Yoga @ work: A plea to Brussels' business leaders

Yes, yoga at work is a great idea! 

It is no news that the work place can be challenging and at times stressful.

Here in Brussels' area, I am afraid, the current economical crisis atmosphere is contributing further to this feeling of burden on worker's shoulder.

This combination can be the source of many health issue, and therefore, sickness leaves: this costs a lot of money to businesses.

Yoga is powerful tool to support businesses.

Yoga can help change the mood of the workers

- Conscious breathing calms down the heart rate

- Yoga fights back pain

- Concentration on bodily sensations drives the mind away from recurrent anxiety

- Yoga poses stimulate the energy flow throughout the body and hence increase individual performance

- And it continues with second hand benefits: colleagues enjoy the company of a blissfully peaceful co-worker.

Yoga can help and it's easy to organise   

You will be surprised how very easy it is to practice Yoga in an office environment:

- no special room required: a meeting room cleared from tables is sufficient (chairs may stay as they can come handy for the practice)

- no heavy equipment (just a few mats)

- you can wear work clothes if they are comfortable

- no need to shower afterwards (according to a male student :' A shirt change and a good deodorant , it does the trick!')

Yoga can help and it's good for the company's face value

In an increasingly competitive environment, product or service excellence is not enough, indeed, customers also take into account  companies corporate and social responsibilities' approach to select long term business partners.

Taking care of your employees' work/life balance can only do good to your image.

Why not start with employee's well-being through yoga?

Yoga can help, but  you do not know any teacher?

Guess what, I do offer yoga lessons for one off seminars or weekly lunch time classes.

It can be stress management modules or traditional yoga practices.

Classes can be designed for  management or for every worker, depending on your objectives.

I can teach classes in English, French, Flemish and German, so just take your pick, or would you prefer Japanese??:

' Shigotoni yoga wa suberashi des!' *

Have I convinced you? Please contact me and I will make you an offer to meet up to your company's needs.

And if you do not like me, well, feel free to find another yoga teacher, but please believe in yoga!

*In Japanese: 'yoga @ work is fabulous!!!'