The Advantages of a Meditative Space in the Workplace

Reduced Employee Stress

• Meditation may help reduce your employees' stress. Offering a dedicated meditation space may encourage employees to proactively manage stress caused by tight deadlines, interactions with co-workers and customers, and long work hours. This may help employees improve focus and productivity and can aid in minimizing tension in your workplace.
  
  

Low-Cost Benefit

• Employers in competitive markets commonly struggle to find benefits to offer employees without dramatically increasing business costs. Traditional benefits, such as matching retirement-plan contributions and health insurance, may attract talented employees but substantially increase expenses. Providing a meditative space serves as an attractive addition to your company's benefits package but costs your company little aside from the initial cost of decorations, meditation mats and pillows.
  
  

Decreased Absenteeism

• The potential for decreased stress offered by frequent meditation may help improve the body's ability to resist illness and disease, which may translate to decreased absenteeism in your workplace. It may also reduce missed work days triggered by tension and a negative work environment. A reduction in absenteeism may help your team maintain productivity, meet production deadlines and improve overall morale.
  
  

Reduced Turnover

• The health, mental and team benefits offered by providing a meditative space in your workplace may help discourage employees from leaving your company, even if other employers offer higher wages or more robust monetary benefits. A positive, teamwork-oriented environment is typically as important to employees as benefits and wages. Reduced turnover minimizes training hours and helps you build a strong, talented team to grow your business.