Dora's Home Yoga

04/19/2026

🧘‍♂️ Is your body like a yoga blanket that can’t be folded flat anymore?

When you put away props,
have you noticed the blankets?

When they are new, they are smooth and easy to fold.
But if you fold them carelessly every time,
the creases get stuck.
Then you stack more blankets on top—
just like sitting all day without moving—
and the folds become harder to smooth out.

Our body is just like that blanket.

👶 At the beginning:
Most of us are born with well-aligned joints and space in the body.

⏳ Over time:
We use our body without awareness.
Pressure builds up in the “folds” (our joints),
and it becomes pain—
can’t squat, can’t lift the arms,
can’t even reach the back.
Then we say, “It’s just aging.”

So why is Iyengar Yoga so precise?

Because the practice is about
bringing the body back into alignment.
With awareness,
we feel if the joints are aligned
and if the muscles are working properly.

• If you take care early:
the blanket stays smooth and usable for a long time.

• If you wait until it’s stuck:
it takes much more patience to fix.

You can replace a blanket.
But you can’t replace your body.

Even with artificial joints,
it is not the same “you” anymore.

So while you still can,
take better care of your body.

After reading this,
next time when you finish class,
will you fold your blanket more carefully before putting it back? 😏

🧘‍♂️ 你的身體，是一張「摺唔返平」的瑜伽毯嗎？
大家收道具時有無留意啲毛毯？新嗰陣好順服，但如果次次求其摺，啲痕就會「卡住」。再一張疊一張壓落去——就好似我哋返工坐死喺度唔郁咁——啲摺位就更難順返。
其實身體就好似呢張毯。
👶 一出世：大部份人肌肉關節原本好平整、充滿空間。
⏳ 長期使用：習慣咗「無覺知」咁用，關節呢啲「摺位」積埋壓力，就變成痛症：踎唔低、手抬唔高、連抓吓背脊都唔得，最後仲推卸話係「老咗係咁、退化啫」。
點解 Iyengar Yoga 要咁精準？
因為練習就係一個「重新調整身體到位」嘅過程。透過覺知，重新感受關節係咪對齊、肌肉係咪拉順。
• 一開始就注意：張毯可以用好耐，仲好順服。
• 等「卡住」先救：就要畀多好多耐性慢慢「調整」。
毛毯舊咗可以換，但身體無得換。就算換咗人造關節，嗰個都唔再係原本嗰個「你」。趁仲可以調整，對自己身體好啲。
睇完呢篇，大家下次收堂會唔會認真啲摺好張毯，先放返入 Props room 呢？😏

04/15/2026

What age or condition is the right time to start yoga?
The answer is simple: any age, any condition.

Of course, the earlier you build awareness,
the longer your body will serve you well.
But on the yoga path, it is never too late.

Our Guruji was weak and sick since birth.
People even said he might not live long.
But he lived to 95,
and used his life to prove:
“Yoga is for everyone. It is never too late to learn.”

This is the beauty of Iyengar Yoga.
Whether you are 8 or 80,
there are props and methods to help you find the right alignment.
As long as you don’t give up,
the practice will also teach you patience.

Many people rely on medication because of pain
and think aging is unavoidable.
But practice can slow down decline
and help you live with more freedom as you grow older.

You don’t need to do advanced poses.
The point is not to give up on your body
while you can still change.

咩年紀、咩狀況先啱開始瑜伽？
答案好簡單：任何年紀、任何狀況。

雖然愈早建立「覺知」，身體就愈耐用；但在瑜伽路上，從無太遲。我們嘅 Guruji 一出世就體弱多病，細個甚至被斷言活唔長久。但最後，佢活到 95 歲, 佢用一生證明：「瑜伽屬於所有人，學習永遠不晚。」

雖然愈早建立「覺知」，身體就愈耐用；但在瑜伽路上，從無太遲。

呢個係 Iyengar Yoga 嘅魅力。無論 8 歲或 80 歲，都有靈活嘅輔具同方法幫你搵返身體嘅「到位」。只要唔放棄，練習亦會令你變得更有耐性。

好多人因痛症而依賴藥物，覺得退化係必然。但其實練習可以減緩衰老，令老年生活更有自由、唔洗自怨自艾，繼續開心行人生路。

唔係要每個人都要做到啲好勁體式，只係希望大家喺仲可以改變時，唔好提早宣告「無能為力」。

只要仲有呼吸，就唔算遲。
問題係，你肯唔肯為自己行出第一步？

04/06/2026

How many people start yoga because of pain?

