Benefits of Corporate Yoga
Corporate yoga provides a number of benefits physically as well as mentally.
Here is how our corporate yoga classes can benefit both your employees, and your business.
Benefits of Corporate Yoga for Employees
Physical Health
Engaging in regular yoga sessions can improve your employees' physical health. Yoga postures and stretches help improve flexibility, strength, and balance as well as prevent injuries and reduce muscular tension and pain that comes from sitting at a desk all day. Yoga can also improve digestion, heart health and strengthen the spine through different poses.
Stress Reduction
Workplace stress is a common issue that can negatively impact employees' productivity and overall wellbeing. Our corporate yoga class incorporates breathing exercises and relaxation techniques that help your employees manage stress more effectively. It is believed that the hips store negative feelings such as stress and anxiety. Hip opening poses can also help to remove the negative energy by creating a physical space in the region.
Increased Focus and Concentration
Yoga emphasises concentration and mindfulness. Your staff's capacity to concentrate and attention span can be increased by the practice of focusing on the breath and maintaining specific postures. As more fresh oxygen is delivered to their brains through proper breathing, it also helps to improve their mental clarity and focus.
Enhanced Energy and Vitality
Employees' energy levels might be depleted by prolonged sitting and repetitive work. Yoga involves dynamic postures and energising sequences that improve energy flow throughout the body and enhance blood circulation. Backbend poses open up the chest and stretch the front of the body, therefore increasing blood flow and oxygen throughout the body. These postures help boost energy and alertness.
Enhanced Mood and Overall Wellbeing
Some yoga poses such as Sun salutations which are a sequence of poses can stimulate the release of endorphins (natural mood enhancing hormones.) Endorphins create feelings of happiness, relaxation, and overall wellbeing, helping to improve employees' mood and promote a positive outlook.
Benefits of Corporate Yoga for Your Business
Reduced Absenteeism
Corporate yoga can help your employees maintain their physical fitness, strengthen their immune systems, and improve their general health, leading to fewer sick days. Mindfulness and deep breathing exercises which are practiced in Yoga BB Corporate yoga classes can also help your staff improve their mental health by promoting positive thinking and emotional regulation. Employees who are emotionally stable are less prone to encounter burnout or other mental health problems that can necessitate time off work. Additionally, your organisation may lower absence rates and build a healthier and more engaged workforce by fostering a supportive and positive work environment that supports employee wellbeing.
Increased Productivity
Your employees' focus and concentration can be increased by practises like yoga and mindfulness. For instance, practising alternate nostril breathing, which is frequently done in Yoga BB's corporate yoga session, is a simple exercise to help with focus. By breathing properly, fresh oxygen is delivered to the brain, clearing away mental fog. When employees are more focused, they are better equipped to complete tasks accurately and efficiently, leading to increased productivity. Yoga sessions and other physical activities can also boost your staff' energy levels. This can lead to better engagement in tasks, and increased productivity throughout the day.
Enhanced Job Satisfaction and Improved Employee Turnover
Corporate yoga sessions and other employee wellbeing activities can foster a greater sense of belonging among staff members, increasing job satisfaction. Your employees are more likely to feel positive about their jobs and stay loyal to the company when they feel that they are a part of a supportive and inclusive work environment. Improved employee retention can result from funding programs that promote employee wellbeing. Long-term retention of employees is higher when they perceive their employer to be concerned about their wellbeing. According to the findings of the PWC’s study of what Australian workers want from their employer, wellbeing is the second attribute after remuneration and reward.* Thus, it is crucial to promote wellbeing activities at work to encourage a low employee turnover rate. This can lower the expenses of staff turnover, including those related to finding and training new employees, thereby increasing the bottom line of the business.
Improved Customer Service and Work Relationships
By participating in yoga class, your employees can feel better about themselves. Happy hormones are produced in the body during yoga practice, resulting in positive emotions and a general sensation of wellbeing. Your employees are more likely to promote positive relationships with customers and colleagues when they feel happier and more motivated.
References: * https://www.pwc.com.au/important-problems/future-of-work/what-workers-want-report.pdf