Workplace Wellness Services in Denver, Colorado
Performance is Haapanen is a Denver-based workplace wellness company that provides corporate wellness programs, employee wellness workshops, onsite and virtual movement sessions, wellness consulting, wellness retreats, team offsites, and the Move at Work Challenge for organizations in Colorado and across the U.S.
We help organizations build healthier, more energized teams through practical employee wellness programs that humans actually use.
We combine movement, mental health, motivation, behavior change science, and real-world workplace experience to help employees manage stress, improve energy, reduce burnout risk, and build sustainable habits that support both well-being and performance.
We work with school districts, healthcare organizations, nonprofits, and corporate teams that want wellness programming to feel useful, accessible, and human, not like one more thing employees are supposed to do.
How We Help Organizations
We support organizations that want to:
Improve employee energy, focus, and well-being
Reduce stress, burnout risk, and mental fatigue
Build a stronger culture of health and movement
Offer practical wellness programming employees can use during the workday
Support healthier habits without adding complexity
Create engaging wellness challenges, workshops, and events
Bring movement, mindfulness, and motivation into the workplace
Our work is built around a simple belief:
When people feel better, they work better.
Corporate Wellness Programs in Denver, Colorado
Performance is Haapanen is based in Denver, Colorado and supports organizations locally and nationally. We provide onsite workplace wellness workshops, movement and fitness sessions, conference movement breaks, wellness retreats, team offsites, and custom employee wellness programming for Denver-area employers.
We also offer virtual wellness programs and the Move at Work Challenge for organizations with remote, hybrid, or multi-location teams across the U.S.
Our Workplace Wellness Services
Move at Work Challenge
Our signature program, the Move at Work Challenge, delivers short, accessible movement and mental health resets employees can do online during the workday.
Each session is designed to help employees move more, stress less, reset their energy, and return to work with more focus and capacity. The program can support daily wellness, employee engagement, wellness campaigns, and long-term culture change.
Employee Wellness Programming
We help organizations design and deliver wellness programming that fits their people, schedule, goals, and capacity.
This may include wellness challenges, seasonal campaigns, employee engagement initiatives, stress reduction programs, habit-building support, movement programming, or customized wellness experiences.
Wellness Workshops and Trainings
We offer virtual and onsite workshops on topics such as:
Stress management
Burnout prevention
Movement and energy
Mindfulness and nervous system regulation
Healthy habits that actually stick
Motivation and behavior change
Making healthy living easier
Wellness for busy, overwhelmed humans
Workshops can be delivered as stand-alone sessions, conference breakouts, team trainings, or part of a larger wellness initiative.
Virtual or Onsite Movement and Fitness Sessions
We provide accessible movement and fitness sessions designed for real workplaces and real humans.
Options may include strength, mobility, Pilates-inspired movement, stretch sessions, desk-friendly movement, conference energizers, and movement breaks for meetings or professional development days.
Sessions can be delivered virtually or onsite, depending on your organization’s needs.
Wellness Retreats and Team Offsites
We design wellness retreats and team offsites that help employees reset, reconnect, and return with more energy, clarity, and capacity.
These experiences can include movement, mindfulness, stress reduction, team connection, behavior change tools, and practical strategies employees can use long after the event is over.
Wellness Program Development and Consulting
Need support building or improving your employee wellness program?
Performance is Haapanen can help assess your current efforts, identify gaps, recommend practical next steps, and design programming that aligns with your employees’ needs and your organization’s capacity.
This can include wellness audits, program strategy, custom campaign design, wellness committee support, or fractional wellness consulting.
Our Process
Every organization is different, so we do not believe in copy-and-paste wellness.
Our process usually includes:
Learn
We start by understanding your organization, employees, goals, challenges, timeline, and capacity.Recommend
We identify the best-fit wellness services, programs, workshops, or campaign structure based on what your team actually needs.Deliver
We provide practical, engaging, human-centered programming that is easy for employees to access and use.Adjust
When appropriate, we review participation, feedback, and outcomes so we can continue improving the experience.
