If you don't think this is about Balance, you try doing...this...on the edge of a chair back.
Course, if you want to get technical...Look at how the curve of his body is balanced by the curve of his tail AND see how the motion of his face is balanced by the fat white fluffy belly like yin&yang, AND last but not least, how his left front leg down is balanced by his right back leg up. I dunno, I'm throwing some BS out there thinking some of it may stick.
Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Exposure: 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 24.5 mm
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Date and Time (Original): 2009:02:16 17:45:36-05:00