In order to create a supportive and healthy work environment for all, Cosmos Group has hosted Dhaka Flow, the country’s pioneering yoga and wellness platform, to conduct a workshop for its staff members at Cosmos Center.

The wellness workshop, facilitated by an energetic team of Dhaka Flow, took place from 10 am to 12 pm on Sunday at the Padma Conference Hall, Cosmos Center, Malibagh in the capital.

Yogini, activist and writer Shazia Omar, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder at Dhaka Flow, and Srabonti Ali, MSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Mental Health Counselor, Lighthouse Therapy BD, conducted two enlightening and energizing sessions at the workshop, enthusiastically participated by the Cosmos Group staff. Dhaka Flow Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Tahsin N Choudhury, was also present at the workshop.

Masud Jamil Khan, Deputy Managing Director of Cosmos Group, and Honorary Consul of Ireland in Bangladesh; Nahar Khan, Executive Director at the Cosmos Foundation and Gallery Cosmos, Executive Editor at United News of Bangladesh (UNB) and Vice President of the Cosmos Group; Shawkat Hossain, Vice President at Cosmos Group; Farid Hossain, Editor of UNB; and other officials and staff members of Cosmos Group joined the two-hour workshop.

After the Introductory Icebreaking session, Shazia Omar facilitated ‘Tips to Stay Healthy at Work’ and shared her valuable insights regarding well-being in the workplace. She conducted a wellness assessment of the participating staff and shared some powerful health hacks while orchestrating activities such as calming breath and visualisation, short yoga-based exercises during busy days such as stretching and emphasized the importance of proper nutrition and sleep.

This was followed by another informative workshop titled 'Tips on Office Safety' by Srabonti Ali, followed by an engaging group discussion-based exercise in which all attendees participated and contributed their valuable views and opinions.

Sharing her insights, Nahar Khan said: “Ensuring a conducive working environment where our employees can cultivate a culture of wellness is a priority to us. We want to promote growth, compassion for one another and healthy habits in the workplace. We look forward to more workshops with Dhaka Flow in the future.”

“On behalf of our management team, I want to express our commitment to ensuring a healthy working environment and organisational culture for collective success.”

UNB Editor and the country’s eminent journalist Farid Hossain thanked Cosmos Group management and the Dhaka Flow team for organising the workshop, saying: “I have been a founding team member of UNB and explored other media organisations later in my career, yet I returned to this place because I always found that the management is cordial to its staff. We often face different levels of stress in our workplaces, and engaging workshops like this can motivate the employees to perform their best.”

Tahsin N Choudhury, Dhaka Flow Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) commended UNB for the partnership and applauded the organization's appreciation of the significance of its employees' well-being. “Focusing on the World Health and Safety at Work Day on April 28, we have conducted this workshop at Cosmos in collaboration with Lighthouse Therapy. We covered how the employees can work on stress management, provided the hacks to overcome adversities and challenges, and discussed some of the measures that workplaces and employers can take to improve the health and safety of the employees - and we thank Cosmos Group for this healthy collaboration.”