Corporate Yoga
How does Corporate Yoga help?
STRESS at work is posing a great threat to the health of the employees and, in turn, to the organizations. Several studies have shown that if the working conditions are stressful, there are increase in absenteeism, tardiness and employees intention to quit their jobs – all of which have a negative impact on the bottom line.
Recent studies show that policies benefitting employee health also benefit the bottom line.
Here, the corporate yoga plays a vital role in reducing stress, minimizing illness, injury, disability in the workforce and thereby making the organization competitive in the marketplace.
The alarming ASSOCHAM research findings
On the occasion of ‘World Health Day’ ASSOCHAM conducted a survey recently in the major cities of India like Delhi, Mumbai, Bnagalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabd, Pune, Chandigarh, Dehradun etc which reveals the following - The 78% of Indian corporate employees sleep less than 6 hours per day due to high level of stress and demanding schedules at workplace leading to daytime fatigue, performance deterioration, increase absenteeism, physical discomfort, low pain threshold and psychological stress. The survey also reveals that the women suffer from sleep problem more than men.
The National Commission on Sleep Disorders estimates that lack of sleep leads to higher stress and reduced workplace productivity.
Corporate Yoga plays a definitive role in combating stress and tensions which is a common factor in sleep disorders.
Corporate Yoga promotes the whole body wellness, both physically and mentally, creating perfect harmony and balance between the mind, body and consciousness.
It is said that for every minute yoga you practice, you will need one minute of less sleep. Therefore corporate yoga is an excellent investment, not only for health benefits, but also for sleep.
YOGA PACKAGES
1 ) Yoga for Wellness
Yoga for Wellness is a comprehensive package consisting – the concept of wellness and the practices of asana, pranayama, relaxation techniques, shatkarma and meditation to maintain the optimum health of the employees. This program helps employees not only for prevention but also promotion of their positive health.
2 ) Yoga for Corporate Health
Yoga for Corporate health is a customized yoga therapy program based on employees health conditions, needs and requirements. Yoga for Corporate Health addresses the employees need to overcome their health related different issues through different techniques of yoga therapy working at different layers of their personality.
3) Office Yoga
Office yoga consists of simple yoga stretches, breathing and meditation which can be practiced sitting on chair during office hour. Office yoga helps to alleviate stress, tension, eye strain, Back pain, neck pain, Shoulder pain and Muscle tension due to prolonged sitting in office or at a computer. The simple yoga stretches, breathing and meditation also helps to improve blood flow, oxygenation and energy circulation throughout the body while calming the mind down.
