阿斯汤加瑜伽前辈David Swenson的金句句句受益，值得分享
About Yoga 关于瑜伽
* This mat should be the place we come to free ourselves from all the stresses of the world. Don’t make it another place to be stress to you.
瑜伽垫应该是我们从尘世的各种压力解脱出来的场所，不应该是给你添加压力的多一个地方。
* The mat is like a loving mother; The practice is a loving place.
瑜伽垫就像一个慈母，练习是爱和被爱的表达。
* If you enjoy your practice today, you will want to practice tomorrow. No one has to tell you.
假如你享受你今天的练习，明天你一准儿想要回来，不用其他人提醒。
* Keep it simple. It’s only yoga. Don’t make it too complicated.
让练习简单点，这只是瑜伽而已，不要搞得太复杂。
About Asana 关于体位法
* Let the practice do its work. Don’t become obsessed with one asana.
让练习本身顺势而为，不要对体位法太过痴迷。
* There is a big picture; a lot of other asanas will help you with this one asana.
你要有宏观的概念，很多体位都会因你现在做的这个体位而得益。
* Everyone will find asanas that for them are easier and asanas that are harder. Treat them all with an equal mind.
每个人都有自己比他人容易上手的体位，和比他人更难做到的体位。对待所有体位，都要用平等心。
About Time 关于时间
* The best time of the practice is the time of the day that you can practice.
练习的最好的时间是一天中你能够铺开垫子练习的时间
* You find your life style and think about how to fit the yoga into your day.
你要找到你的生活方式，然后再来思考怎样把瑜伽融入你生活的每一天。
About Food 关于饮食
* If you really practice ashtanga yoga, you have to eat, you need fuel for your body, but everyone will find different fuel.
假如你练习的的确是阿斯汤加瑜伽，你就必须吃东西， 你的身体需要燃料， 但是或许每一个都需要不一样的燃料。
* We start becoming aware of our body and how we feel without anyone telling you.
你开始意识到你自己的身体，和你自己的感受，并没有人告诉你这些。
* You start to discover certain foods make you feel better but other foods make you feel heavy. I think it’s a natural progression.
你开始发现某种食物会让你感觉更好，但是另外某种食物让你感觉沉重。我想这是一个自然而然的过程。
About Injury 关于伤痛
* If someone becomes injured from yoga, they are doing something wrong.
假如谁因练习瑜伽而受伤，那说明Ta肯定在错做着什么。
* The main reason to practice any style of yoga is to increase prana in our body. Prana means positive life force. Take that energy and go out and make the world better place.
无论是哪种形式的瑜伽，我们练习的最主要的原因都是要增加身体内的能量（Prana), Prana意味着生命的正向能量。带着这种能量走出教室走入世界让世界变得更好一点。
* Somehow if you become injured from yoga, don’t feel bad about yourself, just change your practice.
如果不巧你练瑜伽受伤了，不要自责，你应该做的只是改变你的练习。
* Injury should be avoided, and you should use your practice to heal yourself.
伤痛应该要避开，而且你应该用练习来愈疗自己。
* Do not ignore pain. We have pain in our body to tell us something is wrong. You have to listen to your body. It will speak to you.
疼痛不能轻视，你身体上的疼痛是在告诉你有什么东西做的不对，你要倾听你的身体，它会和你沟通。
* If you focus on your breath, listen to your body, you will not get hurt.
假如你专注于呼吸，倾听你的身体，你就不会受伤。
* If you get injured by a teacher, immediately tell that teacher they hurt you so they know.
假如你因为老师而受伤，你要即刻告诉那个老师这样伤到你了，一定让老师知道。
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