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Yoga For Productivity

The biggest financial & productivity cost to any business are staff sick days.

In Queensland alone the average SMEs productivity loss for 2018 due to 'sick leave' was a staggering $20,510.

Sitting over a computer all day does nothing for your energy & productivity levels, manual work & labour takes it toll physically, and Queensland being in the woest drought for decades is creating a lot more worry and stress for individuals and families putting their mental health in serious danger.

As an employer you want your team to be on the ball, engaged, enthusiastic and productive. It's what you pay them for right? As an employee you want to feel valued, cared for and that you matter. Because you are not paid enough to spend every day listening to Karen talk about whether she should leave her 'good for nothing boyfriend', -it's been three years now. And this can be where managment and staff colide and the commoradery craved by both sides fail.

Every workplace and has its own pressures; deadlines, targets, sales, forcasts. You answer calls, drive miles, build relationships, build buildings, build brands and build egos. You tap away at your keybaord, hammer away on site, shout demands down the phone to support your business, your colleagues and your families.

Sometimes the daily-grind grinds us down and all becomes too much at all levels - this is where it pays to take time out. And what is better than your staff taking time off sick? Taking time out together as a TEAM doing something that will bring the team together and benefit everyones health and wellbeing, body and mind.

Companies in the USA spend about $14,000 per employee on medically related productivity costs annually.

But companies that offer yoga and other wellness program benefits greatly reduce their health insurance premiums and increase their bottom line. But it is not just the likes of multi-nationals getting on board; pro sports teams, Forbes, GE, Apple, Google, GM, Chase Manhattan Bank, HBO, GM, Industrial Light & Magic and Nike, small to medium business are waking up to the 'wellness in the workplace'. Yoga reallt can help all companies, large and small—just as it can help all people, no matter their age, current health situation or level of flexibility.

The most popular age group (43%) of people taking up yoga are 30-49 year olds - prime working age, with the primary reason being flexibility and secondary stress relief.

No matter your working style/ environment our bodies experience pain of some kind and some time - sitting, driving, standing, bending over... and then back to the previous aformatoned demands of a job along with personal/family issues creating stress and anxiety. So the stats makes sense.

YOGA FOR YOUR WORK FORCE HELPS:

Increases Energy/Reduces Fatigue

Alleviates Physical Ailments

Relieves Stress

Improves Concentration & Focus

Helps with Creativity

Increases Positivity/Morale

But aside from the actual practice of yoga itself, what is more impressive is the additional health awareness that comes to participents once they start that hasa knock on effect to their overall health impacting their energy, mind clarity and therefore productivity and attendence.

• 75% OF YOGA PRACTITIONERS UNDRTAKE OTHER FORMS OF SPORT + EXERCISE.

• 48% OF YOGA PRACTITIONERS SAY THAT THEY START TO EAT A HEALTHIER DIET AND ARE MORE CONSCIOUS OF THEY THEY CONSUME - CUTTING DOWN ON SUGAR, JUNK FOODS, PROCESSED FOODS AND ALCOHOL.

• 59% OF YOGA PRACTITIONERS REPORT OF BETTER QUALITY OF SLEEP.

So if you ever thought yoga wasn't for you or your team mates, maybe it is time to think again. We have partnered with a number of Gundy businesses already who take the health & mental health of their staff seriously and we absolutely LOVE that and want to encourage more of it.

If you are interested in improving the morale, productivity and wellbei9ng of your staff and want to discuss booking a private corporate class send us a message and we would love to make it work for you, either in our studio or at your office at a time that best suits your team.

Email us : floyoga.aus@gmail.com

With 2020 upon us, there is no better time to make it a healther, weathier new year.

Ask yourself...

Can you afford to be without your staff?

We are proud to have worked with (L-R) : USA Hawks International Rugby League Team, Goondiwindi High School Teachers, Goondiwindi Regional Council Library Staff, Dental On Bowen Denta Staff, Queensland Cotton (Olam Co.), USA 9s Rugby League.