I-Yoga nami sesineminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-20 sindawonye. Lobu ngobunye ubudlelwano obude kakhulu empilweni yami. Njengabo bonke ubudlelwano, siye saba nezikhathi ezimnandi nezingezinhle.
Saba nama-honeymoon lapho engangingasuthi khona. Siphinde saba nezikhathi zokuwohloka komnotho lapho ngimelana khona futhi ngicasuke. I-Yoga yangiphulukisa futhi yangilimaza. Ngadlula endleleni enameva, ngamila khona lapho okwakungathi ngizobhajwa khona. Naphezu kwakho konke lokhu, ngikhule ngibonga i-yoga futhi ngihlala ngizinikele kuyo. Ngafunda ukuthandana ngokuphindaphindiwe. Phela, ubudlelwano obude futhi obubaluleke kakhulu ezimpilweni zethu ngokuvamile akubona obujabulisa kakhulu. Nge-yoga, sihlangabezane nakho konke: okuhle, okubi, okuyisicefe.
Yini okufanele uyenze uma ulahlekelwa uthando lwakho lwe-yoga?
Angikwazi ukubala inani labafundi abasha abathola i-yoga futhi beza emakilasini izikhathi ezimbalwa ngeviki. Le nombolo ilingana nenani labasebenzi abashile bangabe besavela embundwini wehholo futhi. Kufana nengoma oyikhonzile. Kukukhanga ekuqaleni futhi kuzwakala kumnandi izikhathi zokuqala ezingama-200. Kodwa-ke uthola ukuthi awusafuni ukuphinde uyizwe. Ubudlelwano ne-yoga imarathon, hhayi umjaho. Umgomo wethu uwukugcina umkhuba uqhubeka kukho konke ukuphila, futhi lokho kudinga ukubekezela.
Uma ufika endaweni ephakeme - iphuzu ekusebenzeni kwakho lapho uzwa sengathi awusathuthuki - into esilinga kakhulu ukuyenza ukuyeka. Ngicela ungalilahli ithemba! Lokhu kuhle. Eqinisweni, lesi yisikhathi esiwusizo. Ngalesi sikhathi, uzofunda ukubekezela, uqale ukukhula futhi uthuthuke ngezinga elicashile kunelomzimba. Njengobudlelwano bezothando, ama-honeymoons angaba okwesikhashana, kodwa kungemuva kwalokho lapho ukusondelana kwangempela kuqala.
Noma ngabe yimiphi imizwa ecacile onayo manje nge-yoga - uthando noma ukungathandi - yazi ukuthi i-yoga izoba umlingani wakho othembekile, iyohlala inawe. Ubudlelwano abufani. Futhi sibonga uNkulunkulu! Zizothuthuka njengoba uthuthuka. Hlala kuzo. Qhubeka nokuzivocavoca. Bese uzama eyodwa noma eziningi zalezi zindlela zokuthandana nokuzijwayeza kwakho futhi.
Hlola esinye isici somkhuba. Esikwaziyo nge-yoga emazweni aseNtshonalanga kumane kuyiphuzu leqhwa kulo mkhuba omangalisayo. Abaningi bethu badonsekela ku-yoga ngokuma komzimba, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, siqala ukubona izinzuzo ezicashile, njengokuthula kwengqondo kanye nokuzazi. Kunezimo eziningi nezinhlanganisela eziningi zokulandelana kangangokuthi akuvamile ukufisa okwengeziwe. Uma ukwenza kwakho kungasakujabulisi, zama ukuya ukuzindla noma ukufunda incwadi yefilosofi ngeyoga. Ukwazi kwethu kuningi, ngakho-ke ukwehlukahlukana komhlaba we-yoga kungakusiza ukuthi uthole izinto eziningi ezintsha kuwena.
