Working for Wellness Corporate & Group Yoga Programs
“77% of employees would consider changing jobs for better well-being support. ”
WfW Resilient, Mindful, Subtle Yoga.
WfW Resilient, Mindful, Subtle Yoga.
Our program is unique. We focus on slower, mindful, evidence-based
yoga and movement that enhances one’s ability to create change in
their brain and body that is lasting, doable and allows people to better
manage their choices and decisions.
Our program can be tailored to a distinct organization’s needs.
We provide different times, days, styles and lengths of yoga sessions.
Our teachers are former professional employees or current
employees who pursue yoga as a way to maintain balance in their lives.
WfW transforms the health of you, your peers, and your place of work.
Why Working for Wellness?
Working for Wellness (WfW) specializes in an accessible style of yoga for all, that is optimal for positive ,mental health which allows for lasting changes. We are not just exercise, our focus is innercise-- change to the brain, the nervous system and the enhancement of self regulation
Slower, subtle yoga styles are evidenced based and allow the development of new pathways in the brain, increased neuroplasticity that results in better focus, clarity and decision making
Slower subtle styles of yoga improve the executive and cognitive functions in the brain resulting in a person’s ability to better manage control of their lives and be aware of how they are operating and feeling
Slower, subtle yoga styles enhance nervous system function
Slower, subtle yoga styles enhance self-regulation allowing an individual an opportunity to utilize skills and tools taught through yoga to manage their thoughts and emotions in a more positive manner
Liz MacLennan
“The pause is as important as the pose.”
Meeting Your Needs
A newly changing work environment needs innovative leaders to attract and retain employees, support their health and grow your business.
On average, employees who have comprehensive health benefits, including virtual care, are 11% more engaged at work than those who don’t.*
Working for Wellness (WfW) supports employers, individuals, and their teams to transform the way they live and the way they work. WfW meets the employer’s need to show staff that they value them and care about their well being.
Help your employees march towards a healthier lifestyle for better productivity and increased motivation.
• Establish your reputation as a socially responsible company.
• Lead and inspire by example, with impactful events that promote health and wellness.
• Create and host team-building events and classes with real-time tracking. Create incentivization for enhanced participation.
• Enjoy a cost-effective alternative to onsite wellness facilities and reduce employee health care costs.
Employers benefit enormously from a healthy, strong and mentally fit workforce.
In a 2019 survey by Wrike*, 94% of workers reported feeling stressed at work. The Mayo Clinic recognizes yoga as being one of the most integrated health methods for effective for stress management.*
What WfW offers
Working for Wellness (WfW) is an online yoga studio that provides associations, corporations, organizations, and businesses the ability to give their team better lives by doing something new and different. The gift of yoga and better health. Anywhere, anytime. For everyone.
WfW yoga provides a realistic, flexible, and reasonably priced program. Our studio specializes in slow, mindful yoga as the best type of movement to enhance a person’s ability to help themselves manage their nervous system and as a result be in a position to make healthier, clearer, more productive decisions. We place people in the driver seat of their health.
Healthier employees means a more productive workforce and one where people value each other and their contributions.
Together, we can give your employees something new and different!
Improve Your Employee’s Wellness
People have been and continue to struggle to balance work, home and life. People are demanding better. Workers deserve better. So do employers. We know there’s a need and a desire by individuals to find that better balance between work, home and life.
The outstanding benefits of mindful, subtle yoga such as reduced stress and improved physical and mental health can be highly useful for employees. Moreover, a virtual or workplace yoga program can boost team morale, increase employee satisfaction, and skyrocket productivity.
Novel Services
Our program is tailored to a distinct organization’s or groups needs for example, different lengths of classes, times of the day, days of the week and styles of classes. Do yoga in your work or fitness clothes. Make yoga accessible to all!
Virtual services include but aren’t limited to:
· Yoga Classes
· Lunch ‘n Learns
· Desk ‘n Stretch/Stand ‘n Stretch
· Meditation
· Series’ (e.g., Beginner Yoga. Meditation Series)
· Workshops (1-2 hours in length)
· Webinar/Presentations
· Special Events
· Team Building Retreats
· Speaking engagements in person (based on location)
*Onsite offerings are available, dependent on location.
+ What is Corporate Yoga?
Corporate yoga is a cost-effective workplace wellness program that emphasizes breathing techniques, accessible postures, simpler yoga stretches, and meditation practices. It seeks to improve employee physical and emotional well-being at work to reduce staff absences and medical expenses and increase morale and productivity.
+ What is Group Yoga and is it different than Corporate Yoga?
Group yoga invites interested individuals or parties to pull together a group of people they may know, even outside of the office or corporate organization and host classes on their own. It encourages folks to determine their own health and wellness destiny by creating a more personal group that meets on their own terms so is not limited by any program or spending constraints.
+ WHAT IS WORKING for WELLNESS + WHO IS IT FOR?
Working for Wellness* is an online studio that provides live and pre-recorded yoga classes, leads events, offers workshops and participates in conferences to give associations, corporations, and businesses the tools to achieve a more balanced lifestyle for their employees. Our studio supports its partners by allowing businesses to provide their employees with a realistic, flexible, and accessible program for staff to live a balanced, healthier life. At a reasonable cost for the employer to deliver.
+ WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR AN ORGANIZATION TO JOIN?
Working for Wellness supports organizations with a realistic, flexible, and reasonably priced program for staff to live a balanced, healthier life. Healthier employees means a more productive workforce and one where people value each other and their contributions.
Our online program can benefit an organization and its staff by tailoring a program to the needs of your team. Organizations can reach almost any area someone may currently reside whether in province, country or out of country, rural, or urban; it allows everyone to participate equally and consistently.
There is an opportunity for team building and networking for your employees and managers, being able to interact with each other through the virtual format of the classes. It also allows an organization to offer their team a healthy lifestyle choice at a reduced cost from other similar programs, like across the board benefits spending for each individual employee.
+ WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF OUR TEAM PARTICIPATING?
Your team will belong to a personal, intimate community where they will get to better know their peers, support each other for accountability and consistency and if you as an employer choose, stay on following a class for chat sessions fostering commmunication and trust. It’s a viable program to allow access to a group of people located anywhere you may have offices.
+ DO YOU DO SPECIAL EVENTS?
Yes. Working for Wellness will do special events virtually, and where possible, live if requested. For more information contact support@workingforwellness.ca and address your email to Liz MacLennan.
+ CAN I BOOK A PRIVATE OR SMALL GROUP YOGA SESSION?
Yes. Please contact the studio directly for more information at support@workingforwellness.ca and address your email to Liz MacLennan.
+ HOW DO I FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON CORPORATE PROGRAMS?
Please go to support@workingforwellness.ca to book an appointment for a direct call from owner and founder, Liz MacLennan to assess and assist how best to meet your organization’s needs.
+ DO I, MY PEERS OR TEAM NEED TO BE TECHIE PEOPLE TO GET SET UP?
No. You need to have access to Zoom to attend the Live classes. Zoom can be downloaded for free. Or other corporate systems can be considered upon request.
FAQs
FAQs
“Working for Wellness founder, Liz MacLennan, spoke to our membership on the topic of “Yoga and Resilience.” Our participants rated the presentation as excellent. She was both knowledgeable on her topic and engaging in her presentation, which included a guided meditation and a desk yoga session. Liz’s remarks were also highly tailored to our audience of human resource professionals. I am pleased to recommend her as a speaker.”
Michelle Mackenzie, Executive Director
Ontario Municipal Human Resources Association (OMHRA)
