Whether you spend your day in a corporate board room, or are self-employed, or a homemaker, or a student, both you/your employees and your business can benefit by weaving in some yoga into your daily work schedule. In present times medical expenses are mammoth affecting your finances drastically and negatively impact your productivity and wellbeing. Yoga practised daily can enhance your efficiency and feeling of wellness, irrespective of your age, current health or level of flexibility. Globally many companies have now woken up to this fact and have started recognizing the value of yoga. They are offering yoga classes as part of their corporate wellness initiative. These include pro sports teams, Forbes, GE, Apple, Google, GM, Chase Manhattan Bank, HBO, GM, Industrial Light & Magic, and Nike.
What yoga does?
It surges the flow of energy and reduces fatigue Stress is a part of our lives. Even 30 minutes of physical activity including some stretching, and basic movements can greatly increase blood circulation. Integrating simple yoga moves is a great way to avoid fatigue.
It keeps physical ailments at bay
From mundane aches, pains to serious physical problems, can hamper your productivity. Yoga can greatly help lessen the physical problems, including regular headaches, carpal tunnel, neck strain, shoulder stiffness, arthritis, and much more. It fills you with a sense of wellbeing.
It removes stress
The general cacophony of life can create mental stress. While stress by itself doesn’t always cause people to seek help, it can reflect in behaviours and exacerbate physical ailments manifesting as colds, allergies, and headaches to diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.
Worldwide, stress accounts for billions of business dollars lost to reduced productivity, accidents, employee turnover and medical expenses. Yoga can leave you stress free and rejuvenated.
It improves focus
Meditation and breathing exercises in yoga can help silence the noise in the mind and declutter your brain allowing you to focus on your tasks at hand. Yoga leads you to being more mindful, alert and focused.
It enhances creativity
With better concentration and focus, yoga opens the mind and helps stirs your creative and positive self, prompting you to be more creative and original in your initiates. Yoga connects the mind, body, and soul in a way that eases tension; promotes health and wellbeing. If practiced daily it improves your breathing and outlook on life. Yoga is a great exercise to improve endurance for your daily chores and other physical activities. Post workout, yoga may aid your body to relax while stretching and strengthening. Yoga does not work on your body alone, it also helps with mindfulness and meditation. By improving mindfulness, yoga simultaneously assists to boost the sense of compassion, gratitude, and “flow” states, leading to a sense of greater happiness and satisfaction. Breaking off from mundane life and practicing yoga will improve your focus and clarity on your being.
How do you start?
– Set a daily routine involving ‘mindful movement’ and conscious deep breathing
– Find a yoga school or teacher who inspires you
– Be patient and consistent in your efforts
– Meditate daily even if it is for 15 minutes to start with
– Set an example for your family and friends
Yoga practiced regularly creates mental clarity, calmness that fills you with a sense of peace. It enhances your body awareness apart from relieving stress patterns. Yoga enables you to sleep better thus allowing your body with optimum rest. With better energy flow, yoga unleashes your physical, mental and emotional sense of wellbeing. It boosts your morale and self-confidence, thus enabling you to be more productive. Yoga promotes self-love and installs a feeling of wellbeing that makes you focussed towards responsibilities. A Healthy, relaxed and focused you will be much more productive and happy. Yoga has the ability to make positive changes in our lives, the way we think and perceive our bodies, minds and circumstances around us.