ive been working on this for years. it is not easy. then an athleta catalog comes in the mail for beloved wife & there is the model doing the one leg with eyes closed, at rest, blissful, wearing something that is for sale. in my one-leg standing career so far i have done that for as much as 3.5 breaths before the lean begins that leads to the topple.
i want to be as flexible as a 15 year old girl
so i'm doing the neck exercises (head turns) on one leg recently. lots of failure, where i like to be with new stuff. today i noticed (eyes open) that head turns below horizontal did not disturb one leg balance as much as above horizontal, horizontal itself being "ok" still it is all hard to do. so i can look down on one leg basically no problem, but if i look up its like one leg with eyes closed.
what are the implications of that? there is a vestibular component and a mechanical balance component, the mechanical can be isolated easily enough, i can try to align my hips & shoulders, etc. the vestibular - i dont have "balance problems" yet there are mechanical positions for which vestibular fails. isn't that interesting?
