Workplace Wellness Programmes

Each Orbis Workplace Wellness Programme is a five step process which includes

  • identification of the workplace needs (using current data, other validated data and assessments);
  • analysis of this data;
  • provision of a detailed report back;
  • development of tailored health and stress management programmes; and
  • implementation of the programme and coaching by the Orbis team to assist in ensuring optimum results.

There are three levels of programme available to cater to different individual or team requirements within your organisation

  • Balanced performance programme
  • Optimum performance programme
  • Effortless mastery programme


Balanced Performance Programme

Effective performance, based on a stable, even, poised state of mind and body, is the key to productivity, health and happiness for both the individual and company.

The Balanced Performance Programme focuses on establishing inner balance as the foundation for outer balance and success in all areas of life.

This natural balance is know as “homeostasis” in modern medicine – the built in tendency of your body to return to a state of equilibrium and health when temporarily thrown off balance by stress, behavioural choices or illness. Restoring this inner or natural balance is key to keeping you free from discomfort and restoring or maintaining effectiveness and success.

The Balanced Performance Programme incorporates:

  • Comprehensive Medical Assessment. This examination covers a full physical examination by an Orbis Medical Doctor. It includes a full history questionnaire, and a full physical examination including the cardiovascular, respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. As well, a coronary risk factor screening providing full blood count, fasting glucose, fasting cholesterol, lipids, renal, liver and thyroid function will be undertaken. Other examinations and pathology testings are recommended as appropriate, for example a 12 lead ECG Stress Test. A full report of the findings is provided.
  • Maharishi Vedic Medicine Assessment. This provides a comprehensive assessment by an Orbis Maharishi Vedic Medicine Specialist. There is a questionnaire detailing daily routines, dietary and lifestyle preferences, needs of your current body type, medical history, exercise profile and stress indicators. Examinations include pulse analysis – which is a unique sophisticated Vedic Medicine diagnostic technique giving assessment of current symptoms of imbalance and fitness recommendations for helping you maintain or restore balance to the mind and body. For serious illness we recommend you adopt our programme alongside your doctor’s. Your progress can be monitored by both Orbis Lifecare and your Doctor.
  • Stress Profile Assessment. The Vedic system of personality and behaviour analysis provides valuable insight into how to maximise your stress tolerance. It provides an assessment of your unique stress profile and your current needs. It also provides an effective stress action plan, natural and specific to the individual.
  • Lifecare Coaching Sessions. To ensure optimum results, it is important to incorporate a follow-up programme to assist individuals commence the programme and keep on track.

Time, planning and programme requirements

  1. Initial assessment visit including Medical Assessment, Vedic Assessment and Stress Profile Assessment. 1.5 hours.
  2. Report on findings and programme design consultations. Includes Medical, Vedic and Stress Profile Programmes. 1.5 hours.
  3. Lifecare Coaching Sessions: 2 weeks and 6 weeks after programme design - with Medical or Vedic Specialist 45 minutes per session.
  4. There is a pre-screening questionnaire to be completed prior to initial assessments.


Optimum Performance Programme

Optimum performance is based on a stable, even, poised, balanced state of mind and body. Establishing this is the foundation for outer balance and success in all areas of life. It is the key to productivity, health and happiness for both the individual and company.

Optimal or best performance is experienced when a person experiences a healthy mind in a strong, healthy and fit body.

This programme builds on the Balanced Performance Programme by incorporating the Orbis Fitness Check and Tailored Exercise Programme with a Health Promotion and Life Coaching follow-up programme.

Optimum Performance Programme includes:

  • Comprehensive Medical Assessment. This examination covers a full physical examination by an Orbis Medical Doctor. It includes a full history questionnaire, and a full physical examination including the cardiovascular, respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. As well, a coronary risk factor screening providing full blood count, fasting glucose, fasting cholesterol, lipids, renal, liver and thyroid function will be undertaken. Other examinations and pathology testings are recommended as appropriate, for example a 12 lead ECG Stress Test. A full report of the findings is provided.
  • Maharishi Vedic Medicine Assessment. This provides a comprehensive assessment by an Orbis Maharishi Vedic Medicine Specialist. There is a questionnaire detailing daily routines, dietary and lifestyle preferences, needs of your current body type, medical history, exercise profile and stress indicators. Examinations include pulse analysis – which is a unique sophisticated Vedic Medicine diagnostic technique giving assessment of current symptoms of imbalance and fitness recommendations for helping you maintain or restore balance to the mind and body. For serious illness we recommend you adopt our programme alongside your doctor’s. Your progress can be monitored by both Orbis Lifecare and your Doctor.
  • Stress Profile Assessment. The Vedic system of personality and behaviour analysis provides valuable insight into how to maximise your stress tolerance. It provides an assessment of your unique stress profile and your current needs. It also provides an effective stress action plan, natural and specific to the individual.
  • Lifecare Coaching Sessions. To ensure optimum results, it is important to incorporate a follow-up programme to assist individuals commence the programme and keep on track.
  • Orbis Fitness Check and Tailored Exercise Programme. The fitness test includes analysis of your individual need for exercise, the most appropriate form for you and your current level of fitness. It includes assessment of traditional fitness indicators BMI, hip/waist ratio, percentage of body fat, height and weight, lung function test, overall muscular strength and flexibility. The assessment also covers a cardiovascular fitness test unique to Orbis Lifecare. The design of a profile-specific exercise programme tailored to your current fitness needs and goals is included in this test.
  • To optimise results, the Lifecare Coaching Sessions include in depth coaching covering topics such as nutrition, work and life balance, stress management, personal profile analysis, personal training coaching and other topics as required. The health maintenance and prevention oriented system of Maharishi Vedic Medicine identifies key times of vulnerability to illness. Therefore, we also include a Seasonal Health Promotion Programme of visits during the seasonal changes for the first year, to help keep our clients healthy and on track.

