To evaluate your own balance...

1. Stand up and imagine you're going to walk forward on a straight line, placing one foot directly in front of the other so that the heel of your front foot touches the toes of your back foot.

2. Keep both feet flat on the floor.

3. Hold that position and close your eyes.

If you can maintain your balance for 30 seconds, you are doing pretty well. Congrats!

If you are wobbling just about as soon as you close your eyes—or before—your balance is poor.

If you did not perform as well as you thought you should, it's OK.

Let’s work on this together!