Get Exquisite Balance

We live in a world of opposite - heat and cold, love and hatred, joy and sorrow. We need to keep a balanced head on a balanced body. For example if you are prone to bad moods, it’s because you use your head too much without correspondingly using your lower body that is your legs. When you walk briskly, you blow away the moody cobwebs in your brain. That is, you balance the energy in your body by distributing it more evenly by using your legs. Nature keeps us in balance too. On the left side of the spine is the upward movement of the solar energy and on the right is the rightward movement of the lunar energy.

Shiva Pose: Stand straight. Raise right leg sideways, bend knee with knee pointing up, foot pointing down. Bend and place right elbow lightly if possible on bent right knee with right hand raised in a blessing pose. Keep left leg straight. Raise left arm sideways and keep it straight with palm outward in blessing pose. Breathe normally as you hold the graceful dancing. Repeat with left leg.

V Pose: Lie on your back, arm straight at sides, legs straight. Raise upper body and legs simultaneously to form a ‘V’. With elbows straight place your hands on knees. Let your entire weight be on your butt. Inhale as you come up, exhale as you return to supine position. Hold the position V for ten to fifteen seconds and repeat.