MUNICH, GERMANY, December 2, 2005: Yoga instructors are being employed on German trains to help calm stressed out passengers in the run up to Christmas. Commuters will also be treated to massages after railway company Deutsche Bahn said they planned to send physiotherapists to join the yoga teachers. “Supervised yoga and relaxation exercises will help passengers de-stress after work or on weekends, especially in the run up to Christmas when people have to fight their way through crowded shopping districts,” said a DB spokesman. He added that experts would show passengers how to sit properly, where their reflex zones are and how to do relaxing breathing exercises. They will also offer hand and shoulder massages. The project will begin on trains in and around Munich but could be extended to the rest of the country if it proves successful.
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