| Yoga practice should be more focused, balanced, and | | | | Once you feel steady on your one leg, then lift the two |
| centered. You stand stronger and remain more | | | | hands to above your head and straighten your arms |
| grounded throughout the sequences. Other days can | | | | as if trying to touch the ceiling all while focusing your |
| be less steady and more wobbly, constantly struggling | | | | eyes on your vertical line. |
| to find your balance with each yoga position. The tree | | | | Stand firmly without wobbling or swaying for as long |
| pose happens to be one of those yoga positions that | | | | as possible, breath deeply and slowly. Release your |
| can give a clear indication if you are going to have a | | | | arms back to your side and bring the foot back to the |
| strong practice or a wobbly one. It can appear as one | | | | floor. Use a stripe on the wall, a doorway molding, a |
| of the simplest yoga positions but can be extremely | | | | pole, any straight vertical line as your focal point |
| challenging. Fortunately there are techniques and | | | | instead of a spot. When moving the hands from in |
| strategies to help stabilize your body through this | | | | front of the body to above the head your line of vision |
| position. | | | | can shift ever so slightly so with a linear focus your |
| When starting to do the tree pose find a vertical line | | | | eyes can adjust without having to shift your balance. |
| about six feet away from you that you can fix your | | | | Practice yoga to improve balance, get more energy, |
| eyes on. Balance yourself firmly on one leg. Bend the | | | | relieve tension and increase strength. If you are serious |
| knee of the other leg and place the foot on the inside | | | | about improving your health and appearance then the |
| of the opposite thigh. Bring your hands together in front | | | | next yoga positionsmove are up to you. |
| of your chest to assist with your beginning balance. | | | | |