We welcome small to large companies
and offer special rates to all employees and their families.
We do require a 5 member minimum for any company
to participate in our corporate pricing plan.
Although the regular price
on our monthly unlimited fitness program is $300, we offer a start
rate of $75 per month for the first 30 days that your company signs
on with REZA as a corporate client.
Health Benefits of Exercise
Regular exercise can help protect you from heart
disease and stroke, high blood pressure, noninsulin-dependent diabetes,
obesity, back pain, osteoporosis, and can improve your mood and
help you to better manage stress.
For the greatest overall health benefits, experts
recommend that you do 20 to 30 minutes of aerobic activity three
or more times a week and some type of muscle strengthening activity
and stretching at least twice a week. However, if you are unable
to do this level of activity, you can gain substantial health benefits
by accumulating 30 minutes or more of moderate-intensity physical
activity a day, at least five times a week.
If you have been inactive for a while, you may
want to start with less strenuous activities such as walking or
swimming at a comfortable pace. Beginning at a slow pace will allow
you to become physically fit without straining your body. Once you
are in better shape, you can gradually do more strenuous activity.
Specific Health Benefits of Exercise
Heart Disease and Stroke. Daily
physical activity can help prevent heart disease and stroke by strengthening
your heart muscle, lowering your blood pressure, raising your high-density
lipoprotein (HDL) levels (good cholesterol) and lowering low-density
lipoprotein (LDL) levels (bad cholesterol), improving blood flow,
and increasing your heart's working capacity.
High Blood Pressure. Regular physical
activity can reduce blood pressure in those with high blood pressure
levels. Physical activity also reduces body fatness, which is associated
with high blood pressure.
Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes.
By reducing body fatness, physical activity can help to prevent
and control this type of diabetes.
Obesity. Physical activity helps
to reduce body fat by building or preserving muscle mass and improving
the body's ability to use calories. When physical activity is combined
with proper nutrition, it can help control weight and prevent obesity,
a major risk factor for many diseases.
Back Pain. By increasing muscle
strength and endurance and improving flexibility and posture, regular
exercise helps to prevent back pain.
Osteoporosis. Regular weight-bearing
exercise promotes bone formation and may prevent many forms of bone
loss associated with aging.
Psychological Effects. Regular
physical ctivity can improve your mood and the way you feel about
yourself. Researchers also have found that exercise is likely to
reduce depression and anxiety and help you to better manage stress.
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After
the first 30 days we evaluate your company and assign one of the
following monthly rates based on number of people who have joined
from your company in the first 30 days.
Number of
members from your company |
Monthly rate
for unlimited fitness |
5-9 |
$99 |
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How Physical Activity Impacts Health
Regular physical activity that is performed on
most days of the week reduces the risk of developing or dying from
some of the leading causes of illness and death in the United States.
• Reduces the risk of dying prematurely.
• Reduces the risk of dying prematurely from heart disease.
• Reduces the risk of developing diabetes.
• Reduces the risk of developing high blood pressure.
• Helps reduce blood pressure in people who already have high
blood pressure.
• Reduces the risk of developing colon cancer.
• Reduces feelings of depression and anxiety.
• Helps control weight.
• Helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints.
• Helps older adults become stronger and better able to move
about without falling.
• Promotes psychological well-being.
Millions of Americans suffer from illnesses
that can be prevented or improved through regular physical activity.
• 13.5 million people have coronary heart
disease.
• 1.5 million people suffer from a heart attack in a given
year.
• 8 million people have adult-onset (non-insulin-dependent)
diabetes.
• 95,000 people are newly diagnosed with colon cancer each
year.
• 250,000 people suffer from a hip fractures each year.
• 50 million people have high blood pressure.
• Over 60 million people (a third of the adult population)
are overweight.
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Corporate
Yoga
Yoga is a scientific discipline of
removing or eradicating stress and tension at its source.
All tension, both physical and mental, is stored somewhere in the
body and true stress reduction is a matter of discovering how to
release that tension on both levels.
Our yoga programs directly addresses tension in
both the body and the mind. Our classes remove stress from both
sources since tension in one area has a direct effect on the other.
The classes offer simple, safe, and practical techniques that quickly
reduce tension and stress at any time and place, especially in the
office.
