Sanmei Yoga 身心安定、清楚放鬆 ： Peace of Mind， Clear and Relaxed

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瑜伽的定義很多，瑜伽，是帶著我們從現在的地方，一步步往更高、更開闊的地方移動。…- 摘自Heart of Yoga, by TKV Desikachar guru

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今天好涼爽，颱風走了，雖然有點風雨，但有些同學仍然來教室練習呢。。

✨ 這幾天讀德悉卡恰（T.K.V. Desikachar）的《瑜伽之心》，只是讀了一點，就能深刻感受到老師文字裡帶來的力量。今天早上，我直接把這股力量帶進教室、帶到帶領體式的過程中，發現這對教學和分享特別有幫助——內心生起的是很純粹的喜悅與感謝，而這份力量也直接傳遞給了來練習的同學。
看著書裡的文字，分享部份心得給您們：
🍃 呼吸，是我們身心的橋樑
序言就提醒我們，練瑜伽最基本也最重要的，就是呼吸。當我們做每一個動作時，不是去追求把動作做得很漂亮，而是要把動作和呼吸溫柔地結合在一起。當呼吸穩了、平衡了，我們的身體和心自然就會安靜下來，將會感受到和諧。
🌿 瑜伽，是一場帶來改變的旅程
什麼是瑜伽呢？書裡第 8 章寫到：
    • 瑜伽，是帶著我們從現在的地方，一步步往更高、更開闊的地方移動。
    • 瑜伽，是把我們的身體和心，重新連結在一起。
    • 瑜伽，是讓我們學習全心全意地安住在當下的行動裡。

我們每個人一開始接觸瑜伽，多少會想為自己帶來一些改變 ？不論是希望讓想法更清晰、讓身體更舒服，還是希望在生活中更進一步。
因為瑜伽，奇妙的改變就這樣發生了。祂悄悄帶我們走到從未到過的地方——那些以前覺得不可能的、做不到的、甚至看不清的事情，現在，我們竟然都可以做到了，也慢慢看懂了。
💕 帶著這份心意，我們一起練習
在練習裡，我們不需要勉強自己去適應任何體式。只是單純的學習，透過瑜伽練習，就能照顧好我們的身體。
只要在每一次吸氣時，感受身體充滿了包容與能量；在每一次吐氣時，學會全然地放鬆與放下。
不要去在意自己做得好不好，只要規律、安靜地練習，帶著這份「盡力而不強求」的心，那份最純粹的喜悅就會一直陪著我們。
讓我們繼續在呼吸中，看見自己的轉變。

以下原文是摘自：The Heart of Yoga: Developing a personal practice 這本書 第 8章部份段落：

yoga as the movement from one point to another, higher one • yoga as the bringing together, the unifying of two things • yoga as action with undivided, uninterrupted attention. These definitions of yoga have one thing in common: the idea that something changes. . . . One of the basic reasons many people take up yoga is to change something about themselves: to be able to think more clearly, to feel better, and to be able to act better today than they did yesterday in all areas of life. In these endeavours yoga can be of great help, and it requires no prerequisites that must be fulfilled before we set out on this path. . . . Everyone can begin, and the point at which we start is very personal and individual, depending on where we are at the time.”

And why do we start yoga? As Desikachar says, it is because we have the feeling that we don’t always do the best for ourselves or others. We realise that we lack clarity of perception – that is, we are clouded by the veil of avidya. The real purpose of yoga is to reduce avidya so that understanding can gradually develop. When we see the truth, and reach a higher than normal level of understanding, we have a sense of quiet contentment deep inside ourselves. The centre of this contentment is the purusha, something deep inside us that is not subject to change, and which can really see the true nature of things. The way to make progress towards this goal is through kriya yoga [defined in Yoga Sutra 2.1]. Essentially, this is inner cleansing, finding out who we really are, and paying attention to the spirit in which we act. In this chapter Desikachar has much to say about avidya, its offshoots and what we should do about them. Essentially, the advice is always to be alert and thoughtful, as avidya can creep up on us at any time. “We are required to be constantly active until the seeds of avidya are burned and cannot germinate any more.”