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... The latest trend has been offering, and promoting employees to attend yoga sessions.
The involvement of yoga in the workplace is far from new. ... Yoga has been proven to have a very positive effect on general physical and spiritual health. Further, studies show that yoga meditation serves as an excellent tool for stress management. Noticing the advantages that yoga could have on individuals, Japanese, European, Australian and most recently, companies in the United States of America (“US”) have explored and implemented its practice on their business.
Yoga, Health, Stress and Absenteeism
Some decades ago, it was considered common knowledge that an individual’s general health was the primary variable on its level of absenteeism. ...
Facing these facts, many companies have tackled these heath /stress related issues promoting the practice of yoga. Experts state that due to its combination of the mental meditation with its physical exercises and postures, yoga is an excellent tool in releasing both, physical tension and mental distress. Yoga is frequently associated with a spiritual condition and a wellness state of mind obtained by long-term practitioners. ... Some of the benefits of practicing yoga follow:
• Through its stretching exercises and postures, yoga helps release the muscle tension caused by stress. ... Yoga has also been proved to benefit patients with arthritis and carpal-tunnel syndrome.
• Through its breathing techniques, yoga helps the flow of oxygen through the body and the brain. ...
• Yoga tranquilization and meditation helps deal with mind distress and ‘relaxes’ practitioner minds.
• A yoga session permits participants to calm down and relax (meditate). ...
Recently, in response to companies interest in offering yoga sessions to employees as means of improving health and reducing stress, several fitness centers are providing on-site yoga courses to interested parties. ... , a New York based fitness center that provides these services, states:
People have different reactions to stress… Some turn smoking, drinking or overeating… We [us, the general public] can’t change the stressors, but we can change how we respond to them [through yoga] (Occupational Health Management, 2002).
Approximate Word count = 1448
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