A Personal Perspective: Reframing our expectations away from rigid concepts like "balance" can help us ease into what's more possible daily: the art of balancing.
Attempts to force our lives into balance often cause unnecessary stress and suffering.Let go of the concept of “balance.” It might seem odd, but I’m sticking by my statement. But it’s good, healthy, even ideal for each of us to attain balance in our lives, right?, I told myself I would finally get myself balanced. That I would discover and stick to a fitness routine that would render me not only strong and college-days-of-old-thin.
I ended up with throbbing joints as I jammed my body into cobras, down dogs, and warrior poses. Sure, there was some so-called meditation at the end, but that seemed to be an afterthought, or better yet, a pre-thought of “let’s dress this up with some McMindfulness as well.” Not only did I fall on my ass repeatedly during the routines, but I was also completely unbalanced in my expectations of what would bring alignment, strength, and flexibility into my life.Take ballet dancers, the highest example of balance-prowess. They, unlike most of us, seem to physically “get there” around balance, don’t they? They stand on the tips of their toes. They glide across the floor as if suspended by divine strings. Balance, for sure.
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