Is yoga good?
Why should I learn yoga?
Is yoga not good?
Why did I give up yoga?
20 15 Indian prime minister modi visited China to let more people know about yoga. Many friends who hesitate to choose yoga will regret their mistakes after many years? China and India signed a memorandum on "Building a Yoga Institute of Yunnan University for Nationalities", which will be the first yoga institute established by India in China. Maybe after 15 years, many parents will support their children to choose a yoga major, and the entry threshold for yoga will be raised after 15 years. Will we regret the missed opportunity now?
Yoga has only been in our life for more than ten years. In fact, many people don't know about yoga, or they all come from hearsay. Even people who practice yoga practice yoga postures in yoga clubs or fitness centers. Because yoga is not as popular as Chinese, mathematics and English in school education since childhood, our understanding of yoga is limited to our own imagination. Coupled with the negative impact of some unqualified yoga instructors on this industry, and some people's demonized definition of yoga, the yoga that we originally stayed in the imagination stage is getting farther and farther away from the real yoga. This is not a complaint, but a factual explanation of the situation. Because students often hear me practicing yoga, the first sentence I ask is often: Can you put your feet on your neck? Can you separate horizontally and vertically? Some people also asked me for advice about yoga. The most puzzling thing is: I heard that yoga needs a soft body. I'm too hard to practice yoga, right? Few people ask me: can I solve my low back pain through yoga? Or: I am too stressed, can I relieve it through yoga? It can be seen from the questions that your understanding of yoga is far from the real yoga.
I (Carman Yu) and my husband (He Jianhua) have been practicing yoga for twelve years, so I dare not say that I fully understand what yoga is. Thousands of years of history and achievements of several generations must not be acquired and understood by years and decades of practice, but after all, being in it still has some say compared with hearsay. More than ten years ago, in order to relieve the pressure, we searched everywhere for places to relax, and the yoga studio in Zhengzhou was in the ascendant at that time. After experiencing badminton, table tennis, swimming and bowling, I finally chose yoga. Not following the fashion, but yoga really works. In the past ten years, we have experienced the birth and growth of children, the transformation of the company, and the peaks and valleys of life. Yoga has always been a faithful companion in our life. Aside from the philosophy that guides our life behind yoga, as far as the profession of yoga instructor is concerned, my husband and I can prove that this profession is worth choosing with our own experience.
In 2005, we began to practice yoga. In 2008, after my husband sold the Northern Lights, he became unemployed. Because Niu Niu is less than one year old and has just given up her responsibility, we haven't thought about starting a business again. With plenty of time, I started my own yoga practice, without the guidance of teachers and a lot of materials to refer to. The Light of Yoga by an old gentleman in Iyengar is our best textbook. In order to practice conveniently, my husband bought an extra book, cut it open with a paper cutter, and hung it up page by page, and practiced according to the practice requirements at the back of the book every day. Because there were few books about yoga published in China at that time, we asked our friends to buy them from Taiwan Province Province. I also bought a lot of yoga books in English from foreign language bookstores and learned a little with my poor English level. This process lasted for more than two years, and it was in these two years of independent study that my husband and I had our own yoga practice methods and philosophy system. We have never gone out to study with "famous teachers" and rarely go out to communicate. The outside world has little influence on us. Maybe that's why we haven't had any distractions until now. The environment has a great influence on a person, and we are not strong enough to ignore the influence of the surrounding environment. Before I lose myself, I think the best choice is to stay away from all negative voices, and stop associating with all negative people can at least temporarily gain inner peace.
For my husband and I, the job of yoga instructor is more like a kind of sharing: sharing our physical growth process for more than ten years with students, sharing our spiritual growth for more than ten years with members, and using our experience to attract jade, so that everyone who practices yoga with us can not only make progress physically, but also grow and improve internally. Since teaching yoga on 20 10, I have often received calls and messages from students, listening to them share their growth and gratitude to us. In fact, my husband and I can play a very small role in the whole process, but they have opened a window for their own lives through our experience, and yoga is the best catalyst. Because the real change starts from the heart, and the inner change comes from the softness of the body and the openness of the heart. After starting yoga, the first thing to do is to accept your body, observe your thinking mode and really know yourself. I think this should be the ultimate goal of practicing yoga and engaging in yoga teaching.