Corporate Yoga  

America’s # 1 health Problem Stress!
Job stress is more strongly associated with health complaints than financial or family problems.

A combination of different surveys concluded that:

• 80% of workers feel stress on the job, nearly half say they need help in learning how to manage stress and 42% say their coworkers need such help;
• 65% of workers said that workplace stress had caused difficulties and more than 10% described these as having major effects;
• 62% routinely find that they end the day with work-related neck pain,
• 44% reported stressed-out eyes,
• 38% complained of hurting hands and
• 34% reported difficulty in sleeping because they were to stressed-out;

Occupational pressures are believed responsible for:

• 30% of workers suffering from back pain,
• 28% complaining of “stress”
• 20%feeling fatigue
• 17% having muscular pains
• 13% with headaches

Repeatedly invoked, stress can contribute to hypertension, strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, ulcers, neck or low back pain, depression, anxiety and its diverse effects on the gastrointestinal tract, skin and other organs. This could led to high job turnover, accidents on the job, high workers’ compensation claims and high absenteeism.

There is hope! A corporate wellness program to:

• lower health care costs
• relieve stress
• improve work performance
• manage stress
• enhance clarity and creativity thinking
• improve communication skills
• cultivate leadership and teamwork
• increase overall effectiveness in the workplace
•  increase creativity
• quiets the mind
• increase breath awareness
• manage pain
• tone muscles
• increase flexibility physical, emotional and metal
• reduce of muscular tension
• and many more

A wellness stress reduction program, offered yoga as a light exercise option.

The Yoga Research and Education Center (YREC) writes: “Yoga has a great effectiveness and practicality of occupational stress management interventions”

The Yoga Journal writes: “ According to researchers from the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, yoga in conjunction with mediation can indeed relieve stress and improve work performance.  A majority of the clinic’s patient’s report lasting decreases inn both physical and psychological symptoms of stress. They also experience an increased ability to:

• relax,
• greater energy
• enthusiasm for life
• improved self-esteem
• increased ability to cope more effectively with stressful situations.

Reduce your cost of:

• job turnover
• replacing an average employee today cost between $3000 and $13000.
• accidents on the job
• workers’ compensation claims
• medical and legal fees
• absenteeism
• diminished productivity
• direct medical, legal, and insurance costs

Be one step ahead and allow yourself and your corporation to benefit from this Yoga wellness program. Sign up today!

Contact Silvia

Your instructor Silvia Stoffer is a Registered Yoga Teacher certified by Integrative Yoga Therapy
Group and Private Classes Available

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