“Inhale. … Exhale.”
“吸气。 …呼气。”
These are the most said words in a yoga class. And if you have ever taken one, you have probably heard these words spoken to you by a yoga instructor who is oblivious to the fact that attempting to maintain your body in the instructed pose is, kind of, impeding your ability to inhale and exhale.
这些是瑜伽课上最多说的词。 如果你曾经接受过，你可能听过一位瑜伽教练对你说的这些话，他忘记了这样一个事实，即试图保持你的身体处于指导的姿势，在某种程度上，会阻碍你吸气和呼气的能力。
Your legs are shaking, your arms feel tired and you begin to question why you started doing this to begin with. But when it is time for “savasana” (a yoga pose that requires complete mental and physical relaxation), you lay down and let yourself melt away into your mat. Then you sit up, bow and say, “Namaste”. As you leave, you feel accomplished, content, relaxed and you say, “Gosh, I love yoga”.
你的腿在颤抖，你的手臂感到疲惫，你开始质疑你为什么一开始就这样做。 但是当到了“savasana”（一种需要身心完全放松的瑜伽姿势）的时候，你躺下，让自己融化在垫子上。 然后你坐起来，鞠躬说：“Namaste”。 当你离开时，你感到有成就感、满足、放松，你说：“天啊，我喜欢瑜伽”。
If you are a yogi, this may be close to something you have experienced before, or maybe not. There is, after all, more than one style of yoga class. Each style provides different benefits; some are more meditative and others more physical. Some help with stress relief, others help improve energy levels, focus on building endurance, strength or flexibility, and while some styles are inspired by others, no two are exactly the same.
如果你是一个瑜伽师，这可能接近你以前经历过的事情，也可能不是。 毕竟，瑜伽课有不止一种风格。 每种风格都有不同的好处；有些更具有冥想性，而另一些则更有体力。 有些有助于缓解压力，有些有助于提高能量水平，专注于增强耐力、力量或灵活性，虽然有些风格受到其他风格的启发，但没有两种风格是完全相同的。
Yoga goes back a long time, so long so that no one can be sure when it originated. As a Sanskrit word which means “to create a union”, in yoga, this bond is between mind, body and soul.
瑜伽可以追溯到很久以前，以至于没有人能确定它的起源。 在瑜伽中，这种纽带是心灵、身体和灵魂之间的纽带，这是一个梵语单词，意思是“建立联盟”。
For some, however, who consider yoga to be more than an exercise, the word yoga can be a paradox, since yoga creates a union between two things that were never separate.
然而，对于一些认为瑜伽不仅仅是一种运动的人来说，瑜伽这个词可能是一个悖论，因为瑜伽在两个从未分离的东西之间创造了一种结合。
But what yoga means to a person, I believe, is individually unique. To some, it’s a way of life; to others, a way to relax and detach. Some use it as stress management, others for the physical benefits or rehabilitation. Everyone has a different reason for practicing yoga, and a preferred style.
但我相信，瑜伽对一个人的意义是独一无二的。 对一些人来说，这是一种生活方式；对另一些人来说，这是一种放松和脱离的方式。 有些人用它来管理压力，有些人用它来治疗身体益处或康复。 每个人练习瑜伽都有不同的理由和偏好的风格。
Yoga is not something you need to go to a class to learn. There are now many channels on YouTube, Apps and accounts on social media, that post free content and tips for how to begin a yoga journey. But if you are feeling discouraged with your practice, just remember that, while some yoga focuses on the physical, the goal of yoga is to help your mind and your body become one. The real mission of yoga is to open up your heart and your mind.
瑜伽不是你需要去上课才能学习的。 现在YouTube上有许多频道、社交媒体上的应用程序和帐户，发布关于如何开始瑜伽之旅的免费内容和提示。 但是，如果你对练习感到沮丧，请记住，虽然一些瑜伽侧重于身体，但瑜伽的目标是帮助你的思想和身体融为一体。 瑜伽的真正使命是打开你的心灵和思想。
Personally, I started yoga because of my mom. Maybe not the best or most exciting original story, but it is the truth. She was practicing yoga to recover from a shoulder injury and always told me to practice as well, sharing with me how it benefited her and what it could do for me.
就我个人而言，我开始练瑜伽是因为我妈妈。 也许不是最好或最令人兴奋的原创故事，但这是事实。 她正在练习瑜伽来从肩部受伤中恢复，她总是告诉我也要练习，和我分享瑜伽对她有什么好处，以及它能对我有什么好处。
In classic teenager style, I didn’t pay much attention. That was until this year, when I joined her in some of her yoga classes. Then, I had a wonderful opportunity to participate in a yoga course and to ultimately receive yoga certification.
在经典的青少年风格中，我没有太注意。 直到今年，我和她一起上了一些瑜伽课。 然后，我有一个绝佳的机会参加瑜伽课程，并最终获得瑜伽认证。
This course included learning some of the basic poses in Vinyasa or Ashtanga yoga, as well as how to assist a student to accomplish such. Though I had attended some classes before and tried practicing on my own with YouTube videos, I was somewhat unprepared for the intensity of the course.
本课程包括学习Vinyasa或Ashtanga瑜伽的一些基本姿势，以及如何帮助学生完成这些姿势。 虽然我以前上过一些课，并尝试用YouTube视频自己练习，但我对课程的强度有些准备不到。
Previously, I had thought of yoga as a slow-paced, relatively simple exercise. I was so, very far from being right. There is a certain intensity in yoga that I never experienced with any other type of exercise. It is that need to have strength and self-awareness in everything, all the way down to your fingertips and toes, which makes yoga a unique activity.
以前，我认为瑜伽是一种节奏缓慢、相对简单的运动。 我离正确还很远。 瑜伽有某种强度，我从来没有在任何其他类型的锻炼中体验过。 正是在一切事情上都需要有力量和自我意识，一直到你的指尖和脚趾，这使得瑜伽成为一项独特的活动。
Though I am not far into my yoga journey, from the time I started to right now, I feel a real passion for yoga and feel motivated to continue improving. For me, right now yoga is about the physical and mental benefits it can bring to my life, but this this path is not predetermined. As time goes on and my practice develops, it will perhaps lead me in directions I do not yet know.
虽然我的瑜伽之旅进展不远，但从我开始到现在，我对瑜伽有真正的热情，并感到有动力继续进步。 对我来说，现在瑜伽是关于它能给我的生活带来的身体和精神益处，但这条道路不是预先确定的。 随着时间的流逝，我的实践发展，它也许会把我引向我还不知道的方向。
Nohemí took her course to gain yoga certification at Fiber Yoga Studio (凡博) in Nanjing.
Nohemí参加了她的课程，在南京的纤维瑜伽工作室（凡博）获得了瑜伽认证。