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Getting Started With Corporate Yoga

Are you interested in offering on site yoga classes at your company or organization? In this article we share the most important questions you need to ask in order to create the perfect program for your employees.

How does yoga fit with your company’s HR strategy?

Why would you like to begin a corporate yoga program? What is your organization’s vision of a yoga program? How does it fit into the company’s employee benefits program?
Why yoga? What benefits will yoga provide compared to other wellness program?
How about the acceptance of yoga among your employees? Is yoga a welcome addition, a valuable offer for them?

Corporate yoga integration into the workday:

Corporate yoga classes run during the workday, mostly in the lunch break, although it can run right before or after work hours. How will this fit with the work systems of your organization?

Yoga classes run between 45-60 minutes. Employees will need only a few extra minutes to return to their jobs afterwards. The classes are designed in a way so students don’t have to take a shower before returning to their tasks.

Financing the corporate yoga classes:

How will your organization finance the classes? There are many options available depending on if your insurance or/and employees will co-finance the cost of the classes.

You can require employees to pay a small fee per class. Even if they only contribute $2-5, depending on the class size a big chunk of the investment can be covered this way.

Independent yoga studio classes begin at $12 (as part of a package), single yoga class can cost up to $18. Contributing $4-5 to a corporate class is an excellent investment in comparison.

Finding space:

You will need to provide a big enough room for the class. Meeting rooms, company training facilities, conference rooms are good choices usually. An excellent yoga class space has enough space, fresh air, natural light, and a good atmosphere. Most important is to create a calm environment for practice if possible. Even if the selected room doesn’t have all these attributes, our experts will help you make the best of an available room option.

Can you provide some space for storing yoga mats, props for the yoga instructor and students? This is not necessary but certainly a nice addition.

Yoga group size:

On site yoga classes can take up to 25 participants usually. Even if you have 10 employees, it is still worth to begin with classes as usually more and more people want to take advantage of it as they see the positive impact their colleagues experience.

We don’t recommend having a group of more than 25 students so everybody can get personal attention from the yoga instructor. You have more people interested in participating? Let us prepare a special offer for your organization!

We provide custom solutions for your company and employees. Please call us at 314-630-1677 so we can help you create the perfect on site yoga program for your organization’s special needs.

All You Wanted to Know About Corporate Yoga

Corporate yoga classes are proven to add to your business’s revenue and profits.

Offering yoga classes at the workplace has many advantages. You are welcome to browse through our site for research results and different articles on how yoga can support reaching your objectives, let it be a decrease in employee absence due to illness or a better work atmosphere.

In order to make it easier to find the information you are looking for, we put together a list of major topics with all the relevant articles gathered in one place.

Feedback from our corporate yoga students:

On our “Praise” page you will find more than 10 different video testimonials from our happy yoga students from different organizations we work with.

Plus check out the following 2 articles with more feedback:

https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/happy-yoga-corporate-clients-about-st-louis-corporate-yoga/

https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/st-louis-corporate-yoga-clients-feedback/

Corporate yoga program design:

It is our passion to help all companies interested in starting an on-site program to find the perfect arrangement! We believe that no two organizations are the same so their needs and possibilities vary wildly, too.

We make sure to create the most fitting program for your particular situation. The following articles give insight how we accomplish this goal:

10 reasons to get started today: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/10-reasons-for-a-corporate-on-site-yoga-class-started-today/

Your company’s unique needs: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/st-louis-corporate-yoga-design-program-fits-companys-unique-needs/

One-on-one yoga instruction for executives: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/how-about-one-to-one-yoga-private-for-top-executives/

Benefits of yoga in any organizations:

There is much to be said about the benefits your company and employees will reap as a result of yoga wellness initiatives. We gathered 5 of our most important articles on this subject here:

Yin yoga for corporate: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/how-can-yin-yoga-help-benefit-corporate-yoga-classes/

Stronger bonds among employees: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/yoga-in-the-workplace-produces-stronger-bonds/

Yoga benefits St. Louis companies: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/st-louis-corporate-yoga-benefits-st-louis-corporations/

Finding balance: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/reigniting-balance-in-our-work-life-with-yoga/

High energy, positive results: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/yoga-natural-high-energy-positive-successful-life-results/

Specific health conditions and yoga:

Many symptoms and even full blown health conditions could be partly remedied with including yoga in your life. We selected 5 articles that will give you interesting insights and practical suggestions!

