Our corporate yoga and Pilates sessions are not what you’d typically encounter in a fitness studio. Instead, our specially crafted classes concentrate on training areas of the body where desk workers stand to derive the most benefit.
Our wellness classes are different by design
We focus on:
- Strengthening the posterior chain of the body
- Dissolving chronically held neuromuscular patterns
- Creating balanced space and elasticity along the body’s fascial lines
- Reinforcing optimal posture patterning and breathing
- Spinal column stabilisation through intelligent activation of the core
- Embodiment practices to restore body awareness and calm the mind
We target issues such as:
- Forward head carriage (AKA ‘tech neck’)
- Long held tension around the head, neck, jaw and shoulders
- Chronically weak and tight hip muscles from prolonged chair-sitting
- Habitual hunching of the upper back and shallow breathing
- Lower back pain and sciatica
- Anxiety, disconnection from the body, and ‘living from the neck up’
Needless to say, you won’t find any over-stretched hamstrings or headstands in our classes. Instead, we deliver informed sequences that create balanced space and strength in the body, and help counter the stresses incurred from long hours of computer work.
While we are proud to work with some of the biggest names in their respective fields, we consciously choose to remain a boutique agency and limit the number of clients we partner with. This strategy allows us to be agile and flexible, and offer our clients a bespoke service.
Further, unlike many of our competitors who boast a seemingly endless supply of teachers, our team consists of just a handful of carefully chosen individuals whose teaching approach, professionalism and warm personalities perfectly embody our values.
Each one of our teachers is vetted by our founder and has a proven track record leading corporate classes. And because of our size, you’ll be dealing with the person in charge, rather than an account handler or salesperson.
Your vision is important to us and you’ll have the opportunity to be closely involved in the unfolding of your wellbeing programme or initiative, should you like to be.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Anouska Shenn
Anouska (pronounced Anoushka) began her professional life working in high-pressure creative roles spanning six years on projects in London, Singapore, and Shanghai. Her deep-rooted love of yoga, dating back to early childhood, and her broad experiences in the corporate world combined to give rise to The Office Yoga Company in 2017.
Through her venture, she and her team have worked with more than 200 organisations around the world to deliver everything from office team-building events to strategic employee wellness programmes on a global scale.
She also offers a corporate yoga teacher training programme (The Office Yoga Academy) in her capacity as a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider®.
Anouska is certified to teach yoga (E-RYT® 200, YACEP®), breathwork, meditation, and Pilates (BASI®). She is available for media requests, strategy consulting, and to deliver talks at events, in London and online.
Our Instructors
We are a small but mighty team, passionate about making a difference to our clients’ workdays, one class at a time! We achieve results by tailoring each class to be specific and unique to the group that we know will be in front of us, and to evolve the practice based on individual abilities and needs. All of our instructors have at least four years’ teaching experience, are fully insured, and are certified by the world’s leading credentialing bodies.
Currently, our instructors are based in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and we are looking to expand our reach to other cities.
If this sounds like something you would like to be part of, do send us a message. Please email us with your CV and a link to a video of you teaching.
SOCIAL IMPACT
Good for your business, good for the planet
The Office Yoga Company is proud to be a climate positive, low carbon business and we have chosen to partner with Ecologi for the past three years to offset our carbon footprint.
