Why You Should Meditate for Work?
Meditation is a technique designed to provide mental clarity and focus by training your mind and developing your concentration. A consistent meditation practice can help you improve in many areas of your life, including being more productive at work. Whether you’re working at the office or working from home, the benefits of meditation are innumerable to improve your attention span and health.
In the 1970s, a Harvard University Medical School researcher found that a significant benefit of meditation is the “relaxation response,” which is the ability for your body to release chemicals and brain signals that increase blood flow to the brain and slows organ activity. The relaxation response could be extremely beneficial if you meditate at work.
Recent studies show that companies save $4.58 for every $1 spent on wellness, especially for those who meditate at work, according to Meditation.Works. Additionally, researchers have found that meditating 15 minutes per day will reduce stress levels by 40%. Other benefits include reduced employee absenteeism, greater cognitive function, and improved productivity, along with many other benefits.
Even a daily 5-minute meditation practice - as simple as sitting and concentration on your breath - can yield huge benefits in the workplace.
DECREASED STRESS
Lower your anxiety and worry. We all want that at work, don't we?
IMPROVED FOCUS
Less thoughts rattling around in your head, better ability ability to concentrate and stay on task, more productive.
BALANCED DECISION MAKING
Do you make better decisions when you're calm and thinking clearly, or when you're stressed, anxious, and have a million thoughts running through your mind?
CLEARER COMMUNICATION and STRONGER COLLABORATION
Meditation helps reduce reactivity (e.g., not respond out of anger, stress, fear) and respond to other with greater empathy (e.g., be more open and less combative).
North Americans have adopted meditation and mindfulness because it can improve work performance, personal relationships, and health. In an average 9-to-5 work day, just 5 minutes of deep breathing, reflection, and tension release can work to decrease stress levels and increase overall productivity