The Principles of āsana Practice (1)

? ? The practice of yoga gives us the chance to experience the many different meanings of the word yoga.? We have already described yoga as a movement from one point to another, higher one that was previously beyond our reach.? It doesn’t matter whether this shift comes about through practicing

āsanas, through study and reading, or through meditation — it is still yoga.

修習(xí)體式的原則（一）

? ? ? 修習(xí)瑜伽讓我們有機(jī)會去體驗(yàn)「瑜伽」一詞的諸多意義。我們曾將瑜伽描述為從一處到另一更高處的運(yùn)動，那更高處是我們先前可望不可即的。這種轉(zhuǎn)變是通過修習(xí)體式、還是通過研究和閱讀、抑或通過冥想而發(fā)生，其實(shí)都無關(guān)緊要，因?yàn)檫@些都屬於瑜伽範(fàn)疇。