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如果你特别惧怕犯错和失败：就像不能停止生活你必须要时刻有觉知到你在做什么，去感受一切。当你在做这个体式的时候肩、肘和所有的关节在做着什么？这才是瑜伽的学习。继续吧！- Ajay Kumar"You have to be aware of what you are doing feel everything. What does your elbow shoulder and all joints do when you make this movement? This is yoga. Go!" - AJAY KUMAR –对于Sthalam8的创始人迈索尔的阿斯汤加老师Ajay Kumar的采访

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Interview with Ajay Kumar

Owner of Sthalam8

and Ashtanga Yoga Teacher in Mysore

对于Sthalam8的创始人

迈索尔的阿斯汤加老师

Ajay Kumar的采访

"You have to be aware of what you are doing feel everything. What does your elbow shoulder and all joints do when you make this movement? This is yoga. Go!" - AJAY KUMAR –

你必须要时刻有觉知到你在做什么，去感受一切。当你在做这个体式的时候肩、肘和所有的关节在做着什么？这才是瑜伽的学习。继续吧！- Ajay Kumar

Ajay practicing asanas at age 14

Ajay Kumar is a very popular ashtanga yoga teacher near the Lakshmipuram area in Mysore India. He started his yoga practice at the age of ten under the guidance of his teacher BNS Iyengar a direct disciple of Krishnamacharya who is known as "the father of modern yoga".

Ajay Kumar是印度迈索尔Lakshmipuram area（地区）非常受欢迎的阿斯汤加老师。他从十岁开始就跟着他的上师BNS 艾扬格学习瑜伽(现代瑜伽之父克里希那玛查亚的直系弟子之一)

Since that young age Ajay decided to dedicate his life to the practice of ashtanga yoga. Today he is very busy teaching yoga at Sthalam8 Yoga Shala in Mysore training future yoga teachers giving workshops around the world and doing a masters in Advaita Vedanta at the Sanskrit University in Mysore. He has a wife and a baby girl almost one-year-old.

从那么小的年纪开始，Ajay就下定决心将自己的一生时间倾力付出到阿斯汤加瑜伽的练习之中。如今他主要忙于自己瑜伽学校的教学；培训未来的瑜伽老师；也在世界各地的工作坊；同时他还在迈索尔梵文大学进修Advaita Vedanta（一个梵文学派的分支，类似国内国学的研究）。他有一个妻子，两个孩子。

The first time that I joined his class I was immediately thrilled by his teaching style. He is very dynamic and continuously gives all his energy to help his students achieve their fullest potential. He likes to keep the discipline in his class but although he is very strict and demanding he knows how to make his students laugh.

我第一次参加他的课程时，我很快被他的教学风格所感染。他是一个非常有激情的老师，同时他能将他的能量传递并帮助学生激发他们的最大潜力。他对于课堂的纪律有严格执着的要求。但即使他是一个严厉且要求很高的老师，他却也是知道如何把学生逗笑。

Ajay is also really good at making you stop and think why you are doing what you are doing. From time to time while giving you an adjustment or while leading either his popular vinyasa class or back bending class he would say a few words that would strike your mind and make you wonder "What am I doing wrong? What do I need to improve?" or perhaps "aha now I get it!"

Ajay老师也非常善于让你停下并开始思考反思之前的习惯性动作是否正确。经过一些时间的学习，在他给予矫正、或是受广大学生喜爱的Vinyasa和后弯课的过程中，他能够仅仅用数个简短的词击中你的内心深处，并让你自己开始反思，“我是否做错了? 我还需要在哪方面提高?”亦或是“啊哈，我突然懂了，原来如此！”

To preserve Ajay's style of English to which his students are so familiar with I have transcribed the interview using his exact words except for some minor corrections to make sure that the message is understood.

以下是我对于他的简短采访，为了保留Ajay老师的语言说话风格（这样他的学生会看着非常亲切），我几乎完整保留了他的原话并且尽量翻译为他的原始风格：

瑜伽对于你意味着什么？

What does yoga mean to you?

