Recent estimates suggest that more than half of all illness is the result of stress. The American Institute of Stress estimates that employee stress costs American businesses more than $300 billion per year. This amounts to thousands of dollars per employee.

 

It seems that an effective stress program is not only a useful employee wellness program idea. It is an essential pillar. The quickest way to topple a stack of building blocks is to take out the bottom block. Stress seems to be the bottom block.

 

How do you choose an effective employee stress solution? Do you hire a speaker to give employees a few ideas and pointers such as prioritize, don't sweat the small stuff, try these two relaxation techniques, take some time out for yourself, etc? Sure, this can be effective. However, a few motivational tips and employee wellness ideas will not catalyze a deep reduction of stress in your workplace.

 

Here are some ideas for what to look for in a stress reduction solution for your wellness program:

 

1.  Versatile: Each employee is unique and has a unique route to deep, rejuvenating relaxation. Employees come from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, etc. You must find an employee stress program that allows employees to develop their unique and optimum strategies for stress reduction.

 

2. Realistic for busy people: Employees are bombarded with wellness ideas all the time. How many feel they have the time to implement all these ideas? Sure, you can take time out to meditate or to engage in breathing exercises. A good employee stress program trains an employee to effectively work his/her unique stress strategy into his/her busy schedule.

 

3. Makes self discipline easier: A lot of people cannot relax because they feel like they lack self discipline. Many try and eventually give up. With a proper customized stress strategy, this issue is taken care of. When an employee is compatible with every aspect of his or her stress strategy, the whole process becomes natural. Stress melts away while the employee engages in non-time-intrusive activities which he/she enjoys doing anyway.

 

4. Incorporates the above mentioned features plus meditation: Meditation is neither a religion nor a philosophy. It's an experience of being deeply absorbed in the present moment while being able to accept emotions, thoughts, sensations and other experiences as they arise. Meditation can be as secular or religious as the practitioner. No coping strategy is complete without the rejuvenating fuel that meditation provides. Science shows that employee productivity and health and stress relief all skyrocket with even just 5-20 minutes of meditation per day. There are lots of resources on the internet. However, not everyone knows how to choose their most compatible technique.

 

If you're looking for effective employee wellness program ideas which have longlasting effects, then you must have an employee stress program that contains the above elements. Otherwise, the longevity of home participation will be low.

 

In his workplace programs, Tom Von Deck offers "absolutely foolproof relaxation for busy people". Employees learn a handful of meditation techniques plus ideas on how to effectively customize their techniques and reap profound benefits on only 5 minutes per day. The stress strategy training enables the employee to customize his/her entire stress strategy so that deep relaxation becomes a much easier process for any lifestyle, time schedule or religious background.

 

When you emplement your optimum stress strategy plus your optimum meditation technique, you create a powerful momentum behind the scenes which melts away stress without taking up prescious time. The momentum occurs behind the scenes (below the level of consciousness) and creeps up on you until you discover that deep relaxation in this very moment comes easily.

 

Tom Von Deck is the author of Oceanic Mind - The Deeper Meditation Training Course (Standard and Employee Wellness Edition) and the Deeper Meditation Audio Course. His corporate stress seminars and home study training products are available worldwide with special discounts for Arizona businesses.

 

All programs work around your schedule. There are one hour programs that can be slipped in before work, after work or during luch at your workplace. There are also half day and quarter day seminars. The complete program can either be a half day or a series of 4-6 one hour seminars. It's up to you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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