Nurture Your Employees’ Well-Being from The Inside Out

Managing our stress isn’t often a priority for most businesses, which are too busy in planning, running, and scaling their businesses.

Employees could accumulate to an amount of stress our bodies aren’t capable of handling all at once. Adrenaline & cortisol flood the body on a daily basis to keep you going. However, over time these hormones eventually wear out on our nervous system making us exhausted and foggy-brained.

If you could increase the brainpower of your employees, what do you think it would accomplish in your organization?

If you could decrease the anxiety and stress of your employees that come from the pressure of working in this unpredictable time in history, so they could be more productive and affect your bottom line without getting burned out, would that be worth it to your company?

There is a simple, but definitely not an easy, tool to accomplish the relaxed & focused state. It’s called meditation. “Meditation proved to influence the brain’s neurotransmitters, enhancing one’s cognitive abilities, which resulted in increased focus, and productivity” – Sage Journal

Forbes said, “By incorporating meditation into their lives, companies are contributing to a higher standard of consciousness that leads to higher levels of awareness, compassion, and productivity, plus lower levels of stress, anxiety, and chaos”.

The HABIT of meditation practice is what’s going to rewire your brain to a state of calm focus.

And speaking of the brain, Research has found that people spend 46.9% of their day in what’s called a DEFAULT MODE NETWORK which is an area in our brain that lights up when we are thinking about the PAST or the FUTURE instead of focusing on the HERE and NOW, also known as MIND-WANDERING.

Interestingly enough this mind-wandering seems to have a negative impact on HAPPINESS.

“A wandering mind is an unhappy mind” Dan Gilbert

If only there was a proven way to STOP our brains from being in this DEFAULT MODE on mind-wandering.

And THERE IS! You guessed it, it’s meditation! Not only does meditation help you tap into the HERE and NOW at the moment, but it has also been found to have a long-term impact on your life. The effects of meditation go beyond the moment of your meditation practice; they are changing your default patterns throughout the day.

One way to get started is to infuse weekly yoga and meditation sessions for your team. This way it’s set on the calendar and your team is committed to making this practice a habit to reap all of its benefits.

Now if your objection is “We don’t have the budget to dedicate to this”, then ask yourself this “Do you have enough money to dedicate to costs associated with sick employees, absenteeism & increased turnover?” Preventative care is always going to save you more money than chronic illness care. Plus you and your team will feel more clear, focused & sharp for your projects, not to mention they will feel taken care of by their employer and more likely to go above & beyond on their responsibilities.

Summary: If you want your employees to be working at their best, productive & happy selves, you’ll need to nurture their wellbeing from the inside out by offering them consistent weekly yoga & meditation sessions. Growing a successful business is much easier when you are in a state of focused calm.

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Masha is the founder of Vibrant Yoga – a Chicagoland wellness company that offers on-site and virtual yoga & meditation sessions as well nutrition & lifestyle workshops for businesses and their employees.

“We support you in creating an environment for your employees to move their bodies and de-stress, resulting in reduced burnout, sick time and increased morale, engagement, and productivity”