What is Stress?
Stress is experienced when there are demands on you, which threaten or exceed
your coping responses and resources. In addition, the Neuro hormones released
when you are greatly under stress weakens immunity, potentially damages
cognitive ability, increases fatigue, depression, anger and opens the body
to all types of infections. This makes way for a variety of diseases and
thus a viscous circle begins.
Though the human body is equipped to deal
with stress, if the stress response is activated too often, it can make
you ill on the
mental, emotional, behavioral and / or physical level .Thus
seriously impairing the quality of your life .And mind you, when you
strain your
body everyday without any holistic rest, the risk of breakdown
grows tenfold. Yet people do not realize how damaging stress can be,
until it's too late!
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What are the symptoms of stress?
Stress affects every level of human existence-physical, mental
and emotional.
Physical Symptoms: Chronic Fatigue, Regular back pains, High blood pressure, Heart diseases, Ulcers, Diabetes, Gastrointestinal/Sleep/Respiratory/Skin/Eating-disorders, Increased smoking/alcohol /tea/coffee consumption, Headaches/Migraines, Palpitations, Excessive sweating, Sexual dysfunctions, etc
Mental Symptoms: Lack of concentration, Confusion, Forgetfulness, Low self-esteem, Self-criticism, Poor self-control, Social withdrawal, Errors of judgment, Pre-occupation with thoughts, etc
Emotional Symptoms: Anger, Irritability, Anxiety, Depression, Unhappiness,
Detachment/ Withdrawal, etc |
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What are the effects of stress at work-place?
Stress in an organization results in:
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- Rising attrition rate
- Increase in absenteeism
- Increase in medical complaints
- Loss of competitive edge
- Customer complaints
- Organizational incoherence
- Decreased efficiency, productivity and
poor timekeeping
- Lack of involvement & innovation
- Resistance to change
- Interpersonal problems and grievances
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| And mind you, stress can get contagious. It is stressful to work
with someone who is stressed! |
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What is the role of an employer in dealing with wellness
and stress of employees?
The essence of professional satisfaction not only lies in understanding
the employees' monetary needs, but also the employees' latent needs
like mental, emotional and spiritual. Indeed, a successful organization
will benefit from a corporate philosophy driven by these values. |
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| Consistent practice of our de-stress tools help employees
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- Deep relaxation and reduction in stress levels
- Handling stress
and enhancing their ability to work under pressure
- Developing
tranquility, greater mental poise, self-esteem, confidence,
optimism
- Improving concentration, listening and recall
- Enhancing performance
and delivery
- Team building and leadership skills
- Increasing employee's professional
satisfaction
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What is Karoshi?
Karoshi is a Japanese term, meaning "death from overwork" at workplace
due to stress. The major medical causes of Karoshi deaths are heart attack and
stroke. Incidentally, Karoshi lawsuits have been on the rise in Japan. |
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What is the significance of
the name MetroNirvana?
Optimum wellness is achieved when the body, mind and emotions are in harmony
which leads to a state of supreme freedom --NIRVANA. Hence, the name MetroNirvana,
taking in to consideration nirvana for the metropolitan stressed person. However,
for us nirvana is not a priority; coping with stress, and increasing productivity. |
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What are the eastern techniques that are used for
de-stress?
Restorative and Cardio Yoga, Pranayam (breath works), Meditation, Whole Body
Relaxation, Spiritual Reflections. |
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What are the western techniques that are used for relaxation?
Creative Visualization, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Music therapy, Aromatherapy,
Dance therapy, Cathartic Writing, Stress-relief games, Self-actualization exercises,
Counseling. |
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How can Yoga postures help de-stress?
MetroNirvana introduces its participants to Restorative yoga and stretches which
are gentle processes that requires very little movement and allow you to breathe
fully and relax completely. Restorative yoga helps remove the strain and tiredness
in the body and instill vigor and vitality in a person by clearing the mind
and restoring energy levels. In fact the clinical precision of this yoga is
extraordinary, yet this yoga is simple and can be done at workstations with
ease. Our 8 week content has been structured and categorized so as to allow
a beginner to progress surely and safely from basic postures to advance postures
as they gain flexibility, strength and sensitivity in mind, body and spirit.
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What is the importance of Pranayam and Breath-works?
