Yoga for Business
Yoga is the perfect practice for busy working people. The postures work at realigning the body and help to ease the pressure of long hours sitting at a desk. The breathing exercises and relaxation techniques have the power to refresh and rejuvenate both body and mind. Most importantly, Yoga is one of the few practical tools to help irradiate stress from the body so is often particularly relevant to senior managers and those members of staff under pressure. The reason that Yoga has become so popular is simply this - it works!
"I have always been a complete skeptic about the benefits and validity of Yoga. Then some colleagues asked me to organize a yoga session at work and I contacted James. I'm a complete convert! Yoga is such a lovely way to break up the working day, and I always go back to work feeling refreshed, focused and relaxed. I'm not sure how I got through the week without it!"
Claud Mba, Macmillan Publishing
Perhaps the most wonderful aspect to integrating the practice of yoga into working lives is that it offers almost instant results and is a very real and practical way of supporting and improving employees health and well being. These are some of the benefits that you can expect to enjoy as a result of regular yoga practice:
- Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common occupational illness in Great Britain, affecting 1.1 million people a year. In 1995/96, MSDs cost society £5.7 billion. Many of these problems come from poor posture and are easily addressed by the regular practice of Yoga
- Yoga stretches out the entire body making the muscles more efficient, the joints free and the body flexible. It is perfect way of keeping healthy within sedentary lifestyles. It can also help with Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI's).
- Yoga improves circulation, revitalises the immune system and the major organs of the body and removes waste products from the cells faster. Improved immunity means a healthier body and less colds and other non-specific illnesses.
- The practice of yoga requires complete mindfulness and concentration. Practicing regularly extends this into other aspects of life so you can concentrate and focus more easily making you more efficient.
- The yoga session will leave you feeling revitalized, refreshed and completely relaxed. Adopting some of the breathing exercises in everyday life and increasing awareness of emotions will help reduce the stresses and strains of an ever increasing busy world.
- Yoga awakens hidden reserves of energy within nervous, endocrine and cardio-vascular systems so that lethargy and fatigue are replaced by alertness and aliveness helping individuals get the maximum out of life.
"I feel calmer after a class and don’t get so stressed by work. The stretching exercises have also helped ease my stiff neck and shoulders that I get from sitting at a compute all day."
Sandra Frith, MacMillan Publishing
"I feel that the sessions are having a really positive effect on my team's overall well-being and stress management."
Frances Lowndes, Director, MacMillan Publishing
James currently teaches a number of classes at Macmillan Publishers, which have been created specifically for undoing the tensions built from long industrious hours hunched over manuscripts and keyboards...
Bliss Divine is looking to benefit other businesses in and around Oxford. Email us here to find out more
Pre-requisites:
- Do you have a space within your organisation to provide yoga?
- Are there more then 10 people wanting to attend class?
