Eight hours at a screen leaves its mark by mid-afternoon: a neck that has crept forward, shoulders up near the ears, breath stuck high in the chest. Half an hour of office yoga can undo a surprising amount of that, without anyone leaving the building.
From 20 October to 26 November, Pratimoksha will bring a free 30 to 40 minute office yoga and breathing session to workplaces near our yoga studio in Oud Metha, a few minutes from the center of Dubai. The timing is deliberate. The Dubai Fitness Challenge runs from 31 October to 29 November, according to Gulf News, and companies across Dubai will be looking for simple ways to get their people moving. Office yoga is one of the simplest.
Bookings close on 10 November. Message us on WhatsApp, call 050 395 5613 or email findus@pratimoksha.com.
Inside an office yoga session
One of our full-time yoga teachers comes to the office and leads the group from their chairs or standing beside their desks:
- Seated yoga stretches for the neck, shoulders, upper back, wrists and hips, the places long screen hours affect first
- Breathing practices from classical pranayama that people can repeat at their desks any day
- A short guided yoga relaxation before everyone returns to work
- Three take-home yoga practices for the days in between
No mats, no changing and no yoga experience needed. A meeting room or an open area with chairs is enough.
Teams this desk yoga suits
We’re focusing on teams within easy reach of the studio: clinics and hospitals in Dubai Healthcare City, banks and insurance offices, and the many companies around Oud Metha, Umm Hurair and Karama. Hospital staff on long shifts, finance teams at month end, developers bent over keyboards: the strain shows up differently, and the yoga teacher adjusts the session to the room.
Classical yoga, brought to the workplace
Corporate yoga in Dubai often means a fitness class moved into a boardroom. Ours starts from breath and posture. That approach comes from our founder, Lalitha Viswanath, a manual osteopath and Yoga Acharya who has taught yoga for more than 20 years. Every session is led by a full-time Pratimoksha yoga teacher, never a freelancer. Meet them on our teachers page.
A bonus for every employee
Everyone who attends a session before 14 November is invited to a free one-on-one Yoga Body Check consultation at the studio between 11 and 14 November: a structural and body type analysis usually valued at AED 200. New yoga students who join before 30 November also have the AED 150 registration fee waived.
Booking office yoga for your team
- Contact us on WhatsApp, by phone on 050 395 5613, or at findus@pratimoksha.com.
- Share a preferred date and time between 20 October and 26 November, and roughly how many people will join.
- We confirm the booking and arrive on the day.
For ongoing options, including weekly and monthly yoga programs, visit our corporate yoga page.
The sessions run until 26 November, and there are only so many yoga teachers to go around. Companies that book early get their first choice of date, so get in touch before 10 November.
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