Though it may seem like balance is currently having its moment, our fascination with it is anything but new. The concept is deeply ingrained in our collective psyche, tracing its roots all the way back to ancient Greece. In 300 BC, Aristotle instructed his followers to strive for the golden mean, or the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. Around the same time, Plato popularized a “tripartite theory of soul,” which revolved around keeping the different parts of one’s soul in alignment.
