Yoga & Balance
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Themes
Overview
In this lesson, we introduce the concept of balance in yoga, exploring physical, mental, emotional, and energetic dimensions of equilibrium.
Objective
Understand the many forms of balance that yoga addresses and how sequencing and practice choices support balance in all its aspects.
What You'll Get
You'll discover that balance means far more than standing on one foot. In your own practice, you'll learn to notice where you're habitually tight or weak, overworking or neglecting parts of yourself. For teachers and bodywork professionals, you'll understand how to sequence for balance—alternating opposites, pairing strength with flexibility, and helping students find equilibrium between effort and ease.
Questions Answered Here
- When we speak of “balance,” what aspects are we referring to?
- How does physical imbalance manifest?
- How else might we experience imbalance?
- Why doesn’t a particular practice necessarily bring about individual balance?
- How is sequencing related to balance?
- What are some yoga practices said to be generally balancing?
- What sorts of balancing is yoga asana designed to bring about?
Introduction
Here we bring together perspectives and readings to support a class theme of balance that may or may not accompany a practice focused on Balance Poses. The teachings here go deeper into the topic from both outer world and inner world perspectives.
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