corporate yoga
5 Minute Compassion Meditation
5 min Compassion Meditation One of the easiest ways to reduce stress at work is to lead with compassion. Investing in your people helps set them on a path to success. By supporting their growth, you help clear their path…
How Corporate Yoga Sessions Benefit More than Productivity
Corporate yoga sessions benefit more than productivity. It can also boost creativity… Let’s circle back to 2016 when I was personal-training several clients in Golden Gate Park. This one day, I was working with Lorrie, who’d had a stroke on…
Top 5 Benefits of Corporate Yoga
One year ago, we rolled out Twitter’s Office Yoga® program nationwide, conducting live classes in New York, Boston, DC, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, LA, and San Francisco. It took us 8 months to implement, and then within 2 weeks, all the…
Out of Office Yoga® Retreat: Xinalani 2020
I heard a great quote over the holidays, “If you’re not embarrassed by the person you were a year ago, you’re not learning enough.” I find this to be hilarious, and so true. As we step into a new…
Holiday Yoga Sequence
It’s time to embrace the F word- family, friends and food! The holidays can feel exciting and overwhelming at the same time. We can be excited to see friends and family, and also reminded of the one’s we’ve lost. We…
Heart Opening Sequence
Behold, the Office Yoga® Heart Opening Sequence! Sometimes we need a few minutes to tune in and realign to what we know is true, especially when we feel compelled to close ourselves off in this season of love. Use this sequence…
OYO Sequence Series: Holiday Flow
Behold, the Office Yoga® Holiday Flow Keep this in your back pocket for emergencies, food breaks, party tricks, and more. Sometimes we need a few minutes to decompress and recollect ourselves, especially when we’re with our entire family, or our significant…
The Eight Limbs of Yoga: Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi
Yoga Sutra 3.3 “tad eva artha matra nirbhasam svarupa shunyam iva samadhih” Last month we explored the fifth limb: Pratyahara. This month, we move on to the last three limbs: Dharana, Dhyana, Samadhi. We bucket the last three limbs together into one,…
Cleansing Breath
Is the air quality affecting your breathing? Are you getting headaches due to smoke from the California wildfires? Let’s hold off on the deep ujayi breaths until the air clears. In the meantime, try this Cleansing Breath exercise, learned from…
Ardha Chandrasana: OYO Style
For the last four months we’ve been exploring different Office Yoga® Sequences, during the OYO Sequence Series. For more detailed OYO Sequences, click here. We took some time to chat with Bodhi, our favorite Office Yogi. She shared with us…
Kaitlynn Murphy
Please welcome Kaitlynn Murphy, certified OYO Instructor! Kaitlynn Murphy is a certified Office Yoga® and Vinyasa Yoga Instructor who’s lived in the Bay since 2015. Kaitlynn completed her first 200-hour RYT under Stephanie Snyder at Love Story Yoga and OYO Instructor Training in 2018. She is fueled by…
The Eight Limbs of Yoga: Pratyahara
Yoga Sutra 2.55 “tatah parama vashyata indriyanam“ Last month we explored the fourth limb: Pranayama. This month, we move on to the fifth limb: Pratyahara. Pratyahara is the action of turning in, and simultaneously mastering the quieting of the mind. By reducing…
OYO Sequence Series: Signature Vinyasa
OYO Signature Vinyasa As we are focusing on Pranayama this month, we figure it’s time to take it back to our roots. In this sequence, Bodhi the Office Yogi is demonstrating our signature OYO Sun Salutation A. This provides the perfect opportunity to construct a…
Stephanie Flanders Martin
Please welcome Stephanie Flanders Martin to the Office Yoga®™ family! Stephanie Flanders Martin is a certified Vinyasa Yoga and Office Yoga® Instructor living in Northern Colorado who has finally returned to her true passion: Health and Wellness. After spending 29+ years…
Jennifer Maddox
Please welcome Jennifer Maddox to the Office Yoga®™ family! Jennifer Maddox is a certified Vinyasa Yoga and Office Yoga® Instructor living in the Greater Denver Area who previously spent 20+ years in Corporate America. Having worked in both Payroll and Human Resources capacities, Jennifer holds a…