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Weighing 106 kg is not something everyone will experience. Jiun often felt powerless when trying to move his body. His mind was not at ease, he injured the same knee twice, snapping both front and back cruciate ligaments, and broke his meniscus. He can now look back at that interesting phase of his life without any negative emotions.
Allowing yoga to be part of his life was another interesting process. Yoga was never a goal to achieve. The philosophy that yoga encompasses is indispensable to the completion of many happy experiences in life. Yoga is one of the best ways to help one pause and to introspect, and for that he is deeply appreciative and respectful.
Jiun's best yoga journey took place not in India, but in Hu SIR's Ortho-center where he worked as a sports adviser and chiropractor. There were so many life stories going on at each of the sickbeds. Some suffered from frozen shoulders, others from scoliosis, some had sports injuries and some were fatigued from toiling for their families. Problems could be diagnosed and treated through just a few simple movements, leading me to realise that there was so much more to postures than just practising some physical movements in a yoga class.
Jiun has a son, whom he will try to help balance his mind through yoga so that when he encounters difficulties later in life, he will be able to make wise choices and live with no regrets. This same aspiration he applies to his students.
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200hrs practice and theory in the areas of Yoga Philosophy, Asana Alignment and Adjustment, Pranayama, Anatomy and Practical Teaching Methodology with Patrick Creelman, Pure Yoga, Taipei Taiwan
中華民國瑜珈協會認證之瑜珈教師 |
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Yu's Books
| Siddhartha 悉達求道記(流浪者之歌)
by Hermann Hesse 赫塞
The Cloud Gate Dance Theatre headed by Lin Hwai-min once performed a play, Songs of the Wonderers, based on the book that I'm about to introduce, Siddhartha. This version is the most brilliant of the various translations that I have read. The book mainly discusses pre-sectarian Buddhism, though it touches briefly on Hindu Vedic. Much of the book is dedicated to the discussion of introspection when practising yoga and may just provide some enlightenment or answers to those tricky questions in life.
| No Boundary 事事本無礙
by KEN WILBER 肯恩‧威爾
The clue is in the title. It is in fact an enriched system of knowledge based on the author's understanding of classic books of yoga, Buddhism, Daoism, Islam, and other Western religions. Reading Ken Wilber's books and Patanajali's Yoga-sutras when practising Asana gives me a great sense of enrichment.
| Basic Clinical Massage Therapy: Integrating Anatomy and Treatment 基礎臨床按摩治療學整合解剖與治療
by James H. Clay David M. Pounds
As interesting as they may be, most books on anatomy are very difficult to read. Although there are many yoga books that attempt to dissect the science of anatomy, many of them fail in their attempts. And this book is no exception. However, the illustrations are incredibly fascinating. They allow the reader to understand the point of pain in the muscle and the transfer of pain with a complete index for reference. The location of muscles, their sizes and scopes, and ways to massage them are all explained in great detail. This is a wonderful teaching resource.
| The Tree of Yoga 瑜珈之樹
by B.K.S. Iyengar 愛揚格
Yoga-sutra is like the Tao Te Ching. A sophisticated level of understanding is constructed upon just a few words and great people do not hesitate to live by the philosophy and stick to it with strong determination. The last part is the most difficult. Knowing is one thing but deciding and acting upon it is another. The Tree of Yoga by Iyengar serves as a bridge to help the reader better understand the ideas in the Yoga sutra, how to perform yoga, and how to maintain direction in the different yoga postures.
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Yu's Tips
| Things to bear in mind when doing Asana in or after class:
Pay attention to how you feel. Focus on feeling your every limb, your every muscle -- front, back, up, down, your left waist, and the tension built up in your back near your shoulders. Focus on feeling the vision that you are seeing. Focus on the moistness or dryness in your mouth. Focus on every instruction you hear and every sound you hear or don't hear. Focus on the sweat that drips down behind your ears, running slowly down the skin of your neck and the transient thoughts that flash through your mind. Pause and move. And move and pause.
Finally, remember to control your breathing!
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