I-Yoga iwumkhuba owaziwayo owaqala eNdiya yasendulo. Selokhu yanda ngokuthandwa kwayo eNtshonalanga nasemhlabeni wonke ngawo-1960, isibe enye yezindlela ezithandwa kakhulu zokuthuthukisa umzimba nengqondo, kanye nokuzivocavoca umzimba.
Njengoba i-yoga igcizelela ubunye bomzimba nengqondo kanye nezinzuzo zayo zempilo, intshiseko yabantu nge-yoga iqhubekile nokukhula. Lokhu futhi kuchaza isidingo esikhulu sabaqeqeshi be-yoga.
Kodwa-ke, ochwepheshe bezempilo baseBrithani basanda kuxwayisa ngokuthi inani elikhulayo labaqeqeshi be-yoga libhekene nezinkinga ezinkulu ze-hip. Udokotela we-physiotherapist uBenoy Matthews ubika ukuthi othisha abaningi be-yoga babhekene nezinkinga ezinkulu ze-hip, kanti abaningi badinga ukwelashwa ngokuhlinzwa.
UMatthews ukhuluma ngokuthi manje welapha abafundisi be-yoga abahlanu abanezinkinga ezahlukahlukene zamalunga inyanga ngayinye. Ezinye zalezi zimo zinzima kakhulu kangangokuthi zidinga ukuhlinzwa, okuhlanganisa nokufakelwa inqulu ngokuphelele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, laba bantu basebancane kakhulu, cishe baneminyaka engama-40 ubudala.
Isexwayiso Sengozi
Njengoba kunezinzuzo eziningi ze-yoga, kungani abafundisi be-yoga abangochwepheshe abaningi bebhekene nokulimala okukhulu?
UMatthews uphakamisa ukuthi lokhu kungase kuhlobane nokudideka phakathi kobuhlungu nokuqina. Isibonelo, lapho abafundisi be-yoga bezwa ubuhlungu ngesikhathi sokuzijwayeza noma ukufundisa kwabo, bangase bacabange ukuthi bubangelwa ukuqina futhi baqhubeke ngaphandle kokuyeka.
UMatthews ugcizelela ukuthi yize i-yoga inikeza izinzuzo eziningi, njenganoma yikuphi ukuvivinya umzimba, ukuyenza ngokweqile noma ukujwayela okungafanele kuthwala izingozi. Ukuguquguquka kwawo wonke umuntu kuyahlukahluka, futhi lokho umuntu angakufeza kungase kungenzeki komunye. Kubalulekile ukwazi imingcele yakho nokuzijwayeza ukulinganisela.
Esinye isizathu sokulimala kwabafundisi be-yoga kungaba ukuthi i-yoga iwukuphela kwendlela yabo yokuzivocavoca. Abanye abafundisi bakholelwa ukuthi ukuzijwayeza i-yoga nsuku zonke kwanele futhi abakuhlanganisi nokunye ukuzijwayeza kwe-aerobic.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, abanye abafundisi be-yoga, ikakhulukazi abasha, bafundisa amakilasi afinyelela kwayisihlanu ngosuku ngaphandle kokuthatha ikhefu ngezimpelasonto, okungalimaza kalula imizimba yabo. Isibonelo, uNatalie, oneminyaka engu-45 ubudala, wadabula uqwanga lwakhe lwezinqe eminyakeni emihlanu edlule ngenxa yokuzikhandla okukhulu kangaka.
Ochwepheshe baxwayisa nangokuthi ukubamba ukuma kwe-yoga isikhathi eside kakhulu kungaholela ezinkingeni. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akusho ukuthi i-yoga iyingozi ngokwemvelo. Izinzuzo zayo ziyaqashelwa emhlabeni wonke, yingakho isathandwa emhlabeni wonke.
Izinzuzo ze-Yoga
Ukuzijwayeza i-yoga kunikeza izinzuzo eziningi, okuhlanganisa ukusheshisa imetabolism, ukususa imfucuza yomzimba, kanye nokusiza ekubuyiseleni isimo somzimba.
I-Yoga ingathuthukisa amandla omzimba kanye nokuqina kwemisipha, ikhuthaze ukukhula okulinganayo kwamalungu.