Breath is the bridge between body and emotions. By regulating the breath, you
can shift from the state of being upset, fearful and angry to a calm, centered
and balanced state. MetroNirvana's simple breathing exercises that can be practiced
at the workstations, help in controlling workplace stress, fatigue-factors,
distractions and irritations. |
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How can Meditation help combat stress?
Meditation is a way to slow down, chill out and achieve mind-full relaxation.
Meditation quiets the mental chatter which eases the effects of stress, energizes
the mind and helps figure out how to make your busy life less complicated.
Mainstream medicine today recognizes that meditation builds immunity, helps
cure insomnia, high BP, asthma, and other psychosomatic disorders. Our meditation
techniques are surprisingly simple and designed for the corporate. They can
be practiced on your own, at work, at your own pace. The silence of meditation
helps your executive lay the foundation for better decision-making and communication. |
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What is Creative Visualization?
Creative Visualization or Guided Imagery is a relaxing mental journey using body
awareness, words, music and multi-sensory imagination. This powerful de-stress
technique is a blend of progressive relaxation, autogenic training and bio-feedback
relaxation. Using this, we guide the participants into a space of deep silence,
stillness and relaxation. It is an excellent self-suggestion tool, which is
used to change negative situations to positive experiences through desensitization.
It also helps control anxiety symptoms before meetings and presentations, and
aids in weight-loss and quit smoking among other things. |
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How does Aromatherapy help in stress reduction?
Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils for curative and rejuvenating effects.
This simple therapy has been used for centuries to reduce stress and tension,
refresh and invigorate the body, soothe emotions, and clear the mind. When
inhaled the aroma directly affects the limbic area of the brain that is related
to emotions and memories which in turn helps to bring about deeper relaxation,
relieves aches and pains and encourages blood circulation. |
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How can Music be used to de-stress?
MetroNirvana uses classical, meditative, and new age transformative music including
mellifluous sounds from nature in its sessions to perforate your stress blocks
and induce a state of relaxation and peace. This Music therapy also acts on
your cellular level as a remedy for bodily diseases and other medical benefits. |
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What is the role of Dance therapy in reducing Stress?
This therapy is both playful and profoundly healing as it allows you to explore
the different parts of your psyche and heart in a safe and fun way. Dance therapy
helps to release pent-up feelings through movement. |
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What is SQ?
Just like we have IQ and EQ, similarly SQ stands for spiritual quotient which
is the depth of spirituality that a person possesses. Successful companies
give tremendous importance to the principles of spiritual quotient. Individuals
and groups who possess high spiritual quotient are most likely to break established
norms, barriers and bring about positive radical changes fearlessly, which
help leaders to turn visionaries. Over the past decade, researchers have been
conducting studies, trying to scientifically measure the positive effects of
faith and spirituality on health. |
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What role does spirituality
play in MetroNirvana programs?
Our approach to spirituality is in a non-traditional form, using reflection,
dialogues, and mindful sitting. These spiritual sittings help to balance the
spirit of the organization with the needs of the employee by restoring organizational
commitment, loyalty and raising productivity & creativity. In these sessions
we talk holistically on topics like leadership by example, self-confidence,
openness to change, living authentically , responsibility, courage, creativity,
faith, corporate governance, ethical and societal obligations, team building,
etc |
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What is the role of Corporate Group counseling in tackling
stress?
Our Transpersonal Group Counseling is designed to address specific
problems like relationships, handling pressure among other stress inducing
factors. Most groups include holistic education and skill-building
as well as interaction with the other group members. Based on the corporate
requirements and client needs we work out suitable topics and schedule
these groups using transpersonal processes like guided visualizations,
physical movement therapy, Psycho drama, and discussions, to obtain
this objective. |
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Why go in for individual counseling?
Some extreme stressors like domestic violence, unsafe work or
home environment, other negative experiences and relationship crises
don't have easy solutions. Hence individual counseling in such cases
helps tremendously. We assist our individual clients to transcend
their unhealthy and stressful lifestyle and get on with the adventure
of a happy and fulfilling life. |
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What is the duration of each program?
The duration of each PowerJuventation session is between 60 minutes and 3 hours.
Each session offers a combination of eastern-western, mind-body-soul therapies
that can be customized to the clients’ needs. |
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Where will the classes be conducted?
The programs are conducted preferably in the company premises or an off-site
location. |
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