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As a firm believer in the power of stretching the body&#39;s muscles,&amp;nbsp;tendons and ligaments&amp;nbsp;in order to relieve stress and other psychological ailments, I thought this Bloomberg piece was extremely enlightening.&amp;nbsp; It focuses on an ex-Morgan Stanley currency saleswoman who quit the high pressure life of a banker to live the life of a teacher schooling those still in the high pressure game of banking in the ancient ways of physical posturing, a.k.a. yoga. &lt;p&gt;Lauren Imparato, a graduate of Princeton who worked in investment banking for seven years, now teaches yoga to bankers, traders, brokers and others (all are welcome, not just the financially-inclined) out of her loft in Lower Manhattan, and she was recently hired by her former boss, Morgan Stanley, to &quot;host a morale-boosting session&quot; for&amp;nbsp;the firm&#39;s&amp;nbsp;bankers. &lt;p&gt;Bloomberg also points out that posture practicing has caught on with others in the financial services industry, noting that several hedge funds offer on-site yoga classes and that investment giant Pimco&#39;s co-founder Bill Gross &quot;has said that he gets some of his best investment ideas while standing on his head.&quot; &lt;p&gt;Imparato&#39;s decision&amp;nbsp;to leave banking is indicative of the types of leaps that folks have been making in light of economic hard times&amp;#8212;I know of another ex-banker who recently opened a&amp;nbsp;high-end hair salon in Manhattan after he was laid off&amp;#8212;and it&#39;s also, of course,&amp;nbsp;inspiring to those considering similar, severe career switches.&lt;/p&gt;

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