that last beyond the seminar
Workplace Wellness Seminar
A one-hour experiential session in Tai Chi, Chi Kung, guided meditation, and the powerful knowledge of how they work. Perfect for lunch breaks and team meetings.
Retreat Workshops & Keynotes
Available for conferences, corporate retreats, and half-day events. Customized to your organization’s goals.
What Your Team Will Experience
Less Stress. More Focus. Tools They’ll Actually Use.
Most wellness programs feel good in the moment and disappear by Monday. This session is different. Your team will understand why stress hijacks performance, and then leave with three science-backed tools they can use immediately and return to for the rest of their careers.
Understand how stress affects the brain and body
Experience immediate nervous system regulation
Learn to reset focus in under 60 seconds
Take home tools that work in real life.
Stress Reduction
Learn why your nervous system gets hijacked — and how to reset it in real time.
Mental Clarity
Practical tools to quiet the mental noise that costs your team focus and energy
Body Awareness
Simple Tai Chi movements that signal safety to the nervous system without words
Team Wellbeing
A shared experience that leaves your group calmer, more present, and more connected.
What Is the Workplace Wellness Seminar?
This is not a yoga class or a motivational talk. It is a science-grounded, experiential session that explains exactly why stress hijacks performance — and gives your team three tools they can use the same afternoon. Participants leave with an understanding of how their nervous system works and a direct, felt experience of how to regulate it.
How Long Is This Seminar?
One hour, designed to fit a lunch break or team meeting slot.
How Many People Can Attend?
Ideal for groups of 10–50.
Is Any Experience Required?
None. This is designed for complete beginners.
What Do Participants Walk Away With?
Three practical stress regulation tools grounded in neuroscience.
Is This Available Outside Austin?
Contact us to discuss travel options.
About Dr. Joe Schaefer
Dr. Joe Schaefer holds a Ph.D. in neurophysiology from UT Austin and has been teaching Tai Chi and the internal martial arts for 35 years. He has presented this content to organizations across Central Texas, consistently earning strong reviews for making complex neuroscience accessible, practical, and immediately useful.
He is also the author of a soon-to-be released book, The Glass Wall. It synthesizes Tai Chi, Chi Kung and the internal martial arts with the neuroscience of stress and performance to give you real world tools of personal transformation.
Testimonials
Dr. Joe was very calming and helpful in his instruction, and he did a great job of guiding people through the various movements in a way that everyone seemed able to comfortably participate. He made the experience easily accessible/easy to follow regardless of skill level. He was also super relaxing, and participants shared that they felt refreshed after the class ended.
I did the seminar along with the group I organized for. It was amazing that after years of trying and failing to get any results from meditating, Dr. Schaefer had me in the deepest most relaxed state I have experience in just 10 minutes.
The class was a wonderful experience—gentle, calming, and easy to follow. It offered a great opportunity to connect my mind and body, leaving me feeling centered and refreshed.
10 Minutes of this pratice changes my entire day.
Transformational Resources
Office Lunch Experience
One hour, up to 20 people. $300.
- Tai Chi
- Chi Kung
- Open Focus Guided Meditation,
- Tools For Stress Reduction
For more than 20 participants request custom pricing.
2 to 4 hour Workshop
Deeper dive for teams wanting more. A transformative event that will make a lasting impact on your team. It will leave them hungry for a higher performing attitude and physiology. Humans are meant to be able to handle stress, if they are given the correct ways of depressurizing the nervous system. Contact for pricing.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Joe Schaefer brings more to the table than any other speaker. He combines a fascinating blend of his 8th degree black belt, 37+ years of teaching, and a Ph.D. in neurophysiology. Available for conferences and corporate events. Contact for pricing.
Ready To Give your Team A Reset?
Stress costs companies billions in lost productivity, turnover, and sick days. This seminar gives your team science they can understand and tools they can use — in one hour, with no equipment and no prior experience.