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Are you proficient at downward dogs, child poses, and lotus positions?

The City of Calgary is hiring a yoga instructor “with proven experience and expertise” to provide classes for sworn officers and civilian members of the Calgary Police Service for a year, with the optional of four additional years tacked on to the job.

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No salary range has been listed on the posting.

The police service says this is an existing part-time position that’s part of its overall corporate employee wellness program. In addition to yoga, there are Zumba and boot camp classes offered to its members.

The new yoga instructor’s hours will depend on the season. At most, they will teach seven hour-long classes per week, a number that drops to two hour-long classes per week in the summer.

The service has been offering yoga to recruits as part of its training since 2003 and the program was expanded to include members around 2008 – 2009.

Coun. Sean Chu, a former officer with the Calgary Police Service, said yoga classes and other wellness resources are very beneficial to members of the force.

“Wellness and health is actually saving the police money in the long term and also increasing productivity,” Chu said. “Personally, I didn’t take part in any of it. But there’s all sorts of different classes: aerobic, exercise and other things, too.”