3 Things to Consider When Improving Your Balance

What is the best way to improve your balance? Learn easy yoga poses you can do anytime, anywhere using props such as folding chairs, a wall or blocks and straps or better yet a partner.  
Learning to balance makes you present, centered, and relaxed in difficult situations.
Balance also means more than standing on one foot. I often comment during Yoga class that we have the opportunity to create balance in every aspect of our lives. If you exercise hard one day you need to do the opposite to relax and be still in order to balance out the hard exercise you did. If you worked hard at work all day you need to find time to create stillness and quiet to balance out the hard work you did. If you run you need to sit still,  if you cycle or spin you need to lie down and relax, if you have an argument you need to create quiet time. If you go on a spending spree you need to spend some time saving money. Life is all about creating a sense of balance.
3 ways to improve your physical balance. Number one: look to the distance. Look away from you off to the horizon. If you are feeling seasick the instructions are to look at the horizon. If you are relearning how to walk the instructions are to not look down. The same applies for balancing on one foot, look to the horizon and not down at the ground. For where you look you will go. If you look to the horizon you will soar if you look to the floor down you will go.
Number 2: your eyes need to relax. If you are distracted by outside sounds, objects moving around then you will focus on the distractions that keep you balancing but if you allow your eyes to go soft focus only on yourself and pointed straight ahead balance will improve. You no longer feel the need to pay attention to distractions and are free to focus only on yourself.
Number 3: Breathe and be okay with what is. If you lose your balance breathe and be okay with where you are at now.  So often I see people fallout of balance curse or laugh louder than normal and joke about how they can't balance. If we fall out of balance the only solution is to take a deep breath and get back right away without comment or judgement. There are plenty of times later to comment but by attempting to create balance in our lives and our bodies we need to move forward right away, commenting and judgment is a backward energy.  If we fall out of balance and focus or create a production about being out of balance we stay out of balance. If we fall out of balance and breathe and get back into balance without commentary judgement or criticism our balance will return.
Happy balancing.
Troy Cox
Sun Salute Yoga

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Free Yoga

Kunda.. what?

There are all types of Yoga for all reasons and types of people. When I took my first Kundalini class I didn't know what was going in. So many different types of repetitive movement I'd never seen in my then 8 years as a Hatha Yogi and my 16 as a mediator. I was intrigued and intimidated and boy did my arms ache. But since I was at the L.A. headquarters taking a class firm the leading teacher in the country I wasn't abit to give up. I had to overcome my expectations and give it a try to see what it was about. Besides the music wad really pretty and I wasn't being asked to chataranga (Yoga pushup).
So now many years later I love the boost of energy that a Kundalini class gives me. It works a whole set of different muscles than my regular practice and keeps my mind distracted. And did I mention the music? 
Carmen Uma Shakti is classically trained in India and here in the U.S. which gives her teaching an authentic yet modern feel. To top it off she's just plain sweet and caring. Her Kundalini class is one of the easiest to follow and understand.
Whether it becomes your main practice or like me it becomes a great addition to what you already do you should definitely give it a try.
Have fun and sing along.
See you on the mat,
Troy
Http://www.sunsaluteYoga.com/

Sun Salute Yoga Tour

Fridays 5:30 Gentle Yoga with Oils for Cancer Cure at Sun Salute Yoga

Stretch for the Cure, A donation class for cancer research. In honor of a mentor and friend of Troy's on his Yoga path, "Ganga", Diane who inspired and helped many. 
Today, there are over 12 million cancer survivors in the United States, which is almost four times as many as forty years ago. These success stories are largely attributable to advancements in cancer research, to which the National Foundation for Cancer Research has remained committed.

The National Foundation for Cancer Research was co-founded in 1973 by Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi and lawyer and entrepreneur Franklin Salisbury, Sr. Over the past three decades, we have grown into a world-renowned organization driven by our mission to fund leading-edge cancer research through prevention, detection, and treatment. NFCR supports nearly 50 laboratories and numerous scientists that have helped make possible many cancer treatments that are saving lives today. Chances are, you know someone who has benefited from advances made possible by our scientists.

NFCR is proud to guide the charge against cancer by funding accelerated cancer research, providing seed-funding to leading scientists and research centers, and encouraging global collaboration within the scientific community. Our mission is to fund the most promising cancer research in an effort to save lives.

Donation Yoga Fur a Cause

Ever go to donation Yoga and wonder where the donation is going. With this weekly all levels Yoga class at Sun Salute Saturdays at 4:30 p.m. you can rest assured your donation is going to a good cause. The Pet Project Foundation.
www.petprojectfoundation.org
Saving local animals lives. Giving back to the community at Sun Salute Yoga. 24582 Del Prado #G Dana Point Ca. 92629