U-Ashtanga (futhi uphethiwe ngokuthi Astanga) lisho "izingalo eziyisishiyagalombili" eSanskrit, okubhekisela emigqeni eyisishiyagalombili ye-yoga evezwe kwi- Yoga Sutras yasePatanjali . Indlela yase-Ashtanga ye-practice practice yahunyushwa nguT. Krishnamacharya no-Sri K. Pattabhi Jois evela embhalweni wasendulo obizwa nge- Yoga Korunta , abayitshela ukuthi bachaza isimiso esiyingqayizivele se-hatha yoga esakhiwe nguVamana Rishi.
Ngubani uPathababhi Jois?
UK. Pattabhi Jois (1915-2009) waqala izifundo zakhe zo-yoga noKrishnamacharya e-Mysore, e-India eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala. Waba ngumbhali oholayo nothisha we-Ashtanga yoga, okuyinto eqoqweni lezinkinga ezenziwe ngesitayela se- vinyasa esiphuthumayo. Ngo-1962, washicilela incwadi yakhe e-Ashtanga yoga, i- Yoga Mala . Abafundi bakhe bokuqala basentshonalanga baqala ukufika e-Mysore ekuqaleni kwawo-1970. Ngabo, i-Ashtanga isakaza ngasentshonalanga futhi ithonya kakhulu indlela yoga eyenziwa ngayo namuhla. Ngemuva kokufa kukaPattabhi Jois ngo-2009, umzukulu wakhe uSharath wathatha indima yokuhola, kuhlanganise nokufundisa abafundi abaningi abaqhubeka beqhubekela eMsore ukuze bajulise imikhuba yabo.
Indlela ye-Ashtanga igcizelela ukuhamba kwemifino ye-vinyasa nsuku zonke ngokusebenzisa ukuphefumula kwe-ujjayi , i- mula bandha , i- uddiyana bandha , ne- drishti . Kunezinhlobonhlobo eziyisithupha ezihlukene ze-Ashtanga, lapho umfundi eqhubeka khona ngezinga lakhe.
Mayelana nohlelo lwe-Ashtanga Series of Poses
Owokuqala, noma oyinhloko, uchungechunge uchazwa ku- Yoga Mala . Uchungechunge oluyinhloko lubizwa nge-Yoga Chiutsa, okusho ukuthi ukwelashwa kwe-yoga. Kuhloswe ukulungisa umgogodla, ukuxosha umzimba, nokwakha amandla, ukuguquguquka, nokuqina. Uchungechunge lwezinkinga ezingaba ngu-75 lithatha ihora nehafu ukuya emahoreni amabili ukuqedela, kuqala nge-salutations elanga ( surya namaskara A kanye ne- surya namaskara B ) futhi liqhubekela phambili ekumeni, lihlezi, liyi-inversions, ne-backbends ngaphambi kokuphumula.
Uchungechunge oluphakathi noma lwesibili lubizwa ngokuthi uNadi Shodana, okusho uhlelo lwezinzwa zokuhlanzwa. Ihlanza futhi iqinisa isimiso sezinzwa kanye neziteshi ezinamandla ezicashile kuwo wonke umzimba. Lolu chungechunge luvele kuphela lapho umfundi ekwazi ukucubungula uchungechunge oluyinhloko. Kulandela ukuqhubekela phambili okufanayo (ilanga ukusazisa, ukuma, ukuhlala njll njll) njengoba uchungechunge oluyinhloko, kodwa wethula izinkinga ezintsha nokuhluka.
Uchungechunge olulandelayo olubizwa ngokuthi iSthira Bhaga, okusho ukuzinza kukaNkulunkulu. UPattabhi Jois ekuqaleni wabeka uchungechunge olunzulu olunzulu, kodwa kamuva wabahlukanisa ngochungechunge ezine ukuze bafinyelele kubantu abaningi. Lezi zihloko zigcizelela izilinganiso ezinzima zengalo futhi zifanele kuphela abafundi abaphambili kakhulu. Kukhona abafundi abambalwa abaqhuba ngaphandle kwengqikithi yesibili.
Ama-Ashtanga Amakilasi: Aphiliwe futhi Azimele
Ama-studios amaningi e-yoga ahlinzeka ngamakilasi e-Ashtanga, okusho ukuthi uthisha uhola ekilasini futhi uyala abafundi ngokulandelana kwezimo, ikakhulukazi ochungechungeni lokuqala noma lwesibili. Abafundi kaningi bangase bakhethe ukuzikhohlisa, noma umkhuba wesitayela se- Mysore . Lena ithuba lokuzijwayeza ngezinga labo kanye nekhono lekhono, kodwa ngenkampani yabanye abafundi kanye nesikhuthazo neseluleko somfundisi, njengoba kudingeka.
Enkambeni ye-Mysore, umfundisi ngamunye uhamba ngokulandelana futhi unikezwa amathuba amasha okusebenza ngothisha bawo njengoba bekulungele. I-Ashtanga ingaba isisekelo esihle sezokwelapha ekhaya uma bekwazi ukulandelana kwezimo.
Ingabe u-Ashtanga ngawe?
I-Ashtanga Yoga iyathandwa kakhulu futhi ikhuthaza ukwethembeka okukhulu kubafundi bayo. Le ndlela yokuzikhandla, yezemidlalo iyathinta labo abafana nomqondo wokuhleleka futhi abathanda ukwenza izinto ngokuzimela.
Isiqondiso sethu ku-Ashtanga Silulumagama sizokusiza uzizwe ukhululekile ngalesi sigama esithile esikhethekile sesitayela.