Life is a Balancing Act. – Get the balance right and life feels great!
When you are in good balance with yourself and the world around you, you surely reap the benefits, feeling happier, more grounded, steady, focused, calm and clear-minded. Things just seem to run much smoother, work goes well, your energy levels are higher, people around you are smiling more, you reach your daily goals and you feel in a natural flow with life!
Whereas tipping the balance can leave you hanging too high or falling too low. You may feel under the weather, unsteady, anxious, too high, light-headed, wobbly, even depressed or ill. There may not appear a clear solution when you’re feeling like this. Sometimes it can feel as though the world is against you – but often in reality we are simply out of balance – something that can definitely be changed for the better!
It is a good idea to take time out from your day to day life and assess how things are going for you. If you run at full speed you can sometimes overlook feelings of imbalance, so make some quiet time for check-ins and ask yourself these questions – Are you feeling balanced? What areas of your life could do with a better balance? Job/Career, Relationships, Friends & Family, Fun & Recreation, Physical Environment, Finances, Health & Wellbeing? How could you bring this about? Be sure to allow space for answers to come. Notice how you are breathing and feeling as you do so.
When you are caught up in a whirlwind in your life, often the ups and downs help you to pinpoint where you are lacking balance. You may catch yourself acting unusually, perhaps symptoms of being off balance appear, or a friend or family member could be your wake up call. However you discover it, be thankful for this new understanding and start to look for ways of tilting the scales back to neutral. Otherwise things can go from bad to worse causing upset in a life which needn’t be so.
The great thing is there are lots of ways of bringing more balance into your life! And useful tools to help you feel steadily happy and stress-free! Identify what your priorities in life are, what things mean the most to you. This will help bring more focus, direction and balance in the things that you do. You will find it easier to say no to invitations and demands from others which steer you away from your own path. You then won’t feel burned out by trying to do too many things at once.
Writing things down is a very therapeutic way of creating clarity for yourself. Buy a diary and just put pen to paper with no expectations, just see what flows! – New ideas, plans and goals can formulate before your eyes! Set yourself realistic goals and go for them! Practice self-discipline and speak kindly to yourself at all times. Nourish your body and mind with things that leave you feeling balanced, whether it be hot, cool, spicy, sweet or salty, find out how you react to certain foods. Clean and tidy your living area, read your favourite book, take a break away, sit in the shade or sun, play your favourite sport, laugh out loud, take a long relaxing bath – do whatever you need to do to feel balanced.
For me, I know several key things I can do to help bring more balance in my life. My yoga practice, swimming, wearing cool colours, spending time with my family, eating cool and nutritious simple foods – lots of fruit and veg, being outdoors in nature, reading my favourite books, having a relaxing dinner with my best friends, meditating, teaching and being with children, taking a peaceful bath, writing in my diary, making cards and just sitting on my bed taking some ‘time for me’.
What things help you to feel more balanced? Is there something that you could do right now?
Let’s all try and bring more balance into our lives – Stay Balanced for a Healthy Life!
