Every morning after flossing and brushing I take the coldest shower I can stand. You might understandably guess that is the oddest thing I do in the mornings. Oddly, you would be wrong.

While writing the Building Balance in Your Body & Life course this winter, I experimented with balancing in lots of ways and incorporating balance into other things I was doing anyway. One winter morning, I got to wondering if I could stand on one foot and dry myself off post-shower.

I couldn’t.