对于我来说瑜伽就是全部，我生命的全部就是瑜伽。这是我们的一切，没有了瑜伽我们将不复存在。所谓全部生命就是，我们从很小就开始学习瑜伽，直到现在和将来，这给我美妙的感觉。瑜伽是全部，瑜伽是第一位，然后是其他的事情。

Yoga means everything to me all life is yoga. This is our main thing without that we can't live. So this is our whole life we started very young and until now we are doing it and it's just an amazing feeling. Yoga means everything first is yoga then other things.

你是如何开始瑜伽旅程的？

How did you get into yoga?

我的叔叔和婶婶还有几乎全部亲戚都在练习瑜伽。通过观察他们，我渐渐入门，告诉自己，好吧，我要开始瑜伽的旅途了。更重要的是，自从我是个小孩我就有一种深深的渴望，就像想要吃gulab jamun（一种印度传统糖果），这种渴望指引着我，去追求一些身体运动层面的追求，但那时我还不知道具体是什么。

所以我常去健身房锻炼。我的爷爷就痛骂我：“你为什么去健身房？那个对身体很好吗？你为什么不练习瑜伽呢？”在那个时候，我开始问自己，“好吧，如果是要练习瑜伽，那我应该去哪儿呢？”那时候上师BNS艾阳格的学校在Jaganmohan皇宫附近，离我家很近。

My uncle and aunt and all these people were practicing yoga and by seeing them I got little you know ok I need to do yoga. More than that since when I was a kid I had a craving like when you crave to eat "gulab jamun" (traditional Indian sweet) I had a craving that I wanted to do something you know something physically but I didn't know what to do.

So I used to go to a gymnasium. My grandpa was scolding me "why do you go to gymnasium is that good? Why don't you do yoga?" and you know that's when I got to ask myself "ok yoga where did they do?" and it was at BNS Iyengar Shala at the Parakala Mutt near Jaganmohan Palace which was very close to my home.

你为什么决定教学瑜伽

并且仅仅教授阿斯汤加瑜伽？

Why did you decide to teach yoga and particularly ashtanga yoga?

实际上也就是从那以后在我十二岁的时候就做出了这个决定。在那以前，被问到以后想做什么这种问题是，我们这群十岁左右的孩子通常回答是医生或者工程师。而从那件事情之后，我改变了回答：“不，我要做一个瑜伽老师！”

Actually starting after that only when I was twelve years old only I decided. Before that as usual all other kids we used to say "What do you wanna be? Doctor? Engineer?" we use to say like this you know when we were seven eight nine and ten years but after that when I started to practice yoga that's when only I started to say "no I wanna be a very good teacher.”

Gulab Jamun by Aditya CC BY-NC-SA

你将如何评价自己的教学风格？

How would you describe your teaching style?

我们希望所有人来学习瑜伽，而不是体式。你也知道，我在所有的课堂中解释道，我不希望人们来到我们这仅仅学习体式，我希望人们真正学习瑜伽。这个需要付出很多但是这会是最好的部分！为了这个重要的部分，我们对于所有的事情要求很严格，并且力求做到完美。我们希望学生们在这里的时候把瑜伽放在首位，仅此而已。

We just want everyone to be doing yoga not the asana as you know we always explain in every class that we don't want people coming and doing the asana we want people to be doing the yoga it takes a lot but that's the best. That's our whole deal actually that's why we do all the things very strictly and properly and how it needs to be done and this is the way this is the way. We just want people to be doing yoga more than anything that's all.

你的精神支柱或者偶像是谁？

Who are your spiritual heroes or role models?

所有的伟大的瑜伽士们，我们能做的就是跟随上师们的步伐。BNS艾扬格，帕塔比·乔伊斯，BKS 艾扬格，克里希那玛查亚。这并不仅仅关乎一个人，而是像一棵大树有很多分支但树根只有一个。我们来自于上师们的世传而我们能做的仅仅就是跟随他们的足迹。

All the greatest yoga people we just follow the steps of the guru. BNS Iyengar Shri K. Pattabhi Jois BKS Iyengar Krishnamacharya. It doesn't matter guru parampara (the whole lineage) and not only one person. It's a tree's branches. A tree is one but branches many so many branches are there. So we come from the guru parampara of that and we follow their footsteps only.

在你的瑜伽学习过程中你所学到的最重要的课是什么？

What is the biggest lesson that you've learned through your own yoga practice?

