Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.
It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem.
But I now think what I was doing, in a completely unconscious way, was getting off the turf where my husband and I might be rivals. We were both working in fiction... so I look back and I see that I consciously vacated the contested ground.