Kungavimbela futhi kwelaphe izifo ezahlukahlukene zomzimba nezengqondo ezifana nobuhlungu bomhlane, ubuhlungu bamahlombe, ubuhlungu bentamo, ikhanda elibuhlungu, ubuhlungu bamalunga, ukuqwasha, izinkinga zokugaya ukudla, ubuhlungu bokuya esikhathini, kanye nokulahlekelwa izinwele.
I-Yoga ilawula izinhlelo zomzimba wonke, ithuthukisa ukujikeleza kwegazi, ilinganisela imisebenzi ye-endocrine, inciphisa ukucindezeleka, futhi ikhuthaza inhlalakahle yengqondo.
Ezinye izinzuzo ze-yoga zifaka phakathi ukukhulisa amasosha omzimba, ukuthuthukisa ukugxilisa ingqondo, ukwandisa amandla, kanye nokuthuthukisa ukubona nokuzwa.
Kodwa-ke, kubalulekile ukuzijwayeza ngendlela efanele ngaphansi kokuqondisa kochwepheshe nangaphakathi kwemingcele yakho.
UPip White, umeluleki ochwepheshe ovela kwiChartered Society of Physiotherapy, uthi i-yoga inikeza izinzuzo eziningi empilweni yomzimba neyengqondo.
Ngokuqonda amakhono akho kanye nemingcele yakho nokuzijwayeza ngaphakathi kwemingcele ephephile, ungavuna izinzuzo ezibalulekile ze-yoga.
Imvelaphi Nezikole
I-Yoga, eyaqala eNdiya yasendulo eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane edlule, iye yathuthuka futhi yathuthuka ngokuqhubekayo, okwaholela ezindleleni nasezimeni eziningi. UDkt. Jim Mallinson, umcwaningi womlando we-yoga kanye nomfundisi omkhulu e-University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), uthi i-yoga ekuqaleni yayiyisenzo sabantu abazinikele ngokwenkolo eNdiya.
Nakuba abefundisi benkolo eNdiya besasebenzisa i-yoga ekuzindleni nasekuzijwayezeni ngokomoya, lo mkhakha ushintshe kakhulu, ikakhulukazi eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule ngenxa yokuhwebelana komhlaba wonke.
UDkt. Mark Singleton, umcwaningi omkhulu emlandweni we-yoga wanamuhla kwa-SOAS, uchaza ukuthi i-yoga yanamuhla ihlanganise izici zokuzivocavoca umzimba zaseYurophu kanye nokuqina komzimba, okuholele ekuzijwayezeni okuxubile.
UDkt. Manmath Gharte, umqondisi weLonavla Yoga Institute eMumbai, utshela i-BBC ukuthi umgomo oyinhloko we-yoga ukufeza ubunye bomzimba, ingqondo, imizwa, umphakathi, nomoya, okuholela ekuthuleni kwangaphakathi. Ukhuluma ngokuthi izindlela ezahlukene ze-yoga zithuthukisa ukuguquguquka komgogodla, amalunga, kanye nemisipha. Ukuguquguquka okuthuthukisiwe kusiza ekuzinzeni kwengqondo, ekugcineni kuqede ukuhlupheka futhi kufinyelele ekuthuleni kwangaphakathi.
UNdunankulu waseNdiya uModi naye ungumqeqeli we-yoga okhuthele. Ngaphansi kwesinyathelo sikaModi, iZizwe Ezihlangene zasungula uSuku Lomhlaba Wonke lwe-Yoga ngo-2015. Ngekhulu lama-20, amaNdiya aqala ukuhlanganyela kwi-yoga ngezinga elikhulu, kanye nomhlaba wonke. USwami Vivekananda, indela yaseKolkata, udunyiswa ngokwethula i-yoga eNtshonalanga. Incwadi yakhe ethi "Raja Yoga," eyabhalwa eManhattan ngo-1896, yathonya kakhulu ukuqonda kwaseNtshonalanga nge-yoga.
Namuhla, izitayela ezahlukene ze-yoga ziyathandwa, okuhlanganisa i-Iyengar Yoga, i-Ashtanga Yoga, i-Hot Yoga, i-Vinyasa Flow, i-Hatha Yoga, i-Aerial Yoga, i-Yin Yoga, i-Beer Yoga, kanye ne-Naked Yoga.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, indlela edumile yokuma kwe-yoga, i-Downward Dog, yabhalwa phansi ngekhulu le-18. Abacwaningi bakholelwa ukuthi abadlali be-wrestling baseNdiya babeyisebenzisa ekuzijwayezeni ukubambana.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Jan-17-2025
