The average office worker spends over 9 hours a day sitting, which can lead to various issues such as lower back pain, muscle stiffness, reduced productivity, and increased risk of chronic conditions like heart disease, as noted by the NHS. While we can't eliminate sitting altogether, we can reduce its impact.
🌞 SolarSteps Yoga is a new approach to workplace wellness, allowing busy professionals to improve their health step by step, right at their desks—move better, feel better, and work better.
Functional Yoga for Desk Workers: A Science-Based Solution
My approach to yoga is rooted in functional movement, a concept supported by extensive research into the biomechanics of the human body. Studies have shown that prolonged sitting leads to a range of physical issues, but incorporating movement into your day can dramatically improve comfort and performance.
Many yoga programs lack a truly functional approach. They often emphasise passive stretching, which may offer temporary relief but fail to strengthen and re-engage muscles weakened by prolonged sitting. At SolarSteps Yoga, I focus on forgotten movements we neglect daily, while also reactivating and strengthening those muscles.
SolarSteps Yoga: My services
Chair Yoga: The Quick Fix for Office Workers
With Chair yoga, you don’t need to leave your desk to experience the benefits of movement. This scientifically-backed practice, as detailed in studies like the one found in the National Library of Medicine, is shown to improve physical health and alleviate stress. In my sessions, I guide employees through simple, effective stretches that target areas of the body most affected by prolonged sitting—such as the lower back, neck, and shoulders.
Why chair yoga works:
- It requires no special equipment.
- It fits into your daily routine, even during work hours.
- It helps prevent and alleviate the discomfort caused by sitting, like back pain and stiff hips.
By practicing just a few moves a day, your team can experience a significant boost in energy, focus, and overall well-being. Just like a burst of sunlight, these movements bring warmth and vitality back into the workday.
Corporate Yoga: Mat-Based Classes for Employee Wellness
While chair yoga serves as a quick release for immediate relief, Yoga for Corporates classes delve deeper into the practice, providing a more intensive experience. They focus on releasing tension and stiffness accumulated from hours of desk work while emphasising strengthening and enhancing mobility. Incorporating functional yoga techniques specifically tailored for desk workers, these sessions help employees feel refreshed, recharged, and more resilient throughout their day.
Mat-based sessions can be included as part of your wellness initiatives, team-building activities, or even regular office health programmes. They’re customised to meet the unique needs of your workforce, ensuring that employees receive a solution that works for them, step by step.
Yoga Workshops: Education and Movement Combined
For companies wanting to integrate wellness into their culture, I offer yoga workshops. These sessions combine educational content with practical yoga techniques, teaching employees why movement is essential and how to incorporate it into their day.
In my workshops, we discuss ergonomics, posture, and functional movement, giving participants a holistic understanding of how to maintain their health even while working long hours at a desk. Together, we delve into the practice: how small, regular movements can dramatically improve health and well-being over time. It’s all about making mindful changes—step by step.
SolarSteps Yoga: A Solar Step towards Wellbeing
At SolarSteps Yoga, I offer step-by-step solutions for employees who spend long hours sitting. Whether it’s through short, energising chair yoga sessions, mat-based corporate yoga, or in-depth workshops, I’m here to bring movement, warmth, and energy back into the workplace.
Don’t let sitting all day keep you or your team in discomfort. Let me show you how easy it is to integrate functional movement into your workday, helping your team stay healthy, productive, and full of energy. Move better, feel better, work better with SolarSteps Yoga.
👉 If you’re ready to organise a wellbeing initiative for your team, don’t hesitate to contact me!
