Telltale Signs of Balance

It is very useful to track your balance and rhythm at any given time.  You can begin to lose this to a degree just by going through your day.

Car seats demand that you overwork certain muscles just to keep your head up.  Having one foot held on the accelerator introduces tension into parts of one leg.  Carrying a bag.  There are many ways to inadvertently introduce tension into your body and then tighten up to a degree.  Given all this happens in the field of gravity these are compounded with every step you take.

These tensions appear without you realising it and you tighten up without realising it as it is all so gradual and minor.  It can add up though.

Ways of assessing how you are going at any time include looking for visual cues.  Look at your shadow, if you can, while you are walking.  You want to see your head just gliding along in a straight line – not jerking up and down or side to side.  You can see this by observing your shadow.

This is also why we have shopping malls.  As you are walking through look at your reflection as you walk towards a shop window.  Again, you want to see your head just gliding without the above bounce and wobble.  To achieve this, you probably need to relax aspects of your torso, jaw and hips.

When you find yourself walking on a wooden floor, listen to the fall of your feet.  Ultimately it should be silent and soft.  Perhaps not the ‘walk on rice paper’ version but in that direction.  I am always amused at the Hollywood tough guy version which is usually tight rigid and bouncy.  Any martial artist will tell you how ineffective this is.

None of this is massively critical but it can help you stay refreshed and alert throughout your day.  If you have important meetings at the end of the day it might actually just make the difference some time.