最重要的是：不要放弃你的练习。就像不可能离开生活一样。

所以在我的教学中，我也在传递这个理念。我们希望来这里的学生每一天都来练习，这样你们会感觉良好，这是很重要的。我们需要学习的是：不要错过任何一天的联系，我们需要每天保持。

The biggest lesson that I learned from my yoga practice is not to leave my practice because even though you leave your practice it's just impossible to leave yourself.

And that's what we implement in our teaching as well we just wanna make sure everyone comes every day we do that every day so you feel good and they feel good that's the thing. The one thing we learn is not to miss the practice any of the days we have to do every day.

从你的上师（BNS艾扬格）学到的最重要的课是什么？

What is the biggest lesson that you've learned through your guru?

恩惠。我们从上师那里得到恩惠，并且尝试传递给别人。不是通过语言而是通过能量。这是我从上师那里学到的。即使他不和我说话，我也懂他的意思因为我们在每一个能量层级都在持续交流。

这也是我自己学校的教学方式。但要做到如此，你需要时间去建立老师和学生之间的连接。这也是为什么我们学校不接受单日一次性的学生，最短需要一个星期。因为我们需要了解每一个学生，每一个学生需要了解他们的老师，只有这样我们才能建立连接。

Grace. We received grace through the guru and that's what we try to transmit here not by using words but through energy. That's what I learned from my guru. Even if he didn't speak to me I understood cause we were communicating at an energy level.

That's the same way that we teach in our shala. But for that you need time time to establish the connection between the student and the teacher. That's why we don't allow drop-in classes here the minimum time that we require is one week. We need to know the student and the student needs to know the teacher so we can establish the connection.

Ajay at age 12 with his guru BNS Iyengar

（Ajay12岁和上师BNS 艾扬格）

在你的学生学习阿斯汤加的过程中，你最希望他们收获的是什么？

What is the main lesson that you want your students to take away from practicing ashtanga yoga with you?

就像我之前所说的那样，我们希望大家来学习瑜伽而不是体式。所以我们每一件事情都力争做到完美。如果你仅仅是想要学习体式，那么有很多别的地方别的选择，而如果你是想学习瑜伽，那请你过来这里。这个会需要长期的努力但这会是最好的部分。这也是为什么我们这里非常强调纪律。每一件事情和规定的背后都有具体的原因，你现在可能不知道但是我们非常清楚。

Like I mentioned before we want people to do yoga and not just asanas. That's why we try to do everything proper here. If you want to do just asanas you can go anywhere but if you want to do yoga then you come here. It takes a long time and it's difficult but that's the best. That's why we try to keep the discipline here. There is a reason behind everything that we do here you might not understand it but we do.

附两条本文关于Ajay老师的评论

I love this interview with Ajay Kumar my amazing teacher.

Reading this interview my mind went immediatly to the very first time I met him.

I exactly know why I decided to study with him and how much I feel blessed to met him in my journey.

I will share with all my friends and students

thanks for your article!!

Vania

我非常喜欢这段Ajay Kumar的采访，他是一位很棒的老师。读后我的思绪又立刻回到了第一次我跟随他练习的场景。我清楚地知道为何我下定决心跟随他同时我非常感恩在我的瑜伽旅途中能够遇到他。

我将会和我的好朋友和学生分享这些。

再次感谢作者的这篇文章！

署名：Vania

I have the opportunity to join Ajay Kumar's workshop in Jakarta in the weekend my teacher Nilesh Tiwari is one of Ajay student in Mysore. I find Ajay's method of teaching is very inspiring honest strict but with a bit of humor and I see how my own teacher Nilesh get his teaching style from. I really enjoyed learning from him and I respect them both. now reading this article after I met him made me miss hearing his voice guidance and encouragement :) thank you. Namaste

我有幸参与了Ajay老师在雅加达的工作坊，我的瑜伽老师Nilesh是Ajay在迈索尔的学生。我发现Ajay的教学方法非常有启发性，很坦诚也很严厉，但是又有他的幽默。同时我还发现我的老师Neilesh的教学风格有很深的Ajay印记。我非常享受跟他的联系同时我十分尊敬他们。现在，在见过真实的Ajay后再读完这篇采访，让我怀念他的声音、指导和鼓励。感谢你！Namaste

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