Time, planning and programme requirements

  1. Initial assessment visit including Medical Assessment Vedic Assessment and Stress Profile Assessment allow 1.5 hours.
  2. Report on findings and Programme Design Consultations. This includes Medical, Vedic and Stress Profile Programmes. 1.5 hours.
  3. Lifecare Coaching Sessions: 2 weeks and 6 weeks after Programme Design - with Medical or Vedic Specialist. 45 minutes per session
  4. Health Promotion Seasonal Checks – First year programme –during the seasonal changes – September, December, March, and June.
    45 minutes per session.
  5. There is a pre-screening questionnaire to be completed prior to initial assessments


Effortless Mastery Programme

The goal of the Effortless Mastery Programme is to provide the individual with the knowledge, skills and techniques required to develop effortless expertise in the control and command of the mind, body and performance.

To develop high performance, it is critical to harness an individual’s potential for creativity, intelligence and energy. The Orbis Mastery Programme has been developed to assist people harness the power of their mind and to provide the practical skills required to create and maintain a healthy, fit and balanced body and lifestyle.

Effortless Mastery Programme includes:

  • Comprehensive Medical Assessment. This examination covers a full physical examination by an Orbis Medical Doctor. It includes a full history questionnaire, and a full physical examination including the cardiovascular, respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. As well, a coronary risk factor screening providing full blood count, fasting glucose, fasting cholesterol, lipids, renal, liver and thyroid function will be undertaken. Other examinations and pathology testings are vrecommended as appropriate, for example a 12 lead ECG Stress Test. A full report of the findings is provided.
  • Maharishi Vedic Medicine Assessment. This provides a comprehensive assessment by an Orbis Maharishi Vedic Medicine Specialist. There is a questionnaire detailing daily routines, dietary and lifestyle preferences, needs of your current body type, medical history, exercise profile and stress indicators. Examinations include pulse analysis – which is a unique sophisticated Vedic Medicine diagnostic technique giving assessment of current symptoms of imbalance and fitness recommendations for helping you maintain or restore balance to the mind and body. For serious illness we recommend you adopt our programme alongside your doctor’s. Your progress can be monitored by both Orbis Lifecare and your Doctor.
  • Stress Profile Assessment. The Vedic system of personality and behaviour analysis provides valuable insight into how to maximise your stress tolerance. It provides an assessment of your unique stress profile and your current needs. It also provides an effective stress action plan, natural and specific to the individual.
  • Orbis Fitness Check and Tailored Exercise Programme. The fitness test includes analysis of your individual need for exercise, the most appropriate form for you and your current level of fitness. It includes assessment of traditional fitness indicators BMI, hip/waist ratio, percentage of body fat, height and weight, lung function test, overall muscular strength and flexibility. The assessment also covers a cardiovascular fitness test are unique to Orbis Lifecare. The design of a profile-specific exercise programme tailored to your current fitness needs and goals is included in this test.
  • To optimise results, the Lifecare Coaching Sessions include in depth coaching covering topics such as nutrition, work and life balance, stress management, personal profile analysis, personal training coaching and other topics as required. The health maintenance and prevention oriented system of Maharishi Vedic Medicine identifies key times of vulnerability to illness. Therefore, we also include a Seasonal Health Promotion Programme of visits during the seasonal changes for the first year, to help keep our clients healthy and on track.
  • TM Programme. One technique which systematically develops an individual’s potential while helping to balance mind-body and behaviour is Transcendental Meditation (TM). Through TM, the level of fatigue and stress in the individual reduces simultaneously. This mind-body approach has been shown to be highly effective in improving employee health, creativity, and productivity while reducing and eliminating the detrimental effects of stress on employee health and job performance. Orbis utilises the TM Technique in our Effortless Mastery Programme for those who wish to master the skills of perfect balance and effortless high performance.

This programme includes instruction in the Transcendental Meditation Technique including three follow-up personal checks and advanced knowledge sessions and a three day in-residence course for deep rest and maximum reduction in stress and fatigue.

Time, planning and programme requirements

  1. Initial assessment visit including Medical Assessment Vedic Assessment and Stress Profile Assessment 1.5 hours.
  2. Report on findings and Programme Design Consultations. This includes Medical, Vedic and Stress Profile Programmes. 1.5 hours.
  3. Lifecare Coaching Sessions: 2 weeks and 6 weeks after Programme Design - with Medical or Vedic Specialist. 45 minutes per session.
  4. Health Promotion Seasonal Checks – First year programme –during the seasonal changes – September, December, March, and June.
    45 minutes per session.
  5. TM Programme: Introductory presentation 1 hour. Preparatory presentation 1 hour. Personal Instruction 1 hour. On following 3 consecutive days after day of instruction a 2 hour class per day. Over the following three months: 3 personal checks of the technique. Allow 30 minutes per check and 3 advanced knowledge seminars. Allow 2 hours per session. Residential Course for deep experience and release of fatigue. Allow 3 nights and 2.5 days.