Corporate Classes - YOGA ELIXIR

Wellness in the Workplace

Movement – Yoga

Yoga proactively supports the wellbeing of employees, it not only improves health and fitness, but it increases a sense of overall wellbeing, happiness and contributes towards a positive working culture. Yoga teaches the virtues of accountability, focus, calmness and dedication; it has been shown to increases employee retention while decreasing sick leave, improving the health, engagement and happiness of the workplace.

Our classes deliver a beneficial escape from the desk, combining mindful movement, breathing and relaxation techniques. We create an ambient space with natural botanical aromas and soothing music.

Mindfulness / Meditation / Yoga Nidra

Mindfulness Meditation is a powerful tool that optimises the performance of the mind and trains the attention muscle. It provides effective strategies to calm the mind, manage stress, gain insight and clarity, increase focus, connection and energy.

The training teaches us to pause amid the constant inflow of stimuli and consciously decide how to react. We learn how to switch off autopilot so we can consciously act without reacting to our ingrained behaivour patterns.

Mindfulness is the perfect counterbalance to the digital age challenges; of information overload and constant distraction. These classes are from 30 minutes and up and can be held on the floor or in a chair.

Yoga Nidra is the practice of yogic sleep, a technique that guides you to the hypnagogic state, the transitional state of consciousness immediately before falling asleep. You are instructed to pass through stages of relaxation while keeping your mind awake and aware. You will be guided into a deep state of rest and relaxation – different from dreaming, in dreaming you have little or no awareness of your surroundings, in Yoga Nidra you are acutely aware of your awareness – and that is where the transformation happens. After just 20 minutes you can feel as though you’ve slept for hours.

Mindset

A wellness coach can facilitate workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions to provide accessible pathways to create positive change – change from limiting imbedded habitual behaivours. Together we create a vision and goal setting action plan to help clients move forward by discovering their intrinsic motivation to be healthy. We provide a structure or framework and goal-setting a plan of accountability. The training teaches us to unravel the inner critic and use self-compassion as antidote to self-criticism.

If psychologically expectations are changed, then physiologically they can happen. This is a one-on-one activity, but can be fasciltated in a workshop setting.

Classes

Movement, Mindfulness and Mindset can be incorporated into a half or full day workshop at an event or conference.

We teach, and have taught at, a variety of corporate offices in Brisbane including Flight Centre Travel Group, Children’s Hospital QLD, Knight Frank commercial buildings, Westpac, Devote Digital, Matrix Transport and Unita Group.

PRICING

Pricing and options can be tailored to suit your company’s individual wellness programs.

$200 per hour for total group payment
$20* per student for individual payment or partial subsidy

*$200 per hour is the total minimum call out fee
Pricing includes props and up to 15 mats
Parking needs to be provided

Yoga and Mindfullness classes are purchased in 6 or 8 week blocks, payable upfront.

Mindset trainingis tailored to suit the individual or company’s circumstances.

Full subsidy: Employer offers the classes free of charge to the employee

Partial subsidy: Class fees are shared by employee & employer

Hosting: Employer offers space and employees individually pay for classes

I am enjoying our Yoga each week. For me it provides mental and physical stress relief which I feel is much needed especially as the work that we do can be a high stress activity. The breathing and meditation elements have provided some very useful tools for stress management and mental wellbeing. Also given the recent lack of exercise due to busy work and life schedule at the moment, the physical elements have been very welcome.

I had never undertaken Yoga, before I joined this class with the Creek Street Yoga. I was so excited to finally give it a go and was looking forward to the potential benefits that came along with it. I’ve loved every second of it. I’ve seen quite a few changes within myself e.g. strength, flexibility and less neck pain (from sitting at a desk all day). Not to mention, it’s been lovely participating in this form of relaxation with some colleagues who I wouldn’t necessarily get to see otherwise.

This is a great initiative for our staff. I can honestly say that this has made a huge difference to my balance and flexibility, and has helped enormously with the closing stages of my return to work rehab. Being at work at a set time (and within work hours) means I am 100% more likely to attend

I had not undertaken a yoga class before the sessions began on Level 4, and even then had someone sign me up, buy me a mat and drag me along. Now, I hate missing these classes. The feeling of a full body workout with no impact for me is bliss. The 1 hour investment in mind and body is rewarding for several days later for those who are a little less flexi than the average bear. Body types in our engineering world vary; the classes I find are perfect to extend yourself as best as you can, but easy enough to keep up with the pace and get as much out of it as you want. Obviously, the yoga-meditation is the best I totally enjoy the classes and promote as often as I can. I would love to see them actively encouraged throughout the workplace, and will continue as long as I can, funded, partially, or not at all.