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Inna Miretski on the TechTO stage

Inna Miretski

Founder & Chief Instructor, UTKATA Yoga

Corporate wellnessTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2016

Inna Miretski founded UTKATA Yoga in Toronto in 2016, a service that brings 30-minute chair-yoga sessions into offices with no mat or change of clothes required. She started it after recovering from a back injury that left her unable to sit for months, completing yoga teacher training in 2015. She frames prolonged sitting at work as a health problem.

On the TechTO stage ×1

First seen on the TechTO stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Inna ↗

In their words

sitting is the new smoking that's what they say right except you don't have to spend cash on cigarettes sitting is free

TechTO, Sep 2016 · watch at 0:03 ↗

effective and time efficient convenient and accessible way to deal with this sitting epidemic is actually chair yoga

TechTO, Sep 2016 · watch at 2:28 ↗
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Quick answers

What is UTKATA Yoga?

A Toronto service delivering 30-minute chair-yoga sessions to offices, with no mat, change of clothes or prior experience required. It was pitched as Canada's first dedicated office chair-yoga offering.

Why did Inna Miretski start it?

After a back injury in 2012 left her unable to sit for months; she recovered through gentle yoga and adapted it for the desk.

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