"Yin Latte Yoga" BiziNet™ Articles

Your place of work should be somewhere you're eager to get to, connect with colleagues and demonstrate your unique skills and expertise. Hopefully you can also head home at a reasonable hour, feeling healthy and fulfilled.

"I have no time!", "I'm busy!", "I'm in a rush, I need to run now!"
All these are common laments I often hear. In silent protest, a voice in my own head wants to respond, "Oh dear! Please slow down. Take three deep breaths."

The State of Workplace Mental Health in Australia report surveyed 1,041 employees (a mix of lower management and other employees), it revealed that "one in five Australians (21%) have taken time off work in the past 12 months because they felt stressed, anxious, depressed or mentally unhealthy".

Can we reduce stress and anxiety with conscious breathing?

The minute we are born into this world, we start breathing, until our last breath before death. Breathing is an automatic function of our body. In other words - it keeps us alive whether we are conscious about it or not.

Step back, embrace and enjoy the moment.

Do you allow yourself Do just that?

Even as a yoga practitioner, I am still catching myself not synchronizing my thought well with the fundamental principal of yoga which is being presence. It is such a challenging mindset to master.