Can you balance on one leg, and if so, can you do it with your eyes closed?

We used to do this in Tai Chi and I then read that it is good for preventing dementia! Read it in our Sunday paper so is perhaps not true!

Anyway I could do it for minutes when I was doing Tai Chi however now I cannot do it for so long.

I can do it on one side but not on the other which seems to be the way with a lot of things with me even though I am ambi dextrous.

One foot I can do it for a long time but not the other, however as soon as I close my eyes, I lose my balance so obviously you need sight to balance? We were taught at tai chi to focus on something to help with this exercise.

by Finy

I can only do this for a little while...both ways

by fran

I can! It's a great talent .... or something LOL

by meggf

I really don't know and I'd stand up and give it a go, if I could be bothered....perhaps later.

by Gayle Beveridge

lol...lol....lol....your funny :)

Yes and yes. Balance comes from inside, so eyes open or closed makes no difference.

by VerityG

Yes I can I done it at the gym while holding a medicine ball

by gbrow

Sure can :)

by jonaja

Yes - I can do it with eyes open and closed.

by AJ

I just tried it :D It seems that it is better with eyes open. But I found it challenging and I am going to try it more often now until I get that same balance with eyes closed !!

by BK

good luck -I cannot do it with eyes closed! i need to focus on something to keep balance -would be interesting to see if everyone is the same.

Yes & yes - no problem.

by poppy

Yes, with eyes open. No, with eyes closed.
I will be 79 on 29 th. Dec. 2017.

by M. Gunn

good on you m.gunn! i am younger than you, but still practise this most days - odd how it can be done with eyes open but not closed!