Balance---holy shit….has anyone looked this word up in the dictionary lately??? I have a large dictionary and the definitions of this word takes up 3/4 of a column with another 1/2 column taken up with words ranging from balance beam to balancing act. What a word—it was actually very interesting to read each definition because you tend to think of only the definition that applies to how you mean it.
Anyway this is the definition I am blogging about today:
Balance: physical equilibrium and the ability to retain one’s balance.
Because I am a senior citizen, (oh MY GOD-I am amazed and appalled at how quickly you go from 20 to 60), I tend to notice traits of older people, and what aging takes away in terms of ability to physically move. It is in everyone’s best interest to protect their balance. I don’t care if you are a teenager. You can get in the habit of protecting your balance NOW. As my very smart Mother would say “you can’t learn any younger. And as I have observed—what you learn as a child, when it is pretty easy to learn, stays with you a lifetime.
So how in the hell do you protect your balance. Yoga poses such as the tree pose, dancers pose, and many others are wonderful for your balance. I have probably been doing the dancers pose for 30 years. It is one of the reasons that I have good balance. Anyone wishing to learn these poses can check them out on Wii Fit Plus. If you are a beginner this is a great place to start.
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