Yoga for Healthy Balance & Stability

“In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed,
one must find balance. Balance is the state of the present – the here and now.
If you balance in the present, you are living in Eternity.”
.                                                                                                          ~ B.K.S. Iyengar

The word “balance” has a broad array of uses. The Merriam-Webster dictionary has nine different definitions alone, and it’s included in many more terms, phrases and metaphors.

On a personal level however, we can narrow balance down to just a few different kinds we need to function well in our daily lives. They include:

• the homeostatic balance required to keep our inner physiological processes running smoothly
• the static balance our body uses just to stay upright
• the dynamic balance required so we don’t fall as we walk and move
• the mental and emotional balance crucial to our well-being and happiness
• mindful equanimity

The following set of articles will discuss how we can use yoga to improve these personal balance needs:

1. Strength & flexibility needed for balance
   
2. Center of gravity
   
3. The three inner balance sensors
4. Static vs. dynamic balance
5. Feet & ankles for balance
6. Brain gains from balance

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