Train your balance by moving between two poses

Static balance postures work well for developing the muscle strength required to maintain balance and promote overall structural integration, but they do not directly train us to stay balanced while we are in motion. Yet this is when our balance is most challenged in our daily lives—when we are walking (especially on uneven surfaces), going up or down the steps, hopping from rock to rock to cross a stream, and so on. That is why we need to combine static balance training with dynamic balance training. One of the ways to train dynamic balance is to move between two yoga poses. In this situation, your body and brain need to negotiate two different balancing challenges.

This is exactly what we do in this simple yoga practice. First, we warm up the body, and then we move between the Balancing Mountain pose (Tadasana) and Warrior 3 (Virabhadrasana 3) to challenge your body dynamically. We also combine moving between the poses with statically holding them to get the maximum benefit. Give it a try, and let me know how it feels!