How Learning Mindfulness Online Benefits Your Wellbeing
Work-related stress contributes to poor mental and physical health, and it’s the main reason that employees take time off. The demands on employees are higher than they ever have been, and working harder for longer and balancing this with a busy family life has pushed many people to breaking point.
Many workplaces are highly pressured environments, where people rush around on autopilot, surviving instead of thriving.
Mindfulness in the workplace-The benefits
But some businesses are starting to realise that they need to focus on workforce wellbeing and find ways to help employees deal with pressures, largely because an unhappy, stressed out workforce is not a productive one, and it affects their bottom line.
Mindfulness teaches people to stop living on autopilot, be less reactive, and to be more focused and resilient. Employees who can better deal with stress and be more focused are happier and more productive, and this can benefit the entire organisation.
Mindfulness benefits for employees
Learning mindfulness can help you to:
- Understand your thoughts and handle your emotions better
- Develop self-care strategies that will improve both your physical and mental health
- See your problems differently and take a different approach when dealing with them
- Focus and concentrate better
- Build and maintain positive relationships with family, friends, and colleagues
- Introduce mindfulness-based approaches into your personal and professional life
‘But I don’t have time to learn mindfulness!’
This is the first thing that many people think or say when learning mindfulness is suggested to them. A convenient and flexible way to learn mindfulness skills is by completing some e-learning. Learning mindfulness online is:
- Flexible: there’s no need to attend a class in person so it easily fits in around your other commitments.
- Cheaper: there’s no need to travel so you save on the cost of travelling to and from your course.
- An investment: once you learn the practical techniques, you’ll be able to use those, and access your course materials, for life.
Mindfulness E-learning: The importance of qualified support
Even though learning mindfulness via e-learning is a good introduction, you really need the support of a qualified teacher to fully benefit from it.
When you enrol on my 10-week Living and Working Mindfully course, you’ll have weekly telephone contact with a qualified and experienced mindfulness teacher and mentor who will guide you through the programme. There’s also telephone and email support available between sessions. Having the support of a qualified and experienced teacher will help you develop the awareness, understanding, and skills you’ll need to be more mindful day to day, both at home and at work.