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After workshop was completed, before leaving Iyengar Yoga Studio Bangkok,
I went to see my teacher.
ワークショップが終わって、バンコクのアイアンガーヨガ スタジオを去る前に
先生にご挨拶を。
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She hold my hands and said
‘You practice well, have enough knowledge.
But Yoga is not only that, you know. Mostly you need us keep your mind cool.’
She looked in my eyes.
先生は私の手を握って私の目を見つめる。
「よく練習してる。知識もある。でも、ヨガはそれだけではないでしょう？
あなたに一番必要なことは、冷たい心を保つことだと思う。」
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In Thai language, ‘cool mind’ means calm.
‘Hot mind’ means passion, impatience, anger.
My nature is fire.
I’m easy to fire up. Once I burned out.
タイ語で「冷たい心」では冷静さを、
「熱い心」は情熱、焦り、怒りを意味する。
私は強い炎。
すぐ燃え上がる。燃え尽きてしまった事もある。
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She kept saying ’calm down’ to me,
when I was with her.
I left her over 6 years,
came back into fire-nature.
先生と居た時は、いつも「冷静に」と繰り返し言われていたのに、離れて6年。
すっかり元の炎に戻ってしまっていた。
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When unexpected things happens, I fire up.
Do every things which should be done, were done with strong fire.
Once it’s done, I must be calm.
I hear her voice within. ‘Be calm. Be calm. Ba calm.’
Then I see things more clearly.
意外な事が起こると、つい燃え上がってしまう。
炎を持ってやるべき事をやり終えたら、冷静にならなければならない。
耳の内で先生の声が聞こえる。「冷静になって」
物ごとがより明確に見えてくる。
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Namaste kru Lek.
ナマステ レック先生
Having recovered from flu, I conducted 2 classes.
When finished, I lost voice. Vocal cords were inflamed.
Kept silence for 2 weeks with having strong medicines.
I felt weak, not much power, couldn’t practice in my normal-tough way.
The weakness let me think of my age, middle fifties.
Should I keep practicing this way? How long I can continue?
Fear drives me. Feeling of impatience. But I fear what?
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I attended Stephanie Quirk workshop in Bangkok.
It’s about ‘9 Obstacles’ of Patanjari Yoga Sutra, which doesn’t include ‘Aging’.
Asked her about it, realized the 9th obstacle ‘backsliding’ is my fear.
I fear loss of current ability once again. It’s cold fear.
‘Practice with not quantity but quality’
All though her workshop, I reminded this words.
What it means? How to improve quality?
Her workshop had not many poses but demanded awareness and precision.
Felt unknown sensation, found new inner-frontier, learned how to explore.
Namaste Stephanie-ji
ステファニー クォーク ワークショップ
風邪から治ってすぐ２クラスを教えたら、声帯が炎症を起こして声が枯れてしまった。
キツイ薬を飲んで２週間沈黙。元気がなく弱く感じる。いつものハードな練習ができない。
弱さは、年齢を気づかせる。もう５０代半ば。
いつもの練習続けるべきなのだろうか？いつまでできるんだろう。
恐れが、私を駆り立てる。焦燥感。でも、何を恐れているのか？
バンコクでステファニー クォーク先生のワークショップに参加。
パタンジャリのヨガスートラの「９つの障害」について。そこには「加齢」は含まれない。
先生とお話しして、私の恐れは第９番目の「障害」後退と気づく。
今できることが、又できなくなることへの恐れ。それは深い恐れだ。
「練習は量ではなく質」
ワークショップの間中、心に留める。その意味は？どうやって質を高めるのだろう。
ワークショップでのポーズは多くはなかった。でも、知覚と精確さを求められる。
初めての感覚。内なる未知の領域を見つける。その探求のしかたを学ぶ。
ステファニー先生、ありがとうございます。
‘It’s yours!’ my friend gave me with big smile.
Thank you. This is the Vietnamese kitchen tool I’ve been looking for.
That is for tearing Water Morning Glory stem into tin lines.
Greenish green Peperoncino
Wash Walter morning glory. Take off leaves with stem and top.
Insert the needle into the bottom of stem. Carefully pull the stem.
Make a lots of thin green lines.
Blanch the lines for a while. Drain and leave for cooling down.
Slice garlic. Cut dried tomato. Tear Eringi-mushrooms. Cut paprika into tin pieces.
Place olive oil and garlic in non-stick pan. Place over medium flame.
Stair till getting good small.
Add other ingredients salt, pepper and sliced chili. Add more oil.
When everything is cooked, serve on a plate.
