Open AccessPsychological benefits of yoga in industrial workers
Author(s) -
Pookala Shivaram Bhat,
Vishal Chopra,
Sureskkumar Ghisulal Mehta,
Kalpana Srivastava,
S. Ashok Kumar,
Jyoti Prakash
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.119592
Subject(s) - evening , morning , duty , psychology , physical therapy , medicine , clinical psychology , philosophy , physics , theology , astronomy
The industrial workers are exposed to stress and strain due to the tough nature of their duties. There is a need to incorporate simple, cost effective, and easily implementable measures in the industries to tackle this menace of stress. Yoga has been considered a suitable candidate for this job. Hence this study was undertaken to evaluate the psychological benefits of yoga in workers.