A 6 metre tall statue of ÔMonkeyÕ, as seen on television, drinking a cup of PG tips Green Tea, crafted from 110,486 fabricated green tea leaves, floats down the River Thames, London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday May 16, 2016. PG tips Green Tea created this statue to highlight a forthcoming ÔGreen PaperÕ , which has identified the presence of green, from workspaces to living room walls, as having a direct impact on boosting positivity and productivity due to the primal association to nature and open spaces. Photo credit should read: Matt Crossick/PA Wire

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    PG Tips Green Tea has today published a ‘green paper’ report that reveals the average person is only able to fully relax for 36 minutes a day – just three hours across the working week. Worryingly, less than half (47 per cent) said they take a proper break every day, with one in ten feeling they never take a break in a typical work day. As many as 30 per cent of those polled feel it has been over six months since they felt fully able to break from work and recharge.

    The research was commissioned by PG tips Green Tea to mark the launch of their campaign to re-energise the nation, encouraging them to take regular breaks from work and life stresses to re-charge. The report analyses the ‘power of green’, a wide-reaching review of well-documented schools of thought highlighting the psychological benefits of the colour green, in a bid to help the nation supercharge their breaks to feel more refreshed.

    A 6 metre tall statue of ÔMonkeyÕ, as seen on television, drinking a cup of PG tips Green Tea, crafted from 110,486 fabricated green tea leaves, floats down the River Thames, London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday May 16, 2016. PG tips Green Tea created this statue to highlight a forthcoming ÔGreen PaperÕ , which has identified the presence of green, from workspaces to living room walls, as having a direct impact on boosting positivity and productivity due to the primal association to nature and open spaces. Photo credit should read: Matt Crossick/PA Wire

    Highlighted among the untapped properties of the colour green are the benefits of proximity to open spaces; numerous studies have reported the impact of so-called ‘eco-therapy’, with numerous studies reporting improved feelings of positivity and wellbeing as a result of spending time outdoors.But the green paper report reveals it isn’t only the ‘green outdoors’ that has this affect; our primal association with the colour extends to many forms, with workplaces citing improved productivity among workers when the walls are painted green. In fact, even consuming ‘green’ food and drink – from leafy vegetables to green tea – has also been shown to produce feelings of energy and invigoration simply by association.

    This fresh perspective on the ‘power of green’ could hold the key to maximizing our ‘me-time’ to boost feelings of positivity and reinvigoration; further insights reveal that even when people do manage a five minute break at work, it’s rarely beneficial – just one in five said they feel refreshed after stopping. And while a break is most likely to include a cup of tea (45%), a third of people won’t even leave their desks and will browse online; while a quarter will do life admin like paying bills or shopping online.