Stressed Employees Should be Offered Yoga: Study

The best way to cope with stress, anxiety, depression and any other emotional disturbances is to do regular yoga. This is already proved by many studies. Most of us might be aware of how yoga is used to reduce the stress and strain which is quite common in the present day scenario. The simple inverted poses and the breathing techniques involved in yoga helps in increasing the blood flow to the brain and other parts of the central nervous system and stimulates them. This helps in relieving the stress in a more effective way than any other physical exercises.

Taking this fact in to consideration researchers from the Mayo clinic in Rochester conducted experiments on the impact of yoga on the employees who are more stressed and strained with their regular work. They surveyed around 14,000 workers who were highly stressed and suggested that the best way for them to cope with their present situation is to do regular yoga, meditation, to take personal wellness coaching, and to attend stress management classes.

Using their survey they ranked the stress levels of the employees on a scale of 0 as bad and 10 as good. They found that the high stressed employees also reported poorer quality of life, health, support and fatigue. They have worse blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol and were more over weight.

The researchers from the University are also suggesting companies to focus on helping the employees maintain health using stress management, work life balance, spirituality and resilience. This is not only to the employees these tips can be followed by any people who are feeling stressed due to their daily activities and work pressure.


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