Honestly,
many people don’t start yoga for “mind and spirit”,
but because of — pain.
Back pain, neck pain, knee pain, tight shoulders…
The body is shouting, and only then we start to move.
It’s interesting—
pain is the strongest motivation,
but also the most common excuse.
“I’m getting old.”
“My body is too stiff.”
“I have pain everywhere, I can’t practice…”
But I want to say:
what limits you is not your age,
it’s giving up on your body.
Pain is not the end.
It can be a turning point.
Because if you can still feel pain,
it means your body can still change.
Many people would rather spend money
to look for a quick fix,
than take time to change their habits.
But if you don’t face the root problem,
if you don’t rebuild awareness,
the pain will come back again.
Can your body still feel pain?
Maybe it’s trying to tell you—
it’s time to change.

有幾多人開始瑜伽，係因為痛？

老實講，好多人踏入瑜伽唔係為咗咩身心靈，而係為咗——「痛」。
腰痛、頸痛、膝頭痛、肩頸緊……身體出晒聲，頂唔順先肯郁。
好得意，「痛」係最強大嘅動機，但同時亦係好多人嘅藉口。
「我老喇。」
「我骨頭硬到木頭咁。」
「我周身痛，練唔到㗎……」
我想講：限制你嘅從來唔係年齡，而係你對身體嘅「放棄」。
痛症唔係終點，而係一個轉機。
正因為身體仲識痛，代表佢仲有能力去改變。
好多人寧願比錢睇醫生尋求「快靚正」，都唔願意改變生活習慣。但如果唔正視身體嘅核心問題、唔搵返份「覺知」，痛症好快又會返嚟搵你。
你嘅身體仲識痛嗎？咁可能係佢想同你講：係時候要變喇。

02/28/2026

The Partner of a Yoga Teacher

When you are a yoga teacher,
but your partner has body pain—

The first thing he will do:
Go see a doctor.
Use an electric massager.
Apply pain relief cream.

But he won’t:
Spend 10–15 minutes doing a few simple exercises.

Sometimes I really find it amazing.

I’m not asking for difficult poses.
I’m not asking for two hours a day.

Just 10 minutes.
Move a little. Stretch a little.
But those 10 minutes feel like the hardest thing in the world.

There was one time he was in so much pain he couldn’t even get out of bed.
I helped him adjust and move for about 20 minutes—
and he could immediately stand up and walk.

I thought,
“Okay, now he understands. From now on he’ll practice a little every day.”

Two days later…
He said, “That happened? Really?”

And then the same cycle again:
Doctor. Massager. Cream.
After a while—
the pain comes back.

Sometimes I tell him,
“Look at our parents.
In a few more years, if you can’t move freely,
you’ll need help just to go somewhere.”

When your body is not free,
your quality of life changes.

But honestly, I understand.
It’s not just him. It’s our generation.
We want fast results.
We want instant solutions.
We don’t want to slowly change habits.

But the body is not a fast-food shop.
If you don’t invest time, it won’t improve by itself.

Anyway…
As a yoga teacher,
sometimes the hardest practice
is not daily yoga—

It’s holding back from complaining about your partner 😂

Luckily he doesn’t follow me here.
If he finds out I wrote this about him… I’m in trouble 🤫

身為瑜伽老師嘅另一半

當你係一個瑜伽老師，
但你身邊嗰位有痛症時——
佢會第一時間：
去睇醫生
用電動按摩器
搽藥膏
但就係唔會：每日花十零分鐘，做幾個簡單練習去解決。
我有時真係覺得好神奇。
我又唔係叫你做高難度體式，又唔係叫你每日兩個鐘。
十零分鐘咋喎。郁下、拉下啫。但嗰十零分鐘，好似要佢死咁。
其實佢試過一次嚴重到連床都落唔到。
我幫佢做咗二十分鐘調整——
即刻行得走得。
我心諗：「今次應該醒覺啦掛？之後會每日做小小啦掛？」
點知過兩日……
佢竟然話：「有啲咁嘅事咩？」
然後又係熟悉嘅循環：
睇醫生、按摩機、藥膏。
過一排——
痛又返嚟探佢。
有時我都會講：
你睇下我哋父母，
再過幾年行動唔方便，
想去邊都要靠人。
身體唔自由，會直接影響生活質素。
但講到尾我都明——
唔止佢，其實我哋成個年代都係咁。
想快，想即刻見效，唔想慢慢改習慣。
但身體唔係快餐店。
你唔花時間投資，佢唔會自己升值。
不過算啦。
身為瑜伽老師，
有時最難唔係每日練習，
係——忍住唔投訴你另一半，見到問題當見唔到 😂
好彩佢無 follow 我，比佢知我寫佢，我死緊 🤫

