「今」の自分...The present "you"

明日（火曜日）は私の誕生日です。誕生日のために、何か特別なヨガの練習をしたいと思います。今考えているのは、２８歳になるから、２８回太陽礼拝をすること。太陽礼拝は、色々なバージョンがあるから、２８回をしても、多分毎回はちょっと違う。ちょっと楽しみ。。。

Tomorrow (Tuesday) is my birthday. In honor of my birthday, I feel like doing some sort of special yoga practice. I'm thinking that since I'm turning 28, maybe I'll do 28 Sun Salutations. Since there are endless variations of Sun Salutations, even if I do 28 rounds, I can do something different each time. I'm kinda looking forward to it...


ヨガを始めるときに、多分みんなはちょっと緊張だと思います。ポーズをしているときに、他の人は何をしているのを見たり、辛くて、ちょっと止めようとしたりして、集中するのは難しいかも知れない。でも、ヨガをもっとやると、自分が変わります。もっと深く自分を見られて、中に入ります。そうなったら、「ヨギ」です。

When you first start doing yoga, perhaps most people are nervous or insecure. Maybe they're looking at other people while in a pose, or stopping to relax when things get difficult. Concentrating can be tough. However, when you start doing yoga more, you might find that you start to change. You become more able to look deeper into yourself, and to go in. When you start to do that, that's when you're becoming a yogi.


それで、ヨガをするときに、いつも、自分を意識してみて下さい。いつも、自分に質問を聞く。
So, when you practice yoga, always try to be aware of yourself. Constantly ask yourself questions.

• 今、どこに向いている？となりの人？窓？時計？向こうのやわらかい人？先生が言ったポイント？
• Right now, where are you looking? At the person next to you? Out the window? At the clock? At the really flexible person across from you? At the point the yoga instructor told you to?
  
• 今、何について考えている？ご飯？ヨガの後の用事？仕事？夫とのけんか？私の体？私の呼吸？
• Right now, what are you thinking about? Food? The stuff you have to take care of after yoga? Work? The fight you had with your husband? Your body? Your breathing?
  
• 今、どんな感じがする？気持ちいい？足を伸ばすのが辛い？イライラ？痛み？
• Right now, how do you feel? Good? Hurting when you stretch your legs? Frustrated? In pain?

そんな質問を自分に聞いたら、「今」の自分に戻れる。「今」の自分がも少し分かるようになれる。それは「ヨガ」。

If you ask yourself those questions, you can keep returning to the present moment. You can start to understand a little more about the present "you." And that is yoga.