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New Delhi: The Ministry of AYUSH has developed a yoga protocol that can integrate seamlessly with the work routine and help professionals de-stress and re-focus.
The five-minute protocol, including asanas, pranayama and meditation, will be available through an app, which will be launched by AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday.
A ministry official said the yoga protocol can be seamlessly and seamlessly integrated with the work routine and helps professionals to refresh, de-stress and re-focus.
“The protocol has been prepared based on an in-depth and evaluated research and multiple studies….Many yoga experts and researchers have effectively used modern technology to bring yoga to corporate employees…and within five minutes, many years can be availed of,” the official said.
Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), an autonomous body under the Ministry of AYUSH, and several other prestigious institutions such as Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram-Chennai, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute-Belur Math, NIMHANS-Bangalore and Kaivalyadham Health and Yoga Research Center -Lonavala has played a major role in developing this app named ‘Y-Break’.
It will be available on both iOS and Android platforms.
According to yoga experts, the occupational hazards of prolonged sitting and sedentary work life have significantly changed the working habits of professionals, leaving them in the trap of stress. It affects not only their physical health but also their mental health.
It has been observed that corporate professionals often experience stress which negatively affects their work productivity.
The five-minute protocol aims to introduce people to yoga at the workplace. It promotes the idea of a five-minute break from the work schedule to practice yoga to refresh, de-stress, and re-focus.
The official said the protocol includes stretching exercises like Tadasana and Kati.
To ascertain the effectiveness of the protocol, a pilot study was conducted on a sample size of 717 participants aged 18 years and above in six major metro cities.
The fifteen-day trials were conducted by Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga in collaboration with six leading yoga institutes of the country, in which participants from various private and government bodies participated.
The participants were selected keeping in mind various problems such as low back pain, headache, anger and stress.
The study showed positive results. Encouraging results were reported by all the participating establishments. It is also believed that yoga breaks at workplace enable one to fully relax and free the practitioners physically and mentally which often enhances intuition and creativity.
“The asanas help open up the chest cavity, improve lung capacity and enhance cardiopulmonary function, thereby sustaining physical activity for a longer period of time,” said MDNIY director Ishwar V Basavaradi.
“Nadi Shodhana Pranayama balances the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. Bhramari Pranayama facilitates the production and release of Nitric Oxide (NO) which helps in reducing stress and helps with blood pressure by dilating the arteries, Improves blood circulation and maintains oxygen supply to the heart. Meditation helps in maintaining focus and concentration and also helps in reducing anxiety, fatigue and depression,” Basavaradi said.
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