Mary was worried. She was a director of her company and she was under a lot of stress because her firm was about to be taken over and there was a lot of rumor around that there would be redundancies and Mary suspected that as the only woman on the board her job was more at risk than most people’s. She had been having headaches, sleeplessness and been moody recently and her husband, Bob had pointed out to her that she should go and see her doctor and try to find a way to calm down. Mary knew she was giving him a hard time and didn’t mean to take it out on him but knew she did. Her mother had always said that you always hurt the one you love and here she was proving it.
She did go to see her doctor and was surprised when he suggested yoga as the answer to her problems. “Isn’t that where you have to twist your limbs into funny positions and hum?”She asked seriously. Doctor laughed.”It’s different these days”, he said. It’s all about relaxation. I want you to get home from work and forget everything about it, get out one of your yoga mats, sit on it, close your eyes and think about nice things. Do not even think about work. Take yourself to a desert island or wherever you want to go and spend at least 30 minutes there initially, then gradually increase it to one hour. Bob will understand” he added. He might even prepare dinner or take you out to eat. It’s very important that you do get some relaxation Mary or you will drive yourself to an early grave.
I did take his advice. Bob and I went out the next day and I bought a few yoga mats and I followed the doctors instructions. Now I look forward to getting home and rolling out my yoga mat knowing that I will soon be in a world of my own.