Past Clients and Experience
Performance is Haapanen has delivered workplace wellness and performance programming for organizations including Denver Public Schools, Jefferson County Public Schools, UCHealth, Correctional Health Partners, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association, and the Salvation Army.
Our work has included employee wellness programs, movement and mindset sessions, professional development workshops, conference movement breaks, customized trainings, and long-term workplace wellness support.
Examples of Past Wellness Work
Dr. Saara and Performance is Haapanen have delivered workplace wellness programming, movement sessions, workshops, and custom employee well-being experiences for school districts, healthcare organizations, correctional health teams, nonprofits, and professional groups.
Past work has included:
Movement and mindset sessions for organizations including the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association
Designing and implementing lifestyle change programs for thousands of employees across education, healthcare, corrections, and nonprofit settings
Creating custom movement routines for more than 400 bus drivers to help reduce the physical effects of prolonged sitting
Teaching hairdressers practical strategies to reduce back pain and prevent “hairdresser hunch” while working behind the chair
Leading onsite and virtual fitness, mobility, and movement sessions for employees who want practical ways to feel better in their bodies during the workday
Leading mini-movement breaks at conferences to help attendees stay focused, energized, and engaged
Creating customized wellness programming based on the specific needs, roles, and physical demands of each organization
Having the Move at Work Challenge selected as a Business Showcase at the NIH-hosted International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health, recognizing the program’s long-term success in supporting employee well-being
Every session is designed to be practical, accessible, and useful for real humans in real workplaces.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you offer corporate wellness programs in Denver?
Yes. Performance is Haapanen is based in Denver, Colorado and provides corporate wellness programs, employee wellness workshops, movement sessions, wellness consulting, and the Move at Work Challenge for Denver-area organizations and teams across the U.S.
What types of workplace wellness services do you offer?
We offer corporate wellness programs, employee wellness workshops, onsite and virtual movement sessions, wellness challenges, wellness retreats, team offsites, conference movement breaks, wellness consulting, and custom employee well-being programming.
Do you offer onsite employee fitness classes?
Yes. We offer onsite and virtual movement and fitness sessions, including mobility, stretch, strength, Pilates-inspired movement, desk-friendly movement, and workplace-friendly fitness sessions.
What is the Move at Work Challenge?
The Move at Work Challenge is a workplace wellness program that delivers short movement, mindset, mindfulness, and motivation resets employees can do during the workday.
Can you customize wellness programming for our organization?
Yes. We design custom employee wellness programs based on your organization’s goals, employee needs, schedule, timeline, and capacity.
Looking for Keynotes or Corporate Training?
If you are looking for Dr. Saara’s keynotes, ADHD at work training, motivation talks, leadership development, or performance psychology workshops, visit DrSaara.com.
Performance is Haapanen focuses on workplace wellness, employee well-being programming, movement-based support, and wellness initiatives for organizations.
Ready to Explore What This Could Look Like for Your Organization?
Book an Employee Wellness Partnership Preview to learn more about our capabilities, share what your team needs, and identify the best next step for your goals, timeline, and capacity.
During this 45-minute conversation, we’ll learn more about your organization, share relevant examples and results, walk through our process, and explore whether Performance is Haapanen is the right fit for your employee wellness goals.
What Our Clients Say!
"First of all Dr. Saara, you are an amazing, inspiring human. I have never worked with someone with such enthusiasm. I feel so lucky to have met you. I am fairly new to DPS and the wellness program is awesome, as you know. I have worked with personal trainers, done classes, etc. and NONE of them do what you do for me. Thank you for what you do for me and the team". –Dawn"
"Saara came to our hair salon, Planet Laboratories. We thoroughly enjoyed having her with us. She was expert at giving us information relevant to our profession! Since we need to be fully fit to be able to do our jobs while standing all day, she was able to cater to our needs perfectly. Saara did an amazing job introducing us to some easy, healthy stretches that we can do during the day without getting on the (hairy) floor or sweating (messing up our makeup!) She has such a charming, fun personality and is extremely knowledgeable in her field. Some of us have already reached out to her to get some personal coaching from her. We can’t wait to work more with her!" -Donna
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