So much of the world is in disorder. With the bad taking over the good and the fake taking over the real, our lives are spent in a constant flux of one side or the other. For many this is the life they have become accustomed with, and while it may seem depressing, the notion of trying to achieve balance in and amongst the harsh and confusing disorder that is the real world is somewhat unattainable. But balance can be achieved, or at least to some sort of extent, in relationships, in practices in both our physical and emotional selves as well as our personal and professional lives.

I didn’t find myself understanding balance until I tried to learn how to do a handstand. And I am not even joking one bit. I came across a video on YouTube outlining specific steps and procedures to try and complete one. The reason being was that I watched trailers for the new Tarzan movie and always wanted to be like Spiderman when I was a kid. The thing about handstands are that they are much more complex than one might think. Sure you can flip your legs in the air and remain neutral and call that a handstand, and to many that is, but what I learnt was the necessary functions to do before and during the process of doing one. The tutorial was simple to watch but as I looked closely at the guy teaching a newbie, I noticed the concentration and the actual sweat drip of his body as he maintained the correct positions time and time again to control his core and therefore the rest of his body.

The weird thing is, I began to lose interest in actually doing the handstand and instead watched and learnt the slight adjustments that could be made to perfect and control your body through slight movements and pressure.

I watched as the guy leant his legs to a wall to hold steady but was then intrusted to widen and push down on his fingertips, which in turn moved his legs away from the wall. He immediately fell and once again had to prop himself up to his original position, and again, had to use the pressure in his fingers to slightly move his legs away from the wall as well.

What I was seeing wasn’t just control in the body but the intricate details of the human form, how one thing, on the other side of the body, can completely change and shift another.

The art wasn’t in actually doing a handstand, it was the ability to use your fingers to pulse of the wall and keep your legs in the air without actually moving your legs consciously. True balance and true concentration.

My understanding of balance changed through observing the simplest of things. And that’s where anyone can learn, because regardless of what many may think, the true secrets to succeeding in life can and most probably can be found in the more natural things of this world, where it restores the imbalances through a slight arrangement of something else along the chain.

And THAT is how balance works. Through a series of steps and procedures that you must endure to initially gain a foundation that you can build off. Then using control and a mental focus to retain and affect the other parts of your body, life and mind to achieve complete equality.