Being in balance
What’s the first thing that springs to mind when you think about balance? Busting out an Instagram-worthy handstand? Holding tree pose for longer than an ancient oak? Gracefully settling into crow pose like a fully-fledged golden eagle (rather than flailing around like a bedraggled pigeon)?
Dig a little deeper into your practices, however, and you’ll find a whole heap of opportunities to practice being in balance. But – spoiler – most of this stuff ISN’T about what’s happening on the outside (although it’s all entirely applicable to our asana practice) but what’s going on inside.
In fact, you could translate one of the ultimate aims of living a yogic life as being in balance.
