What's This Yoga Craze About?

Believe the hype... fitness trends go out of style faster than you can say shag carpeting. Yoga, however, is here to stay. Yoga began in India over 5,000 years ago. Because of its healing potential, yoga was believed by ancient sages to be a "divine science." Today, people from all walks of life are discovering yoga's profound value as a method for fitness, growth and personal development.

Yoga at Work

With so much to do these days, it's hard to fit in a regular exercise program. We understand -- this business was founded by an HR professional who wants to make exercise and healthy living convenient for employees. By bringing yoga and wellness activities to work, we eliminate driving time to and from a gym or studio and make exercise convenient, affordable and fun.

GuruToYou yoga classes are designed to help students master yoga fundamentals. Classes are perfect for all skill levels. We introduce, through detailed instruction, basic and advanced Yoga postures, techniques for relaxation and stress reduction, and focus on developing awareness of body, breath and mind.

GuruToYou's mission is to help individuals achieve personal and professional self-actualization. We know how busy you are, so we bring the guru to you. Benefit from group buying power - bring GuruToYou to your workplace, organization or school.

Benefits of Yoga

The more immediate and easily realized goals include the promotion of whole body and mind fitness. Yoga triggers weight loss, improves memory, joint flexibility and range of motion, reduces blood pressure, provides headache relief, generates healthier skin, improves sleep patterns, eliminates anxiety, improves blood and lymph circulation, relieves common body ailments, increases self-esteem, enhances strength and flexibility, and provides focus and clarity.

What are you waiting for? Tell you boss, Human Resource department, Office Manager or Activities Director about GuruToYou.

GuruToYou Yoga Instructors

We employ elite level yoga instructors who have been taught by the world's best yoga teacher trainers (Ana Forrest, Richard Freeman, Jon Friend, Rod Stryker, Daren Friesen, etc.) and have a deep understanding of yoga alignment, posture, breathing and fitness issues. Our instructors either own yoga studios or have a large following of dedicated students. They have gone through a vigorous screening and interviewing process and are dedicated to serving students and clients.

GuruToYou's elite level yoga instructors come directly to your organization. We take care of everything, including providing yoga mats, straps and blocks. Sessions are offered when you want - before work, at lunch or after work.

Workplace Yoga Classes

Beginner/Intermediate Series Yoga Class

This invigorating series will introduce yoga fundamentals. Each class will follow a vinyasa (gentle and mindful posture flow) form and will accommodate all skill levels.

This class is designed to help employees stretch, tone and get in shape. Through detailed instruction, we’ll introduce basic and advanced yoga postures, techniques for relaxation and stress reduction and focus on developing awareness of body, breath and mind.

The immediate and easily realized goals of yoga include the promotion of mind and body fitness. Regular yoga practice also triggers weight loss, improves memory, reduces blood pressure, aids with respiratory and reproductive issues and increases self-esteem. Yoga also provides focus and clarity, the building blocks to healthy living.

6, 8 and 12-week series available.
Classes are held before during or after work. Classes last between an hour, 15 minutes to an hour, 30 minutes, but can be shorter for lunch time. Give us a call to set up a free demo class today.

Contact us via email about pricing and program specifics or give us a call: 312-558-7224.

Desktop Yoga™

Today’s HR professionals must take proactive steps to reduce a costly business expense: Workers’ Compensation (“WC”). This hands-on class will teach employees how to prevent the most common Repetitive Stress injury and WC claim: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Your employees will learn to protect their bodies from the day-to-day stress of driving, sitting at a desk and working on a computer. We will teach simple yoga postures and breathing techniques that employees can easily integrate into their daily work routine.

This is a proactive risk management class designed to help your bottom line. This small investment could save you thousands in WC costs and prevent debilitating employee injuries. Your employees are worth it.

1-hour workshop, maximum 20 participants
Can be adapted to fit different workplace environments (factory, manufacturing, assembly line, etc.

Contact us via email about pricing and program specifics or give us a call: 312-558-7224. .

Back Centered Yoga

Today’s workforce puts unnecessary stress on the back. Studies show that over 50% of employees suffer from low back pain, which can be prevented with simple restorative back exercises and stretching techniques.

How much of your organizational absenteeism stems directly from back problems? How much lower would you health insurance premiums be if there were less lower back injuries and problems?

In this comprehensive class, employees will learn about back anatomy, injury prevention, pain management, body mechanics, posture and breath. We'll also teach yoga maintenance exercises to ensure a healthy back. This class can help your business eliminate a common source of absenteeism, decrease health insurance premiums and increase productivity.

1-hour workshop, maximum 15 participants

Contact us via email about pricing and program specifics or give us a call: 312-558-7224.