Corporate Yoga & Wellness Classes
Inspiration Yoga & Wellness offers a variety of wellness offerings that will leave your employees mentally fresh, rejuvenated, and more productive!
What science says about yoga at work...
Participation in a workplace mind-body stress relief program produced a decrease in perceived stress and problems with sleep, increased emotional health, improved breathing rate, heart rhythm coherence, and lowered blood pressure (McCraty, et al, 2003; Wolever et al, 2012)
Mindfulness meditation has been shown to create positive lasting changes on affect, and in brain and immune function (Davidson, et al, 2003; Holzel, et al, 2010).
Participants engaged in a workplace yoga program, reported improvement in mood, well-being, and resilience to stress after a 6 week yoga interventionin the workplace (Hartfiel, et.al., 2011)
Workplace Wellness Offerings
lunchtime or after-work yoga classes - yoga classes can be scheduled for 30, 45, or 60 minutes during lunchtime or after-work. Classes can be tailored to your employees needs, time constraints, and preferences as well as space constraints. Options include chair/desk yoga, gentle flow yoga, vigorous flow yoga, or a combination of flow yoga & meditation/relaxation. All classes end with lavender aromatherapy spray and guided relaxation. Don't have a lot of space? No problem! We can adapt to any office configuration!
stress relief seminars - Inspiration Yoga & Wellness offers stress relief seminars on a range of topics including: breathing exercises to reduce stress, 5-minute relaxation techniques for the office, mindful movements to increase happiness, and more! We can customize a stress relief seminar to meet the needs of your employees, and show participants how they can easily incorporate these stress relief techniques at work for a calmer, stress-free work environment.
lunchtime meditation mini-sessions - mini-sessions can be scheduled for 15 or 30 minutes and consist of a guided meditation practice that can be done at employees' workspaces or in a conference room setting. Participants will leave the session feeling refreshed, focused, and calm.
Contact us today at 240.277.2683 to set up a complimentary 15-minute phone session with Inspiration Yoga & Wellness owner, Andrea Creel, so we can create the perfect wellness offering especially for your workplace!
References:
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A., Bonus, K., & Sheridan, J.F. (2003). Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness
meditation, Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 564-570.
Hartfiel N, Havenhand J, Khalsa SB, Clarke G, Krayer A. (2011). The effectiveness of yoga for the improvement of
well-being and resilience to stress in the workplace Scand J Work Environ Health,37(1):70–76
Holzel, B.K., Carmody, J., Evans, K.C., Hoge, E.A., Dusek, J.A., Morgan, L., Pitman, R.K, & Lazar, S.W. (2010). Stress
reduction correlates with structural changes in the amygdala. SCAN, 5, 11-17.
McCraty, R., Atkinson, M., & Tomasino, D. (2003). Impact of a workplace stress reduction program on blood pressure
and emotional health in hypertensive employees, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 9, 355–369.
Wolever, R.Q., Bobinet, K.J., McCabe, K., Mackenzie, E.R., Fekete, E., Kusnick, C.A., & Baime, M. (2012). Effective and
viable mind-body stress reduction in the workplace: A randomized controlled trial, Journal of Occupational Health
Psychology, 17 (2), 246-258.