Sihlangane no-International Contact Yoga Umfundisi u-Sarian Lee aka Yogi Anacostia ukuze sixoxe ngombono wakhe nge-yoga, ukuzamukela, indima ye-asanas, amasu okuphefumula nokuzindla enqubweni yokuphulukisa neyokuguqulwa. USarian ungomunye wabaholi bezempilo eWashington DC, empumalanga yoMfula i-Anacostia, lapho efundisa khona amakilasi e-vinyasa yoga athengekayo.
U-Sarian Lee waba kanjani u-Yogini Anacostia? Sitshele ngendlela yakho? Kungani unikele impilo yakho kulo mkhuba, futhi ukushintshe kanjani?
Ngaqala i-yoga ngemva kwesenzakalo esibuhlungu - ukulahlekelwa othandekayo. Ngaleso sikhathi ngangihlala edolobhaneni laseBelize, eMelika Ephakathi, futhi ukwelapha kwendabuko kwakungathuthukiswa lapho. Ngenhlanhla, umngane wami oseduze waya eqenjini le-Art of Living elasebenzisa amasu okuphefumula ukuze asuse ubuhlungu obungokomzwelo. Lapho ngafunda ukuthi kuyini ukuzindla kanye ne-asanas, futhi impilo yami yashintsha unomphela. Manje nginethuluzi elizongisiza ngidlule ezikhathini ezimbi kakhulu futhi angisazizwa ngingelutho. Angidingi usizo lwangaphandle manje. Nganqoba ukuhlukumezeka kwengqondo nge-yoga futhi ngaphuma nendlela entsha yokubuka umhlaba.
Uyini umsebenzi wakho njengomfundisi we-yoga? Uyini umgomo wakho futhi ngani?
Umsebenzi wami ukufundisa abantu ukuzelapha. Abantu abaningi baphila ngaphandle kokwazi ukuthi kunamathuluzi anamandla, njenge-yoga, akhulula ngokushesha ukucindezeleka kwansuku zonke. Ngisabhekene nokuphikiswa nezinselele ekuphileni kwami. Angikwazi njalo ukuxazulula ukungqubuzana ngomoya ophansi, kodwa ngisebenzisa uhlelo lokuphefumula, ukuma nokunyakaza ukuze ngibuyisele ibhalansi.
Uqondeni ngokuphulukisa? Futhi yini eyenza le nqubo ibe lula?
Ukuphulukisa kuyindlela yansuku zonke eya kubhalansi yangaphakathi nangaphandle. Ngolunye usuku oluhle, sizophulukiswa sonke, ngoba sizofa, futhi umphefumulo uzobuyela ekuqaleni. Lokhu akudabuki, kodwa ukuqaphela ukuthi siphokophele endaweni ethile ezimpilweni zethu. Umuntu ngamunye angaphulukiswa, ajabule ngenxa yokuba khona kwakhe, futhi afeze ngisho namaphupho akhe anzima kakhulu. Indlela eya ekwelapheni kumele ibe ngenjabulo, ubumnandi, uthando, ukukhanya, futhi lokhu kuyinqubo ethokozisayo.
Uthi lapho ukhuluma nge-yoga nangomzimba, akukho ukuqhathanisa "nokukhuluphala nomzimba." Ungakwazi yini ukuchaza ngokuningiliziwe?
Inkulumompikiswano mayelana nesakhiwo somzimba isohlangothini olulodwa. Abantu abahlukene phakathi kwabamnyama nabamhlophe. Sonke sinemithunzi yethu yephalethi. Kunezinkulungwane zama-yogis ayo yonke imibala, amakhono ahlukene, ubulili obuhlukene nezisindo. Ungabuka ku-Instagram ukuthi abantu bezinhlobo ezahlukene zemizimba bakhombisa kanjani ukuma kwe-yoga ngokuzethemba nangekhono, noma ngingakwazi ukusho lutho ngomlingiswa wabo. Abaningi, naphezu kokukhuluphala, banempilo futhi bajabule ngokuphelele. Into ebaluleke kakhulu ukulawula imizwa yakho futhi uthuthukise ukwazi kwakho.
Buyini ubudlelwano bakho nomzimba wakho? Ishintshe kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi?
Bengilokhu ngizivocavoca, kodwa angikaze ngingene embonweni womuntu osubathi. Nginamathanga aminyene avela kugogo wami waseNtshonalanga Afrika kanye nezingalo ezinomzimba ezivela kumkhulu wami waseNingizimu Carolina. Akuyona inhloso yami ukushintsha ifa lami. Ngiyawuthanda umzimba wami.
I-Yoga ingifundise ukubheka ngokujulile kumuntu futhi ngingalaleli imibono eshintshayo yabezindaba mayelana nobuhle, ukuqina kanye nempilo. Abanye babangane bami banamahloni futhi benza konke ukuze behlise isisindo. Abanye bakuphatha kabi ukubukeka kwabo. Ukuzethemba kwami kugxile “ekuzizweni okuhle” esikhundleni sokuthi “ukubukeka kahle.”
Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu kufanele bathole indawo yabo ephakathi nendawo. Inani elandayo labantu liphinde licubungule imibono yalo ngempilo nobuhle, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iziphi izinkolelo-ze kanye nokuthandwayo kokumaketha. Ngemuva kwalokho i-yoga yenza umsebenzi wayo futhi inikeze umfutho ekuziphendukeleni kwemvelo okungokomoya kwengqondo nomzimba.
Isiphi iseluleko ongasinikeza umuntu ozizwa engakwazi ukwenza i-yoga ngenxa yokukhuluphala ngokweqile, isibonelo?
Ngizophakamisa ukuthi baqale ngento ebaluleke kakhulu emzimbeni - ukuphefumula. Uma ukwazi ukuphefumula, khona-ke unomthethosisekelo ofanele i-yoga. Vala amehlo akho futhi ujabulele umkhuba wakho we-yoga. Vumela izimiso zayo ezijulile zigeleze kuwe.
Kubhulogi yami, wonke umuntu angathola izithombe zabantu abavela emhlabeni wonke abanezibalo ezihlukene abenza ama-asanas amahle. Okubaluleke nakakhulu, abantu bashintsha isimilo sabo ukuze bathuthukise umhlaba.
Yimiphi eminye imibono eyiphutha mayelana ne-yoga ekhona?
Abanye bangase bacabange ukuthi i-yoga iyikhambi lanoma yikuphi ukukhuphuka nokwehla okungokomzwelo. Lokhu akunangqondo futhi akukhona okwemvelo. I-Yoga inikeza amathuluzi afana nama-mantras, ukuzindla, i-asanas kanye nokudla kwe-Ayurvedic ukusiza ukuphula isikhunta namaphethini endleleni yethu yokuphila. Konke lokhu kwenza kube nokwenzeka ukwenza izinguquko ngokuqaphela bese uphendukela ekulinganiseni.
Futhi ekugcineni, iyini inhloso ye-yoga, njengoba uyibona?
Inhloso ye-yoga ukuzuza ukuthula, ukuzola nokwaneliseka empilweni yasemhlabeni. Ukuba ngumuntu kuyisibusiso esikhulu. Ama-yogi asendulo ayengebona abantu abavamile. Baqaphela ithuba eliyingqayizivele lokuzalwa njengomuntu hhayi njengomunye wezinto eziphilayo eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili. Umgomo uwukuphila ngokuthula nawe kanye nabanye, ube yingxenye yezinto eziphilayo ze-cosmos.