Inna founded UTKATA Yoga to tackle what she calls the “sitting epidemic.” Our corporate chair yoga sessions bring movement into the workday, helping people refresh, recharge and regain focus. Launched in Toronto in 2016, we’ve spent over a decade specializing in 30-minute office chair yoga for workplaces and events, in person and online.
In 2012, a lower back injury left Inna unable to sit for months. During her recovery, she began finding ways to move more throughout the workday. She brought chair yoga into her office routine, and her colleagues took an interest.
Inna completed her yoga teacher training in 2015 and launched UTKATA Yoga in January 2016, bringing 30-minute chair yoga sessions directly into Toronto offices. No mats, no change of clothes, just movement that fits into the workday. In February 2016, blogTO introduced UTKATA to its readers with the headline “Toronto now has office chair yoga”.
Chair yoga remains our specialty because it removes so many barriers to taking part. Whether we’re leading a regular workplace class or a conference session, our goal is to make movement feel approachable and worthwhile.
Meet the instructors who lead our workplace classes and events, in person and online.
