How can you find balance in your own beat?

Namibian desert

For a while I have pondered about this pose. Although there are quite a number meanings attributed to it, mostly when you look closer into the mythological or spiritual meaning of it. I enjoy freely interpreting symbolisms and stories and applying them to my own logic and state of mind at the time.
As the saying goes, "practise makes perfect". But does it? Practise to me makes habit. If that will become the epitome of perfection or whether that will bring you the satisfaction you are looking for in that exercise, that is another story.


Here are three ideas for your own meditation when you practise dancers pose

1- Find your own rhythm

This pose is not about pulling your leg with your arm. Or maybe if for you it is, maybe if you start thinking lifting first and kicking your leg by activating you foot, you might find your expression of the pose will evolve more fluidly.

2- What grounds you is what balances you when up in the air

If you your padas, or your feet and hands balance you when you have the four of them on the ground, the same principle applies when you have them up in the air. The old saying "tight is light" I have found as being one the easiest cues to relate. So engage both your arms. Engage both your legs in what they are doing.

3- Imagine and visualize- it might help you get there

As with many things in life, it's not about the pose itself but how we get there. The process is what teaches us. The final destination is as rewarding as the journey to finally reaching it. Many people practise this pose with straps. But even if you don't have nor like one, by concentrating on the pose and visualizing it as achieving it you are helping yourself in practising that feeling.