This, like all the other exercises, must be practised with both feet.
Stand erect without bending forward and put one foot straight back as far as possible.
Do the same sideways.
Stand and bend body slowly forward, backward, and sideways, with a moment's rest after each motion.
Having reached this point, I usually order the patient to practise all these with closed eyes.

When he can do this, he begins to take one or two steps with shut eyes, first forward, then sideways, then backward.
If he falter or move without freedom, he is kept at this until he does it confidently.

Then exercises in following patterns traced on the floor are begun.

In hospitals, or where bare floors are to be found, the patterns may be drawn with chalk.

In carpeted rooms, which by the way are less suited for the work than plain boards or parquet floors, a piece of half-inch wide white tape may be laid in the required pattern, first in a straight line, later, as proficiency is gained, in curved, figure-of-eight, or angular patterns.