Thaum koj kawm ib chav kawm yoga, nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb rau koj hnov cov xib fwb hais txog kev siv lub tswv yim qub yoga muab koj cov cuab yeej los kho lub neej tshiab. Nws yog inferred, thiab qee zaum tau hais meej, tias yoga postures koj xyaum ua haujlwm yog lawv tus kheej heev laus, thiab qhov ancient thiab mystical Eastern keeb kwm siv los muab hwj huam thiab txoj cai rau poses.
Tab sis qhov tseeb ntawm qhov teeb meem yog hais tias tsuas yog ib tug heev ob peb ntawm simplest poses ( zaum crosslegged , piv txwv li) yuav tsum taug qab tej yam ntau tshaj li ob peb lub xyoos. Feem ntau cov dej num yog cov khoom tsim dua tshiab .
Nyob rau hauv lub Vaj Tswv Paus: Lub neej ntawm lub Koom Txoos ntawm Indra Devi, tus poj niam uas Pab Tau Yoga mus rau sab hnub poob, journalist Michelle Goldberg siv Devi lub neej ua lub lens txawm tias saib qaum ntawm yoga hauv lub xyoo pua xeem. Devi's biography yog lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm phau ntawv, tab sis cov xwm txheej ntawm yoga's journey to the mainstream yog ib qho tsis tshua muaj thoob hauv. Nws yog fascinating li cas Goldberg yuav tau ua dua piv txwv li cas yoga lub siab yog qhov khoom ntawm kev sib txeeb thiab tawm sib tham ntawm Eastern thiab Western kab lis kev cai tiam sis. Yuav luag txhua qhov kev pom zoo tias Devi muaj qhov nws xav tias muaj tseeb Asmeskas haiv neeg tau hloov los ntawm cov neeg European los yog Asmesliskas, uas txhawb qhov tswv yim uas siv qhov tseeb ntawm hom kev xyaum asana lossis lwm yam tsis tseem ceeb.
Lub hauv paus ntawm Indra Devi
Yug Eugenia Peterson rau tsev neeg Aristocratic Lavxias teb sab nyob hauv Riga, Latvia, Devi nyob hauv nws thaum ntxov thaum nws ntsib ib phau ntawv ua rau nws nyiam nyob hauv Is Nrias teb. Phau ntawv, Kaum Xyoo Tshooj nyob rau hauv Yogi Philosophy thiab Oriental Occultism , tau muab xa mus rau Yogi Ramacharaka, tab sis twb tau sau los ntawm William Walter Atkinson ntawm Chicago.
Atkinson tau koom tes nrog Kev Txiav Txim Tshiab, uas yog Goldberg piav raws li "kev pabcuam nws tus kheej rau tus kheej." Txawm hais tias phau ntawv no yog qhov xwm txheej, Goldberg sau hais tias "kev coj txawv txawv ntawm Indian khov kho thiab kev ua haujlwm ntawm tus kheej kheej" uas nws txhais tau tias yog lub cim ntawm Devi lub neej thiab yoga evolution. Tom qab Kev Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb thib Ib, Dabi thawj lub guru tau ua ib qho kev sib koom ntawm thaj tsam thiab sab hnub tuaj. Txawm hais tias Krishnamurti yog legitimately Indian, lub koom haum uas nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm sab ntsuj plig yog ib sab hnub poob tsim lub npe hu ua Theosophy. Nws yog raws li ib tug Krishnamurti uas Eugenia Peterson thawj mus rau Is Nrias teb thiab embarked li ib lub neej ntawm fascination nrog Indian spiritualism uas yuav ua rau nws los ntawm guru rau guru, ua Indra Devi raws li txoj kev.
Indra Devi thiab Yoga
Devi nws thiaj li los kawm nrog tus txiv neej uas tau hu ua leej txiv tus niaj hnub yoga: T. Krishnamacharya , uas nws cov menyuam kawm ntawv nrog BKS Iyengar thiab Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. Tab sis, yog tias koj xav tias Devi yuav thaum kawg ib qho tseeb yoga kev lig kev cai nyob rau hauv no rov, xav dua. Txoj kev uas Krishnamacharya tau tsim nyob rau hauv lub patronage ntawm Maharajah ntawm Mysore tseem yog lwm hybridization, lub sij hawm no cov neeg Asmeskas kev cai dab qhuas thiab western gymnastics thiab kev kawm tub rog, qhia rau cov tub ntxhais hluas uas mus kawm lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm lub palace.
Txoj kev no yuav dhau los ua Ashtanga Yoga nyob rau hauv cov kev taw qhia ntawm Jois. Tom qab ob peb zaug pib ua haujlwm rau cov poj niam hauv Western, Krishnamacharya qhia Devi ntau ntau nws cov asanas thiab pranayama qoj ib ce dua li nws siv rau cov tub hluas. Thaum nws tawm hauv Mysore tom qab lub yim hli, Krishnamacharya tau hais kom Devi mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb thiab nthuav txog qhov nws tau kawm, uas nws ua thawj zaug hauv Shanghai thiab tom qab ntawd thaum tseem nyob hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas thiab Khiav Tebchaws Asmeskas, nrog rau ntau qhov chaw uas nws tau nyob thiab mus ncig.
Tus vajtswv poj niam Pose muaj ntau yam kev zoo nkauj thiab kev paub txog hauv Devi's lub neej, los ntawm nws txoj kev tuaj yeem ua cov neeg nyiam hluas nkauj nyob hauv Tebchaws Europe hauv kev twvight ntawm Lavxias teb sab revolutionary, tus neeg nrhiav nyob hauv Khuj Teb nyuaj rau kev ywj pheej, thiab yoga xib fwb hauv Shanghai thaum lub sij hawm Ntiaj Teb Thib Ob Tsov rog.
Raws li Goldberg tau nthuav tawm, Devi's biography sau nws hauv qee qhov chaw tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm kev hloov hauv tiam 20th century. Nws thiaj li Devi tuaj rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, qhov chaw uas nws siv sib txuas ntawm nws txoj kev taug mus ua tus xib fwb yoga rau Hollywood hnub qub (Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson) thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm qib siab hauv nws cov hauj lwm hauv Elizabeth Arden. Nws tau sau ntau cov phau ntawv uas zoo tshaj plaws uas muag muag uas yog muaj kev qhia yoga. Nws qhov keeb kwm yav dhau los thiab cov kev coj tau ua rau kev hloov ntawm yoga los ntawm qhov esoteric mus rau qhov chaw, cia Goldberg los ua lub ntsiab lus qhia li cas yoga keeb kwm yog nyob rau hauv ib lub xeev ntawm cov evolution tsis hloov ib qho kev tsis sib to taub.