07/10/2026
Sometimes we can only know what balance is through playing with the edges and extremes.
I know in my own life the pendulum can sometimes swing quite far in one direction and in doing so I feel out of balance either physically, mentally, emotionally and I navigate back to centre.
We can’t hold so rigidly to being ‘in balance’ either as that doesn’t allow us to build resilience or capacity. It’s through the wobbles, falls, mistakes that we learn, grow and evolve.
This year has continued to throw challenges at me that have really tested my ability to remain centred.
This practice serves as a metaphor for this.
Using balance challenges, perturbation, dynamic movement and speed to test your ability to stay calm, compassionate and curious even when it feels messy and uncomfortable.
⚖️First sequence using familiar bird dog but balanced on blocks with the leg and arm moving away from the midline and then wax on wax off.
Then finding the counterbalance tipping point and hanging out there.
⚖️Second sequence using reaching off centre and speed to challenge dynamic stability. Then a bit of brain 🧠 gym with the limbs moving at different speeds while balancing.
⚖️ Third sequence using counter rotation in a balance and perturbation.
⚖️ Fourth sequence using transitions at differing speeds to test dynamic stability which is so valuable in preventing falls.
Keep it weird, keep it wonderful 🫶💫.
Check out the full practice with me.
Yoga Medicine by Tiffany Cruikshank I think you will like this practice too. 🫶
