Jacksonville Business Journal
by Kimberly Morrison
Ken Jacobs wasn’t looking for a ticket to nirvana when he embarked on a journey into the ancient spiritual tradition of yoga.
As a partner at Gray Robinson PA, long hours and high stress had begun to take a toll on his body. He took to running for relief from tension in his neck, shoulders and back, but instead ended up with knee pain and shin splints.
Like a good attorney, he switched strategies and headed for a yoga class at his gym. Three years later, he and a dozen other attorneys at his firm were practicing yoga together on a hotel lawn to get focused before an intense year-end law firm meeting.
Among the 16 million Americans practicing yoga, they represent a new class of yogis. They are neither the obnoxious yoga yuppie breed sporting $98 Lululemon yogawear, nor the incense-burning, Maharishi-loving hippie in search of enlightenment. These overworked corporate types are finding a practical application for yoga in their work life: balance.