關於AshtangaYoga.info網站及其作者-Arjuna

About AshtangaYoga.info and its author - Arjuna
關於AshtangaYoga.info網站及其作者-Arjuna

HI, I'm Arjuna, a Yoga teacher and a Medical Doctor.
嗨,我是Arjuna,一位瑜珈老師及醫藥的醫生
Some say I'm one of the most dedicated Ashtanga Yoga practitioners
一些人說我是最專注於八支瑜伽的開業醫生之一
Here you can read a bit about me and my approach to Yoga.
這裡您可知道有關於我和我的瑜珈履程
After I learned Yoga form from my mother at early age, I restarted Yoga on my own with a daily practice in 1990.
在我年紀較輕時,我的母親教我瑜珈,之後從1990年起我重新開始學習瑜珈且每天練習
In 1999 I discovered Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga.
在1999年我發現八支串聯瑜伽
At that time, there weren't many people doing Ashtanga Yoga in Germany, my home country and place of resicence.
在當時,我的國家德國和居住附近,並沒有很多人修練八支瑜伽
My first contacts with Ashtanga Yoga were at workshops.
我的第一次接觸八支瑜伽是參加一次研習營
I travelled to nearly every Ashtanga Yoga workshop within about 500 km from my home city, Nurenberg.
從我居住的城市Nurenberg到每一次八支瑜伽研習營舉辦處大約500公里
I was lucky enough to meet and learn from some of the most well-known Ashtanga Yoga teachers, such as Lieno Miele, John Scott and David Svenson.
我很幸運可遇到且受教於一些很有名的老師如:Lieno Miele, John Scott 和 David Svenson.
I'm fascinated by the grace, power and elegance of the Ashtanga Yoga practice.
我被八支瑜伽練習時的優美,勁道及典雅所吸引
But to a greater extent I am enthralled by its ancient tradition; each movement, breath and direction of gazing has been practiced for thousands of years, just as it is done today.
但最大的吸引之處為其古代的傳統,現今修練的每一個動作,呼吸及凝結視點均和數百年前的修練一樣
Being part of a tradition of generations of Yogis that have already practiced all these techniques is a magic thought for me.
對我而言當一位代代相傳的瑜珈行者之一,練習古老傳承的方法是一項很神奇的思維
Some people claim that Ashtanga Yoga has no tradition at all.
一些人斷言八支瑜伽一點都不是傳統
They say: "Ashtanga Yoga is just a modern invention".
他們說:"八支瑜伽只是一項現代的發明"
It's true that there are many assertions about Ashtanga Yoga which are difficult, if not impossible to prove.
事實而論,八支瑜伽的許多主張理論是困難且很難去證明的
But do we always need evidence?
但我們總是須證據來證明嗎?
Somehow life is like a kaleidoscope.
生命無意中就像萬花筒
If you look through it, you see beautiful colours and amazing geometrical paterns.
若您看穿祂,您可見漂亮的顏色及神奇的幾何圖案
If you are only concerned with physical reality, you can destroy the kaleidoscope and you will come to the conclusion that all the beauty you saw was mere splinters of odd coloured glass.
若您只專注在物理性的真實,您可將萬花筒打破得到一個結論,看起來漂亮但這不過是一些碎掉及零散的彩色玻璃
You will be disillusioned and the dream of the kaleidoscope will be dead.
您將從夢中覺醒而萬花筒將會死亡
For me, it feels good to be practising Ashtanga Yoga in what I understand to be the most traditional method.
對我而言在我知道許多傳統的方法,八支瑜伽的修練是較有益的
I used to be a bit confused about the differences between different teaching approaches.
我以前會迷惘於太多不同的修練法門
To get in direct contact with the roots of Ashtanga Yoga I travelled to India to study with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.
為了直接接觸八支瑜伽的根源,我到印度與Sri K. Pattabhi Jois學習
All other Ashtanga Yoga teachers alive have either learned directly from him or from his students.
所有其他的八支瑜伽的老師都從他或其學生學到此系統
I hoped - a hope that has been justified by my experience of him - that he was the one who could teach me the most traditional way of Ashtanga Yoga.
我根據我自己的經驗認為,他是唯一可教我傳統八支瑜伽的老師
He always confirms the method he teacjes today is exactly the one he learned from his teacher Sri Tirumali Krishnamacharya.
他總是確認此系統的方法是他從其老師Sri Tirumali Krishnamacharya學習來的
But it seems that he wasn't very exact in his teaching, because there are a few slight differences between the practices (and therefore teachings) of the various people that have studied with Patabhi Jois at different times.
但似乎有一現象,在不同的人且在不同時期與Patabhi Jois學習後，練習法有些微的不同
My Ashtanga Yoga practice represents what I learned from Pattabhi Jois.
我的八支瑜伽也呈現我從Pattabhi Jois學到的部分
In the places where I noticed differences, I asked him or his grandson Sharath for the correct method of counting, breathing and moving.
在一些我注意到不同之處,我請教他及其孫子Sharath有關於計數，呼吸及動作正確的方法
However, because I only did the primary and intermediate series under Pattabhis guidance, when I practice the advanced series I use the counting and method I have learned from some senior students of Pattabhi Jois.
因我在Pattabhis的指導下只學第一級及第二級，因此當我練習第三級以上時,我從Pattabhi Jois的一些資深學生學習計數及方法
I teach what I practise.
我練習完成的部分我才教
For me, teaching feels more like sharing my personal practice - I just forward what I have experienced.
對我而言教學像是分享我個人經驗過的練習成果
Hence, I teach Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in a way I believe to be the most traditional.
所以我相信我教的八支串聯瑜伽是最傳統的
Nevertheless, the "most traditional" form of Ashtanga Yoga still differs quite a bit from teacher to teacher.
除非最傳統的八支瑜伽形式仍是在不同的老師間有一些不同
Maybe Ashtanga Yoga is like yeast.
也許八支瑜伽像酵母
If you put a bit of curd in milk, the yeast will transform the milk into curd.
假如您放一些凝乳在牛奶，酵母將會將牛奶轉變成凝乳
You can take your curd to any country, put it into milk and it will happen.
您可以拿著凝乳到任何國家,放入牛奶會發生一樣的變化
- But the curd will always taste a bit different.
但凝乳嚐起來總是會有一點不一樣
The yeast is the same, but the milk changes.
酵母是一樣的,但牛奶會變化
Likewise, Ashtanga Yoga has a different flavour everywhere, but it is still Ashtanga Yoga.
八支瑜伽在每ㄧ個不同的地方亦有不一樣的風格,但祂仍是八支瑜伽
NOTE: 1.本段譯自
http://ashtangayoga.info/ashtanga-yoga/ashtangayoga-info.html
2.已將理論的部份譯完,保留中英對照,以便網友對照閱讀
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