Inspiring words by Glenn Ceresoli

2013年9月26-29，參與澳洲資深老師Glenn Ceresoli的四天研習課，這是第二次向Glenn老師學習的經驗，感激他引領我突破了目前自我練習上遇到的瓶頸，感動他在教學時對學生付出無限的真誠與關愛。
擷取一段在上課時老師說的話，很深刻的意涵在當中，記錄下來並翻譯成中文，想與所有瑜珈練習者分享。

Photo from Glenn's website- Yoga Mind： http://www.yogamind.com.au/

As we go through all of the practice, we discover all these things. I might not be…..I could be.. I feel weak…I don’ feel strong…and…all these stuff are in the way. We cannot intimate asana and feel it when all these things are in the way. So in the end, the pure of yoga experience is to be one in the asana. It’s like a marriage, like a relationship, everything has to be worked out. When you have arguments, you have to resolve that. The asana is always there for you but we have to change, and then it becomes oneness, a pure experience and then we experience yoga. Until then, it’s just a preparation. And that preparation is a test. Because this experience of oneness is sacred, is a special thing. Unless you are prepared to go through all the effort, all the sacrifice, and hard work, you are not ready to experience it. It’s a part of the whole process of practice of yoga.

You cannot have something special just because you want it. We have to earn it. Because in the end, we are not just the one with the asana, it teaches us to be the one with ourselves. Once we experience that, this body, that body, no difference. I’m not only the one with me, I could be the one with her. This is how yoga fax whole humanity.

(中文翻譯)

當我們經歷所有的練習過程，我們會發掘所有的這些東西，我可能不行這樣、我可以那樣、我感覺虛弱，我不夠強壯…等等這些都是我們的障礙。當這些障礙都還存在的時候，我們無法連結或經驗體位法。所以最終，瑜珈最純淨的體驗是與體位法合而為一。就像婚姻，或是一段感情，所有一切都必須要想辦法面對，當有爭執時，就必須去解決它。就如體位法永遠在那等著，但我們必須要改變自己，才能與體位法合一，得到純淨的經驗，然後才能真正體驗瑜珈。在那之前，都只是預備過程，而這個預備過程是個測驗。因為合而為一的經驗是很神聖很特別的，除非已經付出所有的努力、犧牲以及認真下工夫，否則是沒辦法去經驗它的。這是練習瑜珈整個過程的一部分。

你不能擁有某個特別的東西就只因為你想要擁有它，必須要努力去獲取。因為最後，我們不是只跟體位法合而為一，而是藉由體位法教導我們與自性合而為一。一旦經驗它，那麼這個身體，那個身體，就沒有分別。我不只跟我合一，我也可以跟她合一。這是瑜珈如何傳遞於全人類之間。