Business Yoga Package – Ergonomic consultations

In today’s professional world, employees are experiencing burn out more than ever before. We are globally interconnected, multitasking and distracted by social media saturation and so much more. Many employees suffer from aches stemming from bad postural habits as well as risk chronic injuries and stress overload from not being able to calm the mind.

English Yoga Berlin has created a customized business package to help employers and employees address these issues in a dynamically proactive way.

This package includes:
  • HATHA YOGA CLASSES (2)

Business yoga package ergonomic consultations

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Two specialized one hour long Hatha Yoga classes will be provided for your employees at your location.   These classes will teach workplace specific postures including gentle stretches that can be used during the day to relieve muscular contractions, increase oxygen intake and improve with the loss of stamina that typically occurs as the day goes by.

  • GROUNDING TECHNIQUES AND MINDFULNESS CLASS (1)

This one hour class teaches simple grounding techniques to counteract the multitasking nature of today’s modern work life. Employees can use these techniques anytime they are feeling overwhelmed, scattered and anxious. The techniques are discreet, take only a few minutes and have an immediate effect on grounding.

  • PERSONALIZED ERGONOMIC CONSULTATION (Individual)

A 15-20 minute ergonomic consultation in which an employee and their habits are evaluated individually. Each employee will then be consulted on how to change their specific posture, as well as small changes to the office infrastructure to support the new postural habits. For instance: the relationship between the height of the computer, chair, floor versus the postural habits of this specific person.

PRICES:

  • Two yoga and one mindfulness class (up to 20 participants): 350 Euro
  • Ergonomic consultation 25 Euro per employee (a consultation varies between 15 -20 minutes)

EQUIPMENT AND LOCATION

The Hatha yoga  and mindfulness classes can take place in your office conference room,  or at your next professional conference in hotel space or other location. The English Yoga Berlin studio can also be rented out specifically for your needs.

Up to 20 mats will be provided at your location.

The ergonomic consultations take place at the employees work space so that adjustments to the specific space can be made.

 FOR INFO AND AVAILABILITY, PLEASE CONTACT:

pinelopi (at) englishyogaberlin (dot) com

About the teacher:

Pinelopi embarked on her yoga journey in 1999, completing a 600-hour Hatha Yoga Teacher and Vedantic Philosophy Training course in Valencia, Spain. She founded English Yoga Berlin in 2010, and now has over 15 years of experience as a full-time yoga teacher.

She deepened her knowledge by studying Yoga Anatomy with Leslie Kaminoff. Additionally, she trained with David Moore and attended his “Injury-free yoga” workshops, integrating the Alexander Technique into yoga poses. This comprehensive training enriched her expertise in both fields.

In January of 2023, Pinelopi achieved a significant milestone by becoming a certified Alexander Technique teacher. This was an intensive training for 3.3 years, totaling 1600 hours of dedicated study with Jorg Aßhoff.

Pinelopi’s ergonomic consultations integrate anatomy, Alexander Technique, and yoga’s mind-body understanding. Her holistic approach optimizes well-being in the workplace through comprehensive guidance.

She has completed a 3 day training on “Understanding Trauma for Safer Spaces” with Legacy Motion, and is now studying “Somatic Embodiment and Regulation Strategies” with Linda Thai. Her meditation philosophy is deeply inspired by Tara Brach, especially the RAIN meditation.

5 reasons why the best time for business yoga is at lunch

business yoga in Berlin

Lunchtime: everyone is doing yoga

After years of experience of offering business yoga, we have developed an understanding of when yoga in a working day is both a beneficial and sustainable commitment for a business and its employees, and….. it is not a time slot that necessarily makes sense to the human resources department!

 

When a business approaches us, it typically asks for after-work business yoga or early morning sessions. These time frames tend to be very popular at the beginning of a business yoga season and then lose momentum within the next six months. The businesses that, however, choose a lunchtime yoga session are the ones that end up having a business yoga class running for years! Here are five reasons why:

1. It does not feel like longer work days.

When choosing after work in-office yoga, employees feel that their workday is getting lengthened.  It’s like an optical illusion: of course it is not work, but we know and can relate to the fact that employees remain in the office longer -even though they are not working- and that somehow translates in their psyche as “longer work days”….

2. It keeps it realistic.

Getting out of the house even earlier to go to work for your in-office early morning yoga class? In winter?? In Berlin??? A wonderful idea in principle… but in reality….. (tick the one that applies to you):

– the kids need breakfast

– the bed is warm

– you got a long commute

– last night you had a great party

– last night you could not sleep

– you need to meditate at least 30 minutes (with or without coffee)

– it’s the only time you can really catch up with your partner or yourself

– all of the above and more

 

…so, getting out earlier in winter is unrealistic. Most people are trying to stay healthy, fight off colds, and need their sleep and to move at their own pace. Lunchtime yoga does not ask any more time of employees in the workplace.

3.  Sweating in the workplace can become an obstacle.

Employees are self conscious about sweating in their office. It sounds obvious, but this took us some time to discover… and no one ever really admits it. When you strive for an early morning class with a strong work-out in an office where showers are not available…. one of the reasons that fails is …. sweat.  Hatha Yoga and gentle Vinyasa Yoga can be taught without working up a sweat, addressing back and shoulder pain, fuzziness and sluggishness, while bringing more oxygen to the brain.  No sweating or further injury with contorted poses or fast sequences in an early morning class; more about presence, mindfulness, a sharpened kind of awareness.

4. It gives you a new lease of life for afternoon to come.

 You got the urgent stuff out of the way first, now it’s time to deal with the important juicy tasks:  enjoy a new wave of energy with a gentle, balancing and energising lunch yoga practice.  Employees get to compare their state of mind before and after yoga in the office, and they also get to look at their colleagues in a different light, which can go a long way in strengthening working relationships

5. It is inclusive to people who are caretakers .

We are talking about people with children, or carers for parents or others, for whom home is mainly more work. It is a grateful, loving kind of work, but work nonetheless. It is often very hard for these people to be able to attend a pre- or after- work yoga class as they are often juggling more schedules than just their own. A weekly yoga class could tip the scales for them in helping them to not get sick and to build a relationship to the workplace as a source of support and care.

Think of these reasons when choosing the time in which to offer business yoga as a contribution to your workforce.  A weekly in-company yoga class is something that employees can look forward to every week. It’s an opportunity for each individual to relax and rejuvenate their body and mind, and for the group to build trust, relationship and communication with each other. Office yoga classes offer a healthy injection of positivity and wellness into your workplace culture.

We at English Yoga Berlin offer business yoga and special events to businesses in Berlin.  Contact us if you are interested!