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I have been immersed in the yoga and wellness world for 20 years.

I've noticed that one major thing might happen when someone finds a path that provides them a road to healing and happiness: they can swing to one total opposite end of the spectrum from where they've been.

This can be good, in a way, because it gets people out of old ruts, but it can also burn them out by trying to make too many sweeping changes all at once, or they enter into another form of unhappiness and restriction that seems like a spiritual or wellness path, because it's supposedly "healthy".

For example, someone who has been inactive for years might try to do a really hard 30-Day Challenge--one that's meant for super intense, advanced exercisers. They refuse to modify or listen to their bodies, and end up getting injured.

Or the person who just found yoga might decide to restrict their diet, clothing, actions and behavior so much that they become removed from reality. They begin to judge others for not being 'yogic' like they are, and end up replacing their previous off-the-rails lifestyle with one that seems more positive, but is actually almost a punishment, and not a celebration.

I've watched it happen time and time again to even well-meaning individuals--and it generally does not turn out well.

On this program, I bring you the advice I've lived into, and observed in thousands of others: If you want to shift or transform, you must do it step by step, over time, and with a slow but steady dedication that doesn't fail. It must become a minute-by-minute sensitivity practice, and a deeper dive into the art of presence, not a speed sprint to some invisible finish line.

If some people burn out, I want you to create a slow and steady burn that lasts you a lifetime.

This will require that you learn the true meaning of balance.

Balance is not something you pass through while swinging wildly from end to end of the spectrum. It's not born from drinking two bottles of champagne one day, and not drinking at all for the next three. It's not a state gained when you're destructively aggressive with your loved ones one night and then spend the next three months apologizing. Nor is it procrastinating exercise for six months, and then killing your body with a spurt of too-intense, too long, depleting workouts.

Balance is a mindful flow; a way of life where you enjoy yourself and, like holding a child's hand as you walk down a busy sidewalk, you learn to gently and lovingly correct yourself before you go running into traffic, not after you do.

The funny thing is that balancing your days so they more often serve your higher goals will create far more of the transformation you seek. You will become a living version of your dreams, instead of always chasing them.

Can you approach your movement practice today with a new curiosity, a loving sense of expression, of being right where you need to be, as you need to be--and leave behind this unattainable idea of "all-or-nothing?"

Notice where you want to push yourself too hard because you did too little before this. Watch where you don't push hard enough because you're used to less.

Come to a place on this day where you can investigate your Self, allow your energy to dance, move your body in the way you feel is most useful, and even have a little fun while doing it.

After all, this powerful middle ground is not a punishment, nor a static place we get to, and then coast there forever. It's a fleeting and beautiful canvas you paint in the moment by tuning into yourself body, spirit, and heart--with integrity.

So. . .today. . .enjoy the Art of Balance.

xoSadie