Foot Fist Aasana, a Remedy for Work and Life

WhenI think of the extraordinarily perceptive people, I think of one person beforeI think of others. On separate occasions, he has told me stuff about me. Things,which were completely unfamiliar till they were said, but felt intenselyfamiliar once they were. Things, which my family and close friends wouldn’t havebeen able to identify or articulate as quickly and as clearly. Needless to say,I have always been all ears to whatever he’s had to say. Even if those things seemedcounter-intuitive at first.Here’sone such. Some years ago, when I was confused and agitated about some personalmatters, he told me, “focus on your work and your personal life will begin tolook up”. I remained quiet, but knew that he could sense my discomfort with hisadvice. He added, “sometimes, our problems, whether in life or at work, don’tgo away because we continuously dwell on them and persistently go after them”. Heprepared some tea, handed me a cup, took a few sips from his own, and continued,“your personal life and your work life are wired together since they are bothyours, yes ?”. Not waiting for my answer he pressed further, “if you agree thatthings going wrong in one of them adversely impact the other, then you shouldalso agree that improving one will positively affect the other”. He concluded,“it works both ways ... doing well at home lifts the scene at work too”.WhenI look around, I find instances of people focussing on work when they havepersonal issues. But I rarely find examples of people focussing on theirpersonal lives when faced with troubles at work. Even though it seems thereasonable thing to do.Trythis simple activity. Please. It’s very easy and will take you only a fewseconds. I promise.Step1 : Rotate your right foot in the clockwise direction.Step2 : While continuing to do so, begin rotating your right fist in theanti-clockwise direction. What happens to the rotation of the foot as a result ?Step3 : Now, rotate your right fist in the clockwise direction.Step4 : While continuing to do so, begin rotating your right foot in theanti-clockwise direction. What happens to the rotation of the fist as a result?Step5 : Finally, while rotating both in any direction, change the speed of rotationof one and see what happens to the speed of rotation of the other.JNeat, isn’t it ?