Staff at Leicester City Council could be offered yoga classes and counselling in an attempt to cut sick days.
Employees took an average of 12 days in sickness absence in 2006/07 which cost the council £11.5m.
Deputy leader, councillor Mary Draycott, said the authority wanted to improve the health of its staff to reduce the amount of days lost.
Other ideas being considered to reduce sickness include health checks and Pilates classes.
'Quite traumatic'
Ms Draycott said every effort will be made to reduce the amount of days and improve the health of council staff.
"Compared to the rest of the country in the national league tables Leicester is in the bottom quartile.
"We have to bring this level down because of the cost, the effect it's having on those staff who are working hard, and to improve the services for the citizens of Leicester."
She added: "The last few years have been quite traumatic within the council with so many reviews, so many changes and savings that have been made on frontline services it's not surprising that the morale and the stress levels are high."
The authority wants to reduce absence levels to an annual average of 10 days in 2009/10.
