Yoga reduces job burnout and stress: Study

Making yoga a part of the daily lifestyle significantly reduces job burnout and stress, a study conducted on industry executives has found.

The study was conducted on 84 executives of Grasim Industries Ltd, a flagship company of Aditya Birla Group, based in Bharuch, by IAS officer and Principal Secretary, Education, Government of Gujarat, Hasmukh Adhia and two other researchers–H R Nagendra and B Mahadevan.

The group of 84 executives was divided into two groups of 42 each. The yoga group was given 30 hours of yoga practice (75 mins every day) and 25 hours of theory lectures on the philosophy of yoga, according to the study published in the quarterly magazine of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) ‘Vikalpa’.