Sprinkle Parmigiano cheese as you like.
Oh! It’s all right. The calories are very low!
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Special thanks to Aosawa-san. The recipe is based on her book.
I love Japanese pickles but didn’t like pickles because of its sharp sourness.
I changed my opinion. Now I love pickles. My home-made pickles is fresh like salad!
‘Cut cleaned cabbage, pound it, mix with salt and spice, squeeze into a bottle.
It’s simple.’ ‘Is that all?’ ‘I’ll show you and tell the techniques.’
I went a workshop how to make pickles without vinegar but with fermentation, which was like experiments. I can’t write the detail and technique in here.
You might learn from him at my favorite restaurant in Bangkok.
Life is experiments. Try and error. Try again. Experience it.
If it’s succeed, enjoy until the bottom of the bottle. Why not?
When we have a meal with people,
we intake not only food but also space, time and feeling – energy.
So we get closer with having nice meal and chat.
Ayurveda teacher gave a lecture.
Thank you my friends
for having my favorite meals together, having lovely chat together.
That is greater thing than we think.
When I sat in Bangkok airport, I already missed my Bangkok friends
but tummy was filled with yummy foods. Heart was filled with their love.
Thank you the people who came to my workshops.
I’m so happy with you for sharing our moments-our life.
Wish you are happy now. See you again.
バンコクでのワークショップに来ていただいて、ありがとうございました。
一緒の時間をもつことができて、嬉しかったです。
喜んでもらえてたらいいなと思います。又、お会いしましょうね。
I’m happy to have chance to teach in Bangkok again!
See you guys in real world!
バンコクでワークショップやらせていただきます。嬉し〜
良かったら、お会いしましょう！
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Action, Reaction and Beyond 作用、反作用 そしてそれを超えて
via Parvritta Trikonasana パリブリッタ・トリコナサナ
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Revolved Triangle pose is twisting and forward extending in standing, is challenging pose to find equability.
Why we loose balance? How we should work? What is happening? Where we go towards? It might be same in other poses.
三角ねじりのポーズは、回旋と前屈の要素を備えた立位のポーズで、均等性を見いだすのが難しいポーズです
なぜ、バランスを失うのでしょう？何を行い、何が起こり、何を目指すのでしょうか？それは、他のポーズでも同じかもしれません。
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We learn optimum body alignment and movement though various poses.
Class is taught mainly in Japanese language.
いろいろなポーズを通して、身体の各部の最適な位置とその動きを学びます
主に日本語のクラスです。
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Date and time: Tuesday 22nd April 2014 11am-1pm
Place: Yoga Element studio Bangkok
I have many brothers and sisters in Bangkok.
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One of my sis, Por
started teaching yoga
at the same place I used to teach.
Beautiful meditation room
in Ariyasom Villa.
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I was happy to see her happy face
saying had good time with students.
We practiced together long time.
I know her sincereness,
how happy her students are.
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Thursdays prepare body and mind in Por’s restorative class
Little Bangkok Sangha‘s weekly meditation follows there.
Sit silently and blissfully. One mindful night in a week.
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How about starting something new? From this week maybe?
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Despite living in Singapore – greenish park city,
every time I come back to Bangkok, watch grayish streets from taxi window,
I feel I’m in my home town.
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Staying in my home town
I’m enveloped with my friends smiles and kindness.
Gratitude to my friends
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And also
Gratitude to the people who came to my workshops
in this unpredictable situation.
Love to see your shiny eyes
Shine from understanding.
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Light a candle and pray.
Wish everyone is safe and peace
tomorrow in my home town.
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‘It’s too sweet. They might add syrup.’ I complained.
‘So you might squeeze by yourself.’ My friend suggested adding
‘That is not lot of work.’ Really?
Cut watermelon into triangle with skin kept on.
Place colander on a bowl. Hold the skin, scrape watermelon flesh over the colander.
Seeds are left. Pour red water into a glass. Might add a little bit salt.
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It has gentle sweetness. Sweeter than flesh.
My doubt was melted down.
Magical fresh red water run though throat. Refresh hot day.
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I suffer for unevenness, lost my center.
A moment of silence. Rolfer answered to me
One day you will find your integration.
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I could’t believe him.
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With implant in left chest,
body got stiff left side and hyper-mobile right side.
Teacher said I stood not straight.
Though my nerve said it was straight.
I confused, didn’t know where center was.
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Sit in meditation
Muscles are still in balance.
Bones are still in unti-gravity.
Breath are in calmness.
Find a slight light of the center, my integration.
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A summer day in the city of Angels 