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Software professionals in Information Technology industry are prone to almost all the recognized risk factors for health hazards. Urbanization and globalization have significantly changed health profile of employees of information technology industries.Both IT and ICT related professionals mostly remain at a constant pressure to deliver services efficiently and have to be cost effective which lead to anxiety, stress, frustration, depression and burnout. The current review summarizes the literature in relation to prevalence of psychological disorders along with the evidence of various lifestyle modification programs implemented to restore psycho-physiological health among IT professionals. PubMed and Google Scholar databases were used to search literature related to present narrative review. Literature search included following key-words: Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health, Burnout, Well Being, IT professionals, Software professionals, Yoga, Meditation, Relaxation, Physical Activity, and Mindfulness. The review focuses on the importance of alternative therapies, especially physical activity, yoga and meditation. There are many studies that demonstrates efficacy of yoga practices in stress, depression and several other psychological disorders. Therefore, yoga can be implemented in IT professionals to cope up with stress. There is need to conduct large number of clinical trials to prove the efficacy of yoga among IT professionals.

IT professionals, yoga, meditation, physical activity, stress