Part – 1: 醒覺：皮膚的每個毛孔都要化為眼睛 Awareness: Every pore of the skin has to become an eye

我們常以為智性與感覺僅發生在大腦中，而瑜伽認為：醒覺與智性必須貫通於全身。身體的每一個部分都要為智性所滲透，我們必須將身心兩面的覺性融為一體。若彼此無法合作，雙方都會產生苦惱，並滋生紛亂與「不適」的感覺。

比如：只有嘴裡自然分泌唾液的時候才應該吃飯，這是身體的智性告訴我們：我們真的餓了，否則我們就是自我填鴨，疾病的發生是必然的。

We think of intelligence and perception as taking place exclusively in our brain, but yoga teaches us that a awareness and intelligence must permeate the body. Each part of the body literally has to be engulfed by the intelligence. We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When the two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides. This leads to a sense of fragmentation and ‘dis-ease”. For example, we should eat only when our mouths spontaneously salivate, as it is the body’s intelligence telling us that we are truly hungry. If not, we are force-feeding ourselves and disease will surely follow.

分享以上我們閱讀的段落，摘自 Light on Life by BKS Iyengar – Stability the physical body (asana)…

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備註：

上述這段文章是提醒我們，不要想吃而吃，是身體真的需要吃才吃，相信練習瑜伽體位法的朋友們都知道，只要吃了不消化的食物或不淨的食物，或者是吃太多時，練起體位法時，腸胃會很不舒服，進而影響心情跟情緒，甚至會影響睡眠的。我們知道，脾胃在中醫又屬土，土不調，其他臟腑也跟著會不舒服的，