Chithani isikhathi ndawonye. Awukutholi okufunayo emakilasini eqembu? Zithathele izindaba ezandleni zakho. Umzimba uhlakaniphe ngendlela emangalisayo, futhi uma sishintsha indlela, izokhombisa ngqo esikudingayo. Abafundi abaningi bangitshela ukuthi bayeqa amakilasi eqembu lapho bezama ukwenza umkhuba wabo wasekhaya. Bangitshela ukuthi abakhumbuli ukulandelana noma ukuthi benzeni. Ngiyakunxusa ukuthi ubeke eceleni isidingo sokwazi ukulandelana kwe-asanas futhi esikhundleni salokho uvele uhambe kumata wakho. Ukuba nawe kanye nokuxhumana nomzimba wakho kuyi-yoga! Ngakho-ke, uma ulele e-shavasana imizuzu engu-20 noma uvele ume endaweni yempi, lokhu kungase kube yilokho okudingwa umzimba wakho. Ngokuvumela umzimba wakho ukuthi wenze lokho okudingeka ukwenze, uthuthukisa ukuguquguquka.
Thola usizo. Abantu abaningi abasebudlelwaneni obuphumelelayo baye bafuna ukwesekwa ngesinye isikhathi. Kuyasiza ukuba nomuntu wesithathu ozongena abone izinto ngaphandle ukuze uthole umbono omusha nesiqondiso. Kunjalo nangomkhuba wakho we-yoga, ngakho-ke ngikukhuthaza ukuthi ucabange ukuthatha isifundo sangasese. Kufanele ngivume ukuthi angikwazi ukulandela wonke umfundi ekilasini leqembu u-100% wesikhathi futhi nginguthisha osabelayo futhi oqaphelayo. Ukusebenza ngakunye kunginika ithuba lokuhlanganisa umkhuba nezidingo ezithile zomfundi. Ikilasi le-yoga eliyimfihlo lingakusiza ukukhomba izindawo ezithile lapho ungagxila khona futhi wenze imephu yecebo lokuzijwayeza kwasekhaya esikhulume ngakho ngenhla. Ngisho nesifundo esisodwa sangasese njalo ezinyangeni ezimbalwa singaba nomthelela waphakade ekusebenzeni kwakho.
Cabangela ukuzilolonga nabanye othisha. Sikhula size sibe sezingeni likathisha wethu. Yingakho kubaluleke kakhulu ukufunda kubafundisi abaqhubeka nokufunda bebodwa. Asikucacele ukuthi leli phuzu akulona elokwenza izinto lapha nalaphaya. Kunzima ukujabulela ukugxuma usuka kothisha uye kuthisha. Futhi leli iphutha elivamile le-rookie. Kunalokho, zama ukufunda nothisha abaningana abahlukene izikhathi eziqondile kodwa ezinwetshiwe. Kungafundisa ngendlela emangalisayo. Kwesinye isikhathi, uma sizwa sengathi siyekile ukuthuthuka ku-yoga, asikhulisi umkhuba, kodwa uthisha othile. Lena inqubo yemvelo yokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Kodwa njalo sibuyela emicabangweni yethu kuthisha wethu wokuqala sinokubonga.
Thenga okuthile okusha kokuzijwayeza kwakho. Khumbula, lapho siseyizingane, unyaka nonyaka sasijabulela izinto ezintsha zesikole? Kukhona okuthile ngakho. Into entsha isinika ugqozi lokuthi senze izinto zethu ezijwayelekile futhi. Akukhona nje ngezinto kuphela, kodwa futhi mayelana namandla. Uma ubukade uzilolongela kumata ofanayo iminyaka eyi-10 edlule, mhlawumbe sekuyisikhathi sokunyakazisa izinto kancane futhi uqale impilo entsha. Mhlawumbe sekuyisikhathi sengubo entsha noma yezemidlalo engaphili. Uma uzizwa ukahle, amandla akho ayashintsha. Lokhu kungakujabulisa futhi kukujabulise kangangokuthi uzofuna ukusabalalisa umakalo ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka.