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Balance Yoga "I want to find my inner balance." "I feel like nothing is right with me anymore." Many sayings and emotional expressions revolve around the topic of balance. Yoga helps you train your balance, experience a sense of inner equilibrium, and rediscover your stability. Are you in balance? The tree pose is one of the most well-known asanas and clearly demonstrates time and again that many people struggle to maintain balance safely. Balance Yoga offers a mix of physical exercises, breathing techniques, and relaxation methods that support you in your search for balance. There are different levels at which you can be in balance or imbalance. Your external balance is easy to recognize. Those who can hold balance asanas effortlessly have a well-balanced body and can sense their equilibrium with strength and mindfulness. Balance is also an important topic within your body. On a mental level, balance is closely related to the virtues of serenity and calm. Those who are quick-tempered, easily upset, or find themselves confronted with sudden emotional outbursts should strengthen their mental balance. Fundamentally, balance is always achieved when opposing forces are exactly equal in strength. While striving for balance, it's important to combine it with self-confidence and clarity. Otherwise, there's a risk of overadaptation, which is considered a negative exaggeration of balance. If you want to strengthen your balance, you'll find many positive suggestions in yoga. In addition to the exercises explicitly suggested in Balance Yoga, appropriate mantras and nutritional tips will also help you restore your equilibrium. Ayurvedic cuisine always aims for a balancing effect and helps you discover the ideal food for your dosha. Balance Yoga – what you can do to strengthen your balance The use of strength and relaxation, dynamic exercise sequences and phases of pause – Balance Yoga is about practicing the seemingly opposing elements in such a way that their interaction has a balancing effect. Among the 84 main asanas, you'll find some simpler and more difficult balance exercises. An example of an easier exercise is the Eagle Pose (Garudasana). In this balance exercise, you wrap your left foot around your right calf and your left arm around your right. The centering you experience in this asana will help you grow in your sense of self-determination. Ardha Chandrasana—Half Moon Pose—requires a bit more flexibility and practice. This asana is reputed to immediately reduce feelings of stress and significantly strengthen inner balance. Dancer's Pose (Natarajasana) is an incredibly powerful balancing exercise. It is modeled after the dancing Shiva, who constantly destroys and recreates the universe. The balancing position on one leg is usually only achieved after extensive practice. But the perseverance is worth it: Natarajasana reveals the insight that the opposing forces of destruction and creation create a balance from which deep inner contentment can grow. Warrior III, the headstand, and the handstand are also prominent balance exercises that you'll encounter repeatedly in yoga. Vasistasana, the side plank pose, is a balance exercise that requires both flexibility and strength. Even if finding your balance is just one of many goals of your yoga practice, with the appropriate mindfulness, you can easily discover your equilibrium again and again. In different phases of life and everyday life, certain influences gain the upper hand and make you seem either angry or depressed, too loud or barely audible. On a physical level, such an imbalance causes pain. It's not always easy to resist the dominating influences and maintain balance. However, constantly working on your balance will help you achieve the stability that truly makes you happy. Image © szefei / 123rf.com