Adopting and promoting the short duration Protocol (Y-Break) for people at work place – Yoga at Chair: DOPT
Adopting and promoting the short duration Protocol (Y-Break) for people at work place – Yoga at Chair: DOPT OM dated 12.06.2023
No. 32/09/2023-Welfare
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Welfare Division
Room No.385, 3rd Floor
Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi
Dated 12 June, 2023
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Adopting and promoting the short duration Protocol (Y-Break) for people at work place – Yoga at Chair – regarding.
Y Break at workplace was introduced by Ministry of Ayush with an aim to get De-stressed, Refreshed and Re-focused at the workplace. The feedback of the protocol has been very encouraging. Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, Ministry of Ayush, has added new features for the officials who owing to their busy schedule, cannot go out and practice Yoga. The officials can now benefit themselves while sitting in their office chair by practicing a short duration Yoga protocol namely Y Break@Workplace – Yoga at Chair to refresh, de-stress and refocus (available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lqQQ3yUjnyM, https://youtu.be/2zBEUqc7nCc https://youtu.be/aqYJR8HnSJI, https://youtu.be/I8YBnxWjHbg, and also at the Yoga portal: https://yoga.ayush.gov.in/Y-Break/)
2. In order to spread awareness about short duration Yoga protocol namely Y Break@Workplace – Yoga at Chair, all Ministries/Departments of Government of India are requested for wide dissemination of above development (link shared above) amongst their employees including employees of attached and subordinate under their control.
(Sandeep Saxena)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
To
All Ministries/Departments (Through DoPT’s website.)
Source: DOPT

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