Employee Health: The ‘Yoga’ way

Posted by Mili Sarkar (Nutritionist /Yoga Instructor)

At first I want to say something about our lifestyle. Increasing stress of work pressure has crippled the lifestyle of many. Wellness has thus become an integral part of existence. Feeling stress doubt is a common phenomenon in today’s life. The hectic routine of juggling between home & work can leave you drained out. If this is your routine, you need to take a closer look at some thing very basic, your food platter. So, healthy eating & yoga/exercise is a key to healthy living/fitness. A balanced meal/yoga/relaxation & not only keeps you fit going throughout the day, but also helps to keep illness.  So take care that your body gets all the important nutrients that will keep you hail & hearty. And your meal should be eaten to keep you energetic with the need for inner wellbeing growing at an enormous Pease. We needs to solve certain issues to help you in leading truly healthy lifestyle.

I come to the point that to be happy and healthy with increased job satisfaction-Don’t engage yoga/knowledge of balanced diet in business! However, an enlightened employer looking for a corporate solution for de-stressing events, people and teams-make contact with yoga/knowledge of right diet and create a Great staff benefit and improve productivity!

Please note that yoga in business will not insist on sort of philosophy or spirituality. Yoga in business will focus exclusively on body, breath and mind. Yoga gives your staff the opportunity to experience of mind in the work place. By taking a little time out from the day to day stresses and pressures of the job, employees will be re-energized and be able to tackle their jobs with fresh clarity and vitality. Yoga /diet in your workplace can increase the effectiveness of meetings and presentations, improve morale and staff relations, improving energy levels of staff will tend to improve their work life balance that too easily shifts in favor of work, but with deleterious effects on the health, performance at work and family life.

Stretching the body and working with the breath engages the body’s parasympathetic nervous system-allowing the body to normalize, gradually improving health & posture-defeating fatigue, increasing alertness and leading to improved productivity, feeling of well-being and less time off work due to sickness.

Balanced diet/yoga gives the staff stress free life style for an example-

• Stress Management Employees are stressed by any number of reasons like being promoted beyond their capability, not having factors is the first step to health, gaining perspective and doing something to correct the problems, everybody should have ways to manage their stress. Many  people use sport, caffeine, tobacco or alcohol to unwind themselves after being affected by stress. Wouldn’t it be better if we could manage the stress at source?(You can still enjoy your sport!)You can then work efficiently and avoid throwing the stress onto your body. You can help your employees to be more resilient stress.
• Improve Employee Productivity Your employees are likely to be stressed by the demands of the modern workplace, but you can help them to be more resilient. In return  your employees will naturally work more productively. If you feel better you tend to have more energy for the job. If you are aware of a deadline without becoming paralyzed with dread you can work more efficiently and accurately, If your employees are more often at work rather then absent through a stress-related problem-what does that do for performance? There is no need to let employees find their own way to cope-as an employer you can help. In fact it is almost a no-brainer. Just think- spend a little on STREES MANAGEMENT and gain a lot in productivity, creativity and accuracy.
• Improve Employee Health Having aches and pains is not a normal human condition. Sitting at a desk, focusing on a screen and receiving stressful stimuli all tend to work against a healthy body. Bodies are made to move to be balanced and to have varied activities. Lack of awareness of the body means we only listen when the body shouts with muscle problem, joint problem or serious stress related diseases. We all have a right to good health and you can help your employees to learn how to stay healthy whilst working.
• Sick Absence Minimize And the result of neglecting the body over periods of time disease. The employee has sick leave. Simple aches and tensions when continued over a long period can cause all sorts of problems. Stress related diseases are the most common form of sick absence in India and probably in most developed nations. You can help your employees to avoid this. You can do something about stress reated disease. As an employer, how can you not do something?
• Improve Decision Making Wouldn’t it wonderful if all decisions were made quickly & without worry? When employees can think clearly about the issue and do the right thing? You can help your employees to do this, and the managers & executives too.
• Improve Morale Give your employees the tools to cope and excel and you will reward by improved morale, team working, productivity & creativity. Yoga/Good Diet in business makes good business sense.