My name is Alyssa Ward. I have been teaching as a yoga instructor at Clayton Yoga since 2010 after I received my 200-hour certification. I typically teach an open level Vinyasa flow class on Friday evenings from 4:30-5:30pm. I would love to have more students drop by and try out my class! I have previously… Continue reading Garland Pose with St. Louis Corporate Yoga Teacher Alyssa Ward
Category: Office Yoga
What To Eat After Your Corporate Yoga Class?
Our onsite yoga classes utilize the lunch break usually. So this question comes up frequently: “what to eat before and after the class?” In a previous blogpost we gave you a few smart ideas around what to eat before the yoga class. Fresh or dried fruit, veggies sticks with dips, an apple with peanut butter… Continue reading What To Eat After Your Corporate Yoga Class?
Breathing With Awareness
There are many special breathing exercises we share with our corporate yoga students during on-site classes. There is really an appropriate breathing style for nearly all ailment of body and soul. A healing journey teaches that yoga is life and all life is interconnected. When we practice stretching, we access and expand 72,000 energy openings… Continue reading Breathing With Awareness
Energy Dynamics In The Workplace
From the moment we are born, gravity is working to compress, compact and tighten our cells and tissues. Overwhelming sensations can get trapped in the body, emitting a vibrational pull that will attract more of the same experience until we learn. If we don’t understand that this is just energy dynamics at work, it is… Continue reading Energy Dynamics In The Workplace
Got Breath?
This blogpost offers an introduction to deep belly breathing at the office! For over ten years, St. Louis Corporate Yoga has offered more than 2,500 yoga classes to the corporate clientele in St. Louis, Missouri. Learn here in this wonderful blogpost why deep yoga breathing works and how easy it is to implement a daily… Continue reading Got Breath?
Take A Power Nap To Increase Energy
Do you feel tired and unmotivated in the afternoons? Wishing you could go home and sleep or go out and breathe fresh air to feel more energized? Trying to increase your alertness by drinking energy drinks or coffee? Oh, and isn’t that the time to get the candy bars out for a quick sugar rush?… Continue reading Take A Power Nap To Increase Energy
Isometric Exercises For The Office
Most of the companies offering corporate yoga classes for their employees present 1 or 2 yoga classes during the week. What if you wanted to include more movement and exercise into your workday? After experiencing the wonderful benefits of yoga and movement during the busy workday, many students ask what other exercise they could practice… Continue reading Isometric Exercises For The Office
5 Minute Breathing at the Office
There are many benefits associated with taking five minutes at the office place to breathe deeply. Let’s explore the topic of breathing a bit further in the office environment. When we take our breath for granted, most of us as adults tend to breath shallow. There are many negative side effects to short, shallow upper… Continue reading 5 Minute Breathing at the Office
Strawberry Times At The Office
Let’s think luscious red today! From time to time we love to mix up the topics we write about in this blog. Now that it is officially summertime, let’s talk about strawberries. Do you get your daily 5 servings of veggies or fruit? For most of us this is clearly a challenge! Many times we… Continue reading Strawberry Times At The Office
Aromatherapy To Lessen Stress
Workplace stress is one of the major stress factors nowadays. It begins in the morning when you dread going to work and never stops till the evening when you are worn out or even feel burned out from spending your time at the office. How sad is this? To be under stress every day with… Continue reading Aromatherapy To Lessen Stress