Creating balance

Our physical balance naturally declines as we age, typically around the age of 50 when muscle mass, bone density and flexibility naturally decrease. Blood pressure regulation is less efficient, our sensory reactors become slower. A physical yoga practise strengthens and stabilises muscles. Yoga helps develop a strong core making us steadier and more balanced.

But of course life requires more than just physical balance. Having a balanced life can mean different things to different people. Most people would probably say it’s finding the balance and harmony between work and rest, movement and stillness, business and quietness. Balancing the internal and external. Yoga is a practise that offers us an opportunity to examine which areas of our lives need balancing. To question our patterns and old beliefs without judgement and let go of things that are tipping the scales and welcome equilibrium into our lives.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony Thomas Merton