練習瑜伽是一個認識自己的好機會，而認識及了解自己可以分為身體、心理情緒、思想信念等幾方面去入手。簡單來講，由我們的身體外觀開始是最好的第一步，因為可以有👀睇嘛。我們身體外觀當然唔係只係講肥定瘦呢d野，今日想講的是我們的姿勢。 從我們的姿勢，我們可以了解身體基本的肌肉骨骼是否正位，而且我們的姿勢也會反映我們身心頭腦狀況。 首先，我們可以看看脊椎及盤骨的姿勢。脊椎是在我們身體的中線位置，由頸椎丶胸椎及腰椎三部份組成。如果你由側面來看，你會看到我們的脊椎亦不是完全直的，而是有一定程度的自然弧度。而我們的頸椎及腰椎是微微向前凸的，而胸椎是向後凸的。 而脊椎上的自然弧度是能幫助平衡及另身體在最好的狀況上活動。如果脊椎的自然弧度有任何增加或減少，都會影響我們的姿勢，而且動作的靈活性有會受到影響。很多時候，姿勢欠佳會引致肌肉緊繃痠痛及不同程度的腰頸背痛。 現在，不如就走到鏡前，看看你側身的姿勢，留意一下脊骨的狀況。你是否能清晰看到頸胸及腰椎的弧度？而弧度有否增加或減少？我在下一篇的文章會更詳細介紹每一部份。
Practising Yoga is a way to understand ourselves. Before understanding our subtle mind, it's very good to start with knowing the body, as it is something that can physically see. And a healthy body is also the base for our spiritual search. You can start to understand the body through our posture. From the posture, you know how the skeleton and muscles holding themselves in space. Our body posture can tell a lot about our story and our state of mind. First, start with the alignment of our spine and pelvis. Our spine is located in the midline of our body. It consists of 3 parts: cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. When viewed from the side, these 3 parts are not totally straight but with natural curves. Our neck (cervical spine) & lower back (lumbar spine) have the "c-shaped" curve, which is called lordosis. And our chest (thoracic spine) has the "reverse c-shaped" curve, which is called kyphosis. These curves are important to balance and also the optimal function of our body movements. If there is any increase or decrease of these curves, it affects our body posture, making us difficult to stand upright, thus affecting the efficiency of our body movements. Poor body posture always lead to muscle tightness and back pain. Go to the mirror, have a look of your side view, and check your spinal curves. Is it normal? Is there any increase or decrease of these curves? In next post, I will talk more about each part and how it would look like.
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