Balance is very difficult for me, sometimes. I’m all in to everything I do. I go full on, sometimes not always looking or thinking about the consequences when I act.
To this point, it made for a less than balanced life and sense of self.
All in work.
All in spirituality.
All in working out.
Turns out, despite the achievements that come with going all in – there’s almost always an opportunity cost. Burnout. The sacrifice of something else important in life.
But during my yoga practice just now I found myself the strongest, and most balanced that I’d ever been in that particular flow. I held tree pose on both sides without the slightest little balance adjustment or correction. I was the strongest I’d ever been.
Balance can’t come without work. Months of core strengthening, years of chiropractic adjustments and even just my bi-weekly adjustment are critical to achieving that balance.
Balance in the spine and strength and balance in your muscles inevitably yield incredible balance and coordination.
But what’s the balance for life and love exactly?
Does standing, balanced, on your own two feet help you, in a way to have a more balanced social and love life? Does physical balance lend itself to emotional balance?
Oftentimes when I’m in the middle of trying to understand my physical body as it relates to my emotions – I find myself messaging my friend Doctor John Edwards. He has been my chiropractor for the last 7 years.
I asked him if physical and emotional balance are related. He said: The cerebellum has a role in regulating both of them. Yogis figured this to a really long time ago. There is no division between mind and body. This is how I know that stress and tension amplify pain.
I find almost always when I’m feeling stressed and anxious that a 20-30 minute yoga session almost ALWAYS has a significant impact.
When people talk about self care as related to mental health – I wonder why there isn’t more discussion on fitness and yoga. Without my strength of body and flexibility I can’t really do yoga as well. Without yoga, my mind seems to be a little less balanced.
Where am I going here?
Balance in life is a difficult achievement.
As humans we try to balance work with having children with hobbies and friends and maintaining a healthy diet and working out regularly and sustaining meaningful human connections in the form of spouses or boyfriends.
When things fall out of alignment, is the issue that thing?
Or is it our own internal balance that has failed to flow without attachment to our lives?
What if balance comes entirely from within?
What if people like Joe Dispenza, talking about how we create or own realities with our thoughts?
If our thoughts control everything – is finding balance in life simply a matter of balancing our thoughts?
Maybe balance is just perception. I had nothing but enthusiasm and a room of cleared energy and good vibes surrounding me when I flowed through this practice.
Today, I’m balanced. And these little musings help remind me why.
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