The chirping of birds and the howling of cicadas suddenly disappeared together, or they had some profound meaning, or they had nothing at all. They just simply told the world that they had gone to where they were supposed to go; gone. Too hasty, no time to say goodbye to humans.

The changes of some seasons are sometimes abrupt and simple, sometimes calm and calm; sometimes like a fragment, sometimes like a tandem posture in yoga, keeping the synchronization of breathing and flow, and also maintaining one's self. single. From spring in the early morning to winter in the dusk, I experienced a high-temperature summer at noon, and then quietly returned to the coldness; this day is like inhaling to stretch the arms, exhaling to bend the hips, inhaling to stretch, and exhaling The four pillars of vinyasa keep the rhythm flowing.

Time is flowing, years are flowing, and human thoughts are flowing. These flows may be gentle, stable, enthusiastic, or abrupt, with the beating and cleanliness of a stormy heart. A quiet and deep flow without making any noise.

In this case, the whole life, the incompatibility of water and fire, Satan and Buddha becoming friends, the whole process, isn't it a complete and complete vinyasa?

Before you have a deep understanding of flow yoga, you will simply think that vinyasa is just a professional term for Ashtanga, and the full name of Ashtanga must be: Ashtanga vinyasa. I made this mistake for a long time. I think it is just synonymous with Ashtanga vinyasa, exclusive to Ashtanga, such as Downward Dog-Four Pillars-Upward Dog-Downward Dog. It is to maintain the synchronization of breathing and movement during the movements, to maintain the concentration of awareness, and to maintain the gaze point. Unify and maintain the fixed pulse of bandha throughout the whole process. It is not just conceptual, but even schematic, without a broader meaning.

It wasn’t until I read an article about vinyasa in flow yoga a few days ago that I once again attracted attention. This time, I have a new and broad understanding of vinyasa. I feel that it is a poem of praise contained in life, an unstoppable surge of devotion, the maintenance and gift of life power; it is from early morning to dusk, it is the rain coming from the mountains and the colorful clouds; it is a rose. From the breaking of the ground to the withering and withering, it is the new life and the dead soul; it is the flow and continuity of all things in the universe.

The smoke is like water, but I didn’t expect that vinyasa? has already rotted into the bones of every life. However, you must learn to maintain a normal mind but not speak ordinary words, in order to interpret a different life.

Vinyasa in Sanskrit translation: vi means to walk, move, start; nyasa means to place, lie down and cultivate. The first person to study and propose the origin of synchronized breathing and movement as a form of yoga was Master Shri Krishnamacharya and his student, Pattabhi Joyce, who was also the later originator of Ashtanga. (John Scott? "Ashtanga Yoga")

The teacher and student discovered two very important elements: first, all postures are connected to a precise sequence; second, the steps in and out of each posture are There are a precise number of simultaneous transitions in breathing and movement during a posture. ("Yoga Mala" Pattabhi Joyce)

Each asana begins with standing in Mountain Pose and inhaling vinyasa. The entire process in the middle is moved with balanced breathing, no matter how much is experienced in the middle Asanas, the final result is a return to Mountain Pose.

For example, Sun Salutation 1 is a series of vinyasa; Sun Salutation 2 is a series of vinyasa of another group. They are all vinyasa, and their main point is to keep breathing and movement synchronized.

Every time you exercise, breathing and exercise cycles are integrated, and the amount and duration of inhalation and exhalation are equal. It is the maintenance of this balanced breathing that makes Ashtanga charming and full of energy. Meditation to attain divinity and become flowing.

" There is an internal partnership between each breath and bandha, and each bandha guide controls the quality of Ujjayi's breath. Bandha requires a good balance between gentleness and violence , the correct application of bandha can soothe the breath, release an uplifting effect, and bring a sense of strength and lightness to the body." (John Scott "Ashtanga Yoga")

Their. The principle of tandem poses is to maintain Ujayi's breathing, protect the body's banda, and complete the gaze point at the same time. Such a trinity forms a sequence of flow pulsations. Although their counting is in strict order, each sequence Pulsating poses may not be exactly the same, but this graceful, sequenced flow of pulsations is vinyasa.

If this is the case, it is not difficult to understand all the complete existence processes in the universe, the flowing life, the sun, the moon and the stars, the cyclical four seasons, the coming and going of the stars, the sunrise and sunset, the tides coming and going, Flowers bloom and fall, day by day, month by month, year by year, aren't they all vinyasa with different lengths and sizes?

A leaf or a ray of light that can focus on feeding the continuous flow of life consciousness, allowing life to be fully nourished spiritually, and then returning life to the pure stream of consciousness is vinyasa.

Vinyasa, not Ashtanga, not flow, vinyasa is just vinyasa, it has a single life.

Everyone should already know when they first learn yoga that yoga is connection, the connection of all things; it is pure thinking, the settling of dust after flowing; it is surrender, it is awe, Also fearless.

It is a return to purity.

Then, isn’t the vinyasa of life also a return to purity?

Swami Lokeshvananda said in "The Indian Book of Life and Death": "We must prepare ourselves, purify our hearts and wisdom, and accept the supreme knowledge. If we have We can accept and digest pure wisdom. Only pure instruments can absorb it well. Therefore, the focus is on purity."

Sri Aurobindo in "Integrated Yoga". Chapter 3 "Purification of Understanding" echoes Swami's words: "Freedom from slavery to the phenomena of things and the body outside our superficial existence. Such a transition, from the ordinary to the divine, from separation The eccentric and the surly cross over to the Oneness, from phenomenon to truth."

I walked along a street, stepping on the bright sunshine, the clouds and wind in the sky were all natural scenery, but in the bustling atmosphere. When reminiscing among the crowd, what I can remember is the four seasons of my life. What I want to say is that everyone is an ordinary person, everyone is a saint; everyone has a discerning mind, everyone is a phenomenon, and everyone is the truth.

However, it requires a process, a process of purification and awakening of a person; in this process, find self-confidence, find breakthroughs and self-challenge; revere life, surrender to nature, fearlessly move forward, and finally learn to Completely and completely let go; return to yourself, return to nature, return to the dust-free origin of life, "there is nothing in the first place, where is the dust." The flow of life.

From the moment you open your eyes and focus on the flowing life of the present moment, it is yoga, Ashtanga, and vinyasa. It is not only the transition of life, but also the composition of life and the completion of life; it is also the here and now.

It only focuses on feeding the continuous flow of life consciousness, helping each of us to complete our own flower blooming and falling, and the change of seasons.

It’s like, I don’t want to prove it thousands of times, I just want to practice it thousands of times to explore the novelty of the “quality” of everything.

Then, come and go quietly and calmly, dancing like reed flowers, to complete your own world and awakening, to create new and different vinyasa again and again in your life.