Stress-related absence in the workplace now costs UK employers around £11 billion a year. Many companies are wising up to the fact that actively taking care of their staff can boost morale and productivity. Companies such as Google, Deutsche Bank and British Gas offer employees benefits including in house massage, yoga classes and guided meditation. Perhaps it's time you sidled up to the health and safety manager and asked for a piece of the action ...
Footse
Reflexology by an expert team who come to you and ensure you and your colleagues are walking on air in no time. Sessions last between 15 and 30 minutes and foot baths are provided for a pre-reflexology wash.
Inner Space office meditation
Inner Space offer group guided meditation in the office. It takes 30 minutes and is led by an Inner Space meditation facilitator. All they need is a meeting room to work their meditative magic.
Office Massage
Provide Indian head massage and acupressure in the workplace in their specially designed chairs, which they bring along with them. It's a fully-clothed massage, so there is no chance of colleagues catching you out in your smalls.
The Spiral Tree
Focused relaxation seminars provide an informative and practical introduction to stress management and effective relaxation tools. Group size is kept to a maximum of 14 participants, so that each individual receives the personal attention and instruction needed. This is a one day course conducted on-site.
Reiki Visions
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that is also said to promote healing. It is based on the idea that an unseen life force energy flows through us and that blockages occur to the flow of this energy when we are stressed. Reiki Visions come to the workplace and conduct 15 to 20 minute sessions in a quiet room.
Group laughter therapy
Not everybody's cup of tea, because of the cringe factor, but more and more scientific research suggests that laughter helps to counteract the stress hormone, cortisol, and helps boost the immune system. An office laughter workshop may be just the thing to relieve workplace stress and, who knows, you may end up seeing your sour-faced colleagues in a new light.