Eye strain, tired eyes: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/eye-strain-remedies/

Diabetes: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/diabetes-and-yoga/

Sitting as a silent killer: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/sitting-is-silently-killing-you/

Better sleep: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/sweet-sleep-for-increased-productivity/

More energy: https://stlouiscorporateyoga.com/need-more-energy/

Important: We advise to consult your doctor before beginning yoga if you suffer from health issues! Please let your yoga teacher know about any health conditions you have so she/he can help you enjoy yoga without any risks.

We understand that you will have very concrete questions about how to integrate corporate yoga offerings into the employee benefits structure of your organization. We would like to invite you to a complimentary consultation so that you have the best chance to have all your questions answered. It is easy to set up a consult with us! Simply call us at 314-630-1677 or email to info at claytonyoga.com to schedule your session.

We are happy to meet you at your offices, of course to save you precious time.

Please ask about our latest corporate yoga case study! The results speak for themselves and we cannot wait to share them with you.

St. Louis Corporate Yoga Designs a Program that Fits Your Company’s Unique Needs

St. Louis Corporate Yoga began in 2001. Michelle Maue, owner of Clayton Yoga, creator of St. Louis Corporate Yoga has taught over 5,000 corporate yoga classes throughout the metro St. Louis area. Many of the St. Louis Corporate Yoga Instructors offer the best yoga classes available in the industry today. These instructors are trained to work with and support every company uniquely, which in turn creates greater support, fun and ‘enlightening’ wellness and yoga classes.

Each week, our teachers bring fresh yoga handouts, student work sheets, and new lifestyle tips to engage and inspire students to open minds, and awakened hearts. Rather than just simply teaching students a sequence, instructors with St. Louis Corporate Yoga get proactively involved in each student’s life and co-facilitate with them to seek out better and healthier lifestyle choices. What people need today, Michelle Maue says is more “energy, confidence and joy”. With this boost, employees make a shift toward the positive and for the long haul.

Corporate yoga revitalizes the immune system and the major organs of the body; removing waste products up to three times more quickly. Improved immunity means less workdays lost through colds, fatigue and other non-specific illnesses. Certainly, when students are encouraged to go at their own pace, they also quickly learn that when we give permission to make mistakes, we simply grow. Then rather a chore, it becomes dynamic to look after and care of our mind, body and spirit.

The American Journal of Hypertension found that after a 5 minute period of stress induction, Yoga breathing exercises were shown to lower systolic blood pressure more quickly when compared to classical music and natural sounds. http://yogamoment.com/yoga_benefits.html.

Regular on-site corporate yoga classes also develop greater self-esteem. You come to feel good about yourself. By carrying out demanding physical yoga postures, your confidence will grow-even after your first class.

Yoga also creates stronger bonds between the employees and staff. When people take yoga classes together, they build better avenues of communication and trust between one another and have fun.

With more than 10 years of experience, we are aware that every company is different and requires a unique approach. Implementing a corporate on-site wellness class requires just 1-2 hours per week investment and our classes are geared toward all level backgrounds and ability. In addition, St. Louis Corporate Yoga saves you time by offering professional, courteous service. To sign your company up for corporate on-site yoga classes, contact Michelle Maue at 314-630-1677 or through our Contact page.

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Let’s Create Your Corporate Yoga Program

Our corporate yoga classes are not cookie cutter one size fits all. It is our mission to better understand you, the company, with your unique set of needs and design a program that offers you the best corporate wellness solutions.

St. Louis Corporate Yoga offers a proven, practical, and easy to implement solution to help your company reap the benefits of offering corporate yoga class. With corporate jobs’ increased reliance upon technology, yoga classes offer an excellent solution to improving energy and greater company morale.

We offer 3 different programs, one or two classes per week, lasting from 3 months long, to one year. All programs are customized to your employees’ particular needs.

One of our happiest clients, Joe Hagen, Attorney with the U.S Court of Appeals, says “I attend the class during my lunch hours and while the workout is often strenuous, I don’t get sweaty and therefore am able to change and get right back to my desk. I find it’s made a tremendous different in my quality of life”.

To create your corporate yoga wellness program, please contact Michelle Maue, at 314-630-1677 or send us a note through our Contact page.