Our classes provide you with the following:
Ways to identify stress signals and indicators
Posture improvement for tension management
Strength building for greater resistance to stress
Techniques for the workplace designed to alleviate tension before
it builds into stress
Safe exercises (designed over 2,500 years ago) that bring more energy
to the body
Breathing techniques that support healthy "Mood Management"
The average workweek is increasing from 40 to 50 hours, or more,
per week. This means that the average employee is assuming more
and more responsibilities and dealing with unprecedented challenges.
All of this leads to an alarming amount of stress in our lives.
Stress impacts our work environment by:
Reducing productivity and morale
Increasing injury and turnover
Raising benefits expenses
Yoga can help!
Yoga is a scientific discipline that offers practical and definitive
results while addressing tension in both the body and the mind.
Yoga at the workplace has become popular in many companies nationwide
because of the stress reduction benefits and the low cost of implementation.
Unlike other exercise routines yoga is low impact,
improves strength and flexibility, builds concentration, and reduces
mental and physical stress and tension. In addition, yoga is known
to eradicate fatigue and generate energy, all of which lead to increased
productivity and morale. Yoga exercises are simple and can be modified
for different skill levels and abilities - perfect for the office
environment!
While most stress management workshops just talk
about how to deal with stress, our yoga programs get results. Your
employees will learn and experience proven techniques that have
immediate and lasting effects.
Who uses or has used Yoga at work?
GE
New York Police Dept.
IBM
Microsoft
HBO
Nike
Nexcomm Intel
AT&T
NYNEX
Forbes
Apple
Pepsico
Chase Manhattan
Qualcomm
Bristol-Myers
The White House
US Marines |
Stress Statistics
"The Effects of workplace related
stress are no surprise to today's employers. A 1992 UN report called
job stress - The 20th. Century Epidemic."
" The World Health Organization called job stress a "World
Wide Epidemic."
" The National Science Foundation reports
that over 30% of American adults experience enough daily stress
to impact their performance at home or at work."
" The American Institute for stress has implicated
stress as the cause of nearly 90% of doctor visits in the U.S. The
total annual costs of stress to the average employer are staggering."
" According to the US Department of labor,
two thirds of reported cases of occupational stress are experienced
by white collar workers, and repetitive stress injuries have risen
1000% in the past 14 years. These claims carry with them an estimated
average expense exceeding $14,000 per company."
Yoga Statistics
" Yoga in conjunction with meditation can indeed lower stress
and improve work performance."
Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Mass. Medical cente.
"A yoga-based regimen is more effective than wrist splinting
in relieving some symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome"
Journal of American Medical Association, 1998
"Many doctors now prescribe yoga for patients
suffering from heart disease, arthritis, or diabetes. Imagine what
it can do for people whose biggest complaint is stress headaches."
US News and World Reports, 1997
" Yoga is a very powerful tool of stress management."
Dr. Dean Ornish
" The bottom line is that yoga is an exercise
that is food for the heart."
Dr. Noel Bairey Merz; Medical Director Cardiac Center at Cedars
Sanai Medical Center, Los Angeles
On Yoga in the News:
"Fifteen million Americans include some form
of yoga in their fitness regimen-twice as many as did five years
ago."
Time Magazine
Testimonials
"The deep breathing and relaxation employees get from yoga
help them to be more focused. When they go back to work, they're
in a position to make better decisions."
Bill Doyle, HBO Employee, Health and Fitness Director
"Whether or not studies have actually proven that productivity
is up and health care costs are down, anecdotally, the evidence
is overwhelming. Companies understand you have to address employees'
health and well-being. Employees need time to relax, and a lot of
people are gravitating toward yoga as a way to manage stress."
Edie Weiner, President of Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc. New York Trend
Analyst Firm
"The best part of yoga is that it doesn't
end with class. What you learn through yoga readily transfers to
other aspects of life."
Sandra Uyterhoeven, Columnist, HR Today
How should I prepare for class?
Wear a pair of sweat pants, leggings, or shorts, and a t-shirt.
You will be practicing yoga barefoot.
Don’t eat for two or three hours before class.
Do let your teacher know about injuries or conditions that might
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