02/22/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xcPo_5ljGA

Today I want to share an Iyengar Yoga Book Club channel that I really appreciate and will keep following and sharing:

YOGASALA Iyengar Yoga Book Club – Light on Life

This book club is very meaningful. It is not just reading a book. The teachers explain how yoga can truly be part of daily life. They talk about the body, breath, mind, wisdom, and inner awareness, and use the book as a guide to explore ourselves step by step.

I especially like what the teacher said:
“Yoga is not just theory. You need to experience it with your body.”
If something in the book is hard to understand, they use poses and breathing to help you feel the philosophy. This teaching style is exactly what I love about Iyengar Yoga.

The channel is mainly in Cantonese, with some English. I don’t want language to be a barrier, because this book club is deep and warm. If the English is not clear, you can turn on YouTube subtitles—it is easy to follow.

I will continue to share this book club. I hope more Chinese-speaking yoga practitioners can read, discuss, and bring yoga into daily life together.
Yoga is not only poses. It is a journey to understand yourself.

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今日分享一個我好欣賞、亦會持續追蹤同分享嘅 Iyengar Yoga Book Club 頻道：
YOGASALA Iyengar Yoga Book Club – Light on Life

呢個讀書會好有意思，唔係純粹讀書，而係用瑜伽老師嘅角度，帶大家理解「瑜伽點樣真正走入生活」。
由身體、呼吸、心智、智慧，到內在嘅覺察與轉化，佢哋用一本書做地圖，慢慢帶大家向內探索自己。

我特別鍾意老師講一句：
瑜伽唔係理論，而係要用身體去經驗。
如果書中講嘅嘢唔明白，佢會用體式、呼吸，直接令你「感受到」嗰個哲學。
呢種 teaching approach，正正就係 Iyengar Yoga 最吸引我嘅地方。

呢個頻道主要係廣東話分享，中間會夾雜英文。
我唔希望因為語言成為界限，而令呢個咁有深度、有溫度嘅讀書會被忽略。
如果英文聽得唔太清楚，可以開啟 YouTube 字幕功能，其實已經好易跟到內容。

我會繼續分享呢個讀書會，希望更多中文瑜伽練習者可以一齊讀書、一齊討論、一齊將瑜伽帶入日常生活。
瑜伽唔止係體式，而係一段向內了解自己嘅旅程。

親愛的學員,不經不覺，這已是Yogaśālā成立的第15年了。我們每位老師都竭盡全力，分享練習艾揚格瑜伽對身心演化的美妙體驗。根據我們最近的觀察和與學生的交談,我們意識到他們已準備好並有興趣從哲學角度，了解更多關於...

02/22/2026

How many people fall asleep in Savasana?

Many people think the hardest yoga poses are handstand, splits, or putting your leg behind your head.
These poses are not easy, but honestly—
the hardest pose is Savasana.

Because the challenge is this:
👉 Relax with awareness, but not fall asleep.

In my first few years, I always fell asleep in Savasana.
I don’t even remember how many times 😂

So why don’t we just practice Savasana only?
Because real deep relaxation comes after the body and breath are balanced.
We use poses and breathing to align the body first,
so when we lie down, we can truly let go—not just lie there.

My teacher once said:
A good Savasana for 20 minutes can feel like 2 hours of deep sleep.
I’m still learning this “conscious relaxation”.

Not many people post Savasana photos,
because it doesn’t look “cool” or “advanced”.
But actually, a good Savasana is the hardest and deepest practice.

🐎 Year of the Horse—let’s keep going.
Learn to work hard, and also learn to pause.
Learn to let go, so we can move forward.

