Yoga for Corporates
November 22, 2008 by admin
Filed under Corporate Yoga
Corporate work life comes with its dark and bright sides. Deadlines, back pains, competition, growing waste line, long hours etc is the harsh reality. Along with the perks even the stress increases, and if you cant live up to all this you fall down from the corporate ladder (if not thrown down already). Yoga deals with the whole person and balances all aspects of the human being. It affect’s one’s health, emotional well-being, frame of mind, clarity of thinking etc. It appeals because there are no barriers to Yoga, it crosses age, sex, creed etc. There are different types of yoga suited to different personalities The Practicality of Yoga and the ease with which you adapt to it makes Yoga one of the best preventive/curative aspects of our stressful corporate life.
Benefits of Workplace Yoga:
- Increased strength and flexibility
- Good Posture and good muscle tone
- Increased vitality and balance of energy
- Sense of well being, calmness, centeredness
- Improved blood circulation
- Increase awareness of the beauty of life in all its forms
- Lowered blood pressure
- Improved respiration
- Improved concentration
- Improved Focus
What can one expect at a Yoga class?
- Tapping into the spiritual, intuitive and creative potential
- Exercises (postures) to develop the body, bringing it the balance of strength and flexibility. Bringing the body’s energy level into balance
- Concentration exercises that bring clarity and calmness to the mind
- Breathing exercises that will help respiration problems and bring emotional stability
- Relaxation exercises that encourage one to experience release and rejuvenation
We have successfully conducted workplace Yoga at many Corporate sites in Mumbai. Some of our clients in India are :
- Procter and Gamble India
- Classic Stripes Pvt Ltd.
- Tata Interactive Systems
- K. Raheja Universal Pvt Ltd.
- Kesari Tours Pvt Ltd.
Our Yoga Services:
- Yoga classes
- Yoga seminars and workshops
- Yoga weekends
- Yoga retreats
Our Services Are Flexible To The Needs Of The Client. For Example:
- Lack of space – Yoga training can be imparted at the workstation.
- Specific requirement – Yoga Training to deal with Stress, to deal with Back Problems and to target weight loss, etc.
- Time constraint – 20 mins Yoga in lunch break
Our Class Structure:
A typical one hour Yoga session consists of the following :
Hatha Yoga:
This physical exercise part of Yoga concentrates on linking mind-body-breath. Orientation of the class is to make the participants self-aware, self-confident, and independent.
Breathing Exercises:
To relax the various physical and mental systems of the body.
Meditation:
To calm down the mind, self-Introspection and improving concentration and focus.
All levels of participants are welcome. Since Yoga is non-competitive, everyone works at their own comfortable level of intensity therefore first time yoga students feel perfectly comfortable working alongside more experienced students. Personal attention is given to participants with specific health problems.
Workshops in 2007
2007
- Inner Exploration Workshop – Hong Kong
- Relax, Reform and Refine Workshop – Bangkok
- Yoga Nidra Retreat – Austria
- The Inner Journey Retreat – Malaga
- Refinement Intensive – Lanzarote
- Introduction to Yoga – Toronto
Workshops in 2006
SUMMER 2006
- Yoga Workshops – Hong Kong
- Yoga Nidra Retreat – Vienna
- Yoga Retreat – Malaga
- Bhakti Yoga Talks – Mumbai
Workshops in 2005
SUMMER 2005
- Inner Awareness Retreat – Spain
- Yoga Nidra – Spain
- Yoga Retreat – Canary Island
- Yoga Nidra Weekend – Austria
- Yoga Workshop – France
- The Rocket Festival – Spain
- Yoga Across India
WINTER 2005
- Yoga Seminars – London and Birmingham
- Yoga Seminar / Talk – Abu Dhabi
- Children’s Yoga at Amercian School of Bombay
Workshops in 2004
SUMMER 2004
- Meditation Weekend – Canary Island
- Surya Prakasha Yoga Week – Spain
- Stress Management – Spain
- Yoga Nidra Workshop – Austria
WINTER 2004
- Personal Change – Spain
- Meditation Workshop – Spain
- Kids Yoga – Spain
- Meditation Workshops – Germany
Equal Vision & Vedantic Teachings – A thought
As we struggle through the vagaries of modern age I can’t help but wonder where the humanity went wrong.
As a bomb brings down a sky scraper, as a landmine maims a child, as a youth explodes himself for his “religion” and as millions die of starvation every year I am affirmed that some thing went wrong some where in our evolution as a society. The distribution of population on basis of religion, color, geography and monitory capability has reached its helm.
Panchaklesha – Afflictions
avidyasmita-raga-dveshabhinivesha-klesha
- Patanjali Yoga Sutra ch 2 verse 3
Imagine if we had a list of variables that cause us suffering wouldn’t it be good to just work on each of these obstacles and get rid of them to make our lives smooth flow?
Patanjali in his yoga sutra gives us a list of such causes that can be worked upon. Once the aspirant gets rid of the causes of suffering he/she starts identifying with the “atman”-The self. This self is pure and infinite, it is love, existence and knowledge in itself. Once the aspirant knows the Self nothing else is desired.
Yoga – Beyond the Mat
Yoga rightly called as the “Sanatana”- eternal has come a long way. Ever along its journey the substance of Yoga has been well preserved and fortified by the experiences of the Rishis, mystics and sadhaks (students). We are seeing a revival of Yoga in today’s age. Millions of us are taking up “yoga”. Yoga is in the magazines, on T.V, in Hollywood and everywhere it can possibly be. But is it really penetrating “Inside” us? We “do” Yoga but do we really “practice” it?
Oneness
Dear Friends,
I arrived a couple of weeks back from a 10 week long tour across 8 countries sharing the beautiful science of Yoga. The more I travel and meet people the more I realize how similar we are deep within, even though we may be poles apart superficially on variables of color, language, culture etc.
Centering in Yoga
Dear friends,
I hope you all are fine and doing very well with your life. Life! Isn’t it exciting? One of the reasons I love life is because of the excitement of new challenges it brings. With confidence and centering we all can face these challenges easily. “Centering” in yoga is the search for balance between the two polarities of our human life, the outgoing, extrovert, active side and the ingoing, introvert, receptive side. With most of us we manifest one predominant personality. For instance, one person is more of an outgoing personality, while another one is quieter. The centering methods mentioned in ancient yoga scriptures help us in balancing our personality thus balancing all variables of our life in turn.
