There is a profound connection between balance and learning. For a person to be receptive to higher learning, it is essential that all their mental faculties are available: intuition, attention, memory, reasoning, perception, and concentration.
Additionally, it is necessary to inhibit certain parts of the body, as well as external information, sensations, and deeper needs. Balance is a system that is nourished by visual data and internal messages from the body.
This system consists of the vestibular function, proprioception, and vision. It is achieved when posture, position, and attitude are maintained and controlled. It involves a counteraction between the force of gravity and the skeletal muscles, a skill that develops progressively through the central nervous system and the laws of maturation.
Balance allows us to perceive movement, identify the orientation of gravity, determine the direction and speed of movement, and make postural adjustments that ensure stability.
“I Cultivate Balance”
Find a comfortable chair to sit in and visualize the space between your eyes, ears, ischions, knees, and feet. Place your feet on the floor and slowly begin to open your arms from the center to the sides, forming a kind of “V.” Bring your arms together and open them again from the center outward. You will notice how your chest gently expands as you open your arms, inhaling as you open and exhaling as you close.
Repeat this action once more.
Then, let your arms rest and perform the same exercise with your legs, as if they were floating. From the center, open them to the sides in a “V” shape, bring your legs together towards the front, and open them again to form the letter “V.” Observe your breathing: inhale as you open and exhale as you close.
Repeat this movement once more.
Finally, coordinate the exercise with both limbs, simultaneously opening your arms and legs in a “V” shape while inhaling, and closing them while exhaling.
Conclude with a conscious breath: inhale deeply… and exhale slowly.