Holistic approach to reduce stress

Indian Embassy in Bahrain yesterday launched a new yoga initiative aimed at bringing wellness into workplaces to help workers deal with dayto-day stress.  The new initiative, a yoga-based approach is organised by the Indian embassy in association with the Art of Living and ICRF. Explaining, Alok Kumar Sinha, the Indian Ambassador told Tribune, “The new project comes as a continuation of our efforts to enhance outreach with Indian Community members here as well as with the different sections of individuals and groups in the Kingdom.”

“Apart from having a 24x7 helpline, we have started a new programme for the labourers to come to the embassy every Friday which also coincides with our open house.” The move, the Ambassador said, will help not only address their concerns but also allows us to spend time with them. “In the coming months, we will be developing our interactive session to assist them more effectively.” “Initially, we hope to start with 200 to 300 workers every month and as we move forward we would try to engage more and more workers.

“Moreover, the Art of Living and ICRF have agreed to work with us, as they have been actively working with the Indian workforce where we will jointly help them deal with their difficulties,” Alok Sinha said.    According to Mehru Vesuvala, the General Secretary of ICRF, most of the workers and the labourers in the Kingdom are facing a lot of financial troubles which lead to problems like stress and depression. “We have also observed that the increasing number of suicides are due to the financial problems.

“Thus to tackle the increasing number of suicide and the problems among workers, we are taking a much more holistic approach to further help them before they take a hard and fast decision.”