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Funeral directors hate this one weird trick...

Oh they don't hate it, that's where they insert the trocar.

(source worked in a funeral home back in my youth)

A good general approach for balancing activities (yoga, slacklining, exercises) is to focus your eyes on a fixed point in front of you. The natural tendency is often to look at your feet, which makes it more difficult.

> focus on your belly button

Focus your eyes?

Or do you mean your attention?

Attention. Concentrate on your belly button.

To say the quiet part out loud: your body's center of mass is located near your belly button. [0] You maintain balance through a combination of your vision, vestibular system, and proprioception [1]—focusing attention on your belly button keys into that last method and reinforces your overall sense of balance.

[0] https://www.professionalptandtraining.com/balance-strategy-b...

[1] https://www.neurolab360.com/blog/balance-and-proprioception