The Newest Mantra: "Let's Do Lunch" becomes "Let's Do Yoga"
No longer are employers and upper management worried about providing on–premise gym facilities or stress management classes for their employees — it’s all about the yoga! Study upon study have repeatedly documented that employees practicing yoga are remarkably more productive, more creative, less stressed, more energized, and generally happier. Besides the obvious advantages to the employer, these benefits greatly contribute to keeping health costs down!
If that’s not enough of a reason to bring chair yoga into your facility, Lore will personalize a chair yoga program to match the specific needs and abilities of your employees. These personalized programs are designed to enable the participants to also practice chair yoga on their own, and ultimately become their own teachers and healers.
Lore’s chair yoga programs generally are established either on a regular, weekly basis or on a more concentrated workshop basis. The weekly sessions can be conducted before the start of the business day (often in shorter 45–minute sessions), during the lunch break or at the end of the work day (often in longer 75–minute sessions.) The employer has the option of offering it to their employees as a complimentary benefit, or the employees can subsidize a portion of the minimal cost or simply pay for the weekly sessions.
Lore recommends a minimum of 6 hours for a workshop format. Three 2–hour modules are ideal, offering sufficient time for the participants to learn yoga postures, breathing techniques, chanting, and meditation and visualization exercises for relaxation and stress reduction.
And it’s not just Corporate America which stands to reap these benefits. Lore’s workshops are extremely well–suited to school settings, enabling educators, administrators, occupational therapists, physical therapists, para–professionals and social workers to personally benefit from the rewards of chair yoga, as well as passing the teachings on to the children they interact with. Teachers who are interested in integrating yoga in their classrooms are prime candidates for this workshop!
Similarly, hospital staff, administration and patients have much to gain from Lore’s personalized chair yoga programs. It’s a known fact that when staff and administration are less stressed, more energized and more focused, not only does productivity increase, but an environment is created that enhances healing, comfort and wellness in hospital patients.
In addition to Lore’s chair yoga, Lore is available to teach mat yoga. Lore teaches a variety of mat yoga classes to beginners, intermediate and advanced practitioners.
Lore is available to establish her chair yoga and mat programs in facilities throughout the metropolitan area.
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