究竟有幾多人會喺大休息（Savasana）訓著咗？

好多人以為瑜伽最難係倒立、一字馬、腳放上頭、摺埋自己、手平行動作。
呢啲當然唔易，但老實講——
最難嘅動作，其實係大休息。

因為難在：
有知覺地放鬆，但又唔係訓著。

我記得初初幾年做大休息，基本上都係訓著，
已經唔記得自己訓咗幾多年 😂

咁點解我哋唔係淨係練大休息就算？
因為要真正做到「高質量放鬆」，
身體同呼吸都要先經過體式練習去調整、去對齊，
由外到內慢慢平衡，
先可以喺大休息入面真係放低，而唔係剩係攤喺度。

老師講過：
一個好嘅大休息，20 分鐘可以等於 2 個鐘咁深度睡眠。
我到而家都仲努力緊學習呢種「有知覺嘅放鬆」。

其實好少人會 post 自己做大休息，
因為唔夠「型」、唔夠「勁」。但原來，一個好好嘅大休息，先係最難、最考到嘅功夫。

🐎 馬年，大家一齊加油。
學識努力之餘，也要學識停落嚟；
學識放下，先再向前行。

02/03/2026

Yoga became part of my daily life, and I started to feel my body more.
Whether it’s X-shaped legs, O-shaped legs, or flat feet, these can all gradually improve.

When I started coming to this small class, I truly began a yoga journey that wasn’t “doing it alone” anymore.

Before, at large yoga centers, there were always many people, but I always went in and out alone. I didn’t know anyone and never talked to anyone.

Here, it was different. Each class had only about ten people. I slowly got to know my classmates, and after class, we would eat together and talk about what the teacher had just taught.

Sometimes I felt puzzled — the teacher spoke Cantonese, and I understood everything, but my body seemed to “not understand.”
Even though my hands and feet were mine, why wouldn’t they listen?

That’s when I realized I had very little awareness of my own body.

Yoga is not just the one or two hours in class.
At home, I even started paying attention to my feet. I noticed my weight was always leaning to one side, and my left and right feet were uneven.
No wonder my back and neck often hurt.

Remember I mentioned my X-shaped legs before? Actually, X-legs, O-legs, and flat feet are very common. Some may be inherited, but if you never pay attention, the problems accumulate and can cause pain elsewhere.

I used to think these things were “genetic and unchangeable,” but after practicing yoga, I realized — with the right method and consistent practice, improvements are possible.

My teacher is a great example. Years ago in class, she demonstrated with her calves that couldn’t touch. But after many years of consistent practice, now her calves can fully come together.

So you have to believe — how you treat your body, your body will respond. It’s just a matter of time.

Many older people wait until one day they hurt so much they can barely walk, then say, “Ah, this is just how it is when you get old.”
But by then, improving will take much more time and patience.

With patience, practicing step by step, and bringing it into daily life, improvements will naturally happen.
When waiting for the bus, I think: “How should I stand in Mountain Pose so my weight is balanced?”
When I’m stressed at work, I notice my right side tenses up, which causes recurring lower back issues.

Slowly, I’ve learned to remind myself: relax, breathe deeply…

Yoga has gradually become part of my daily life.

瑜伽走入生活，身體開始有知覺。
無論X/O形腳、扁平足，其實都可以慢慢改善。

嚟到呢間課室之後，我先真正開始咗一段「唔再係獨來獨往」嘅瑜伽旅程。

以前去大型瑜伽中心，人好多，但我永遠都係自己入去、自己走。唔識人，亦都唔會同人講嘢。

但呢度唔同。每班最多十幾個人，慢慢同同學熟咗，課後會一齊食嘢，傾吓老師啱啱教咗啲咩。

好多時我都覺得好奇怪——老師講廣東話，我明晒，但身體就好似「唔明白」。
明明手腳係自己嘅，但點解唔聽自己話？

嗰陣我先發現，原來對身體嘅知覺，其實好少。

瑜伽唔止係上堂嗰一兩個鐘。
返到屋企，我甚至會留意自己對鞋底，先發現原來重心成日偏咗一邊，左右腳仲偏得唔同。
唔怪之我成日腰同頸都有狀況啦。

記得我之前講過我有啲X腳形嗎？
其實唔止X腳，O形腳、扁平足都好常見。先天可能係一個原因，但如果一直冇留意、冇知覺，問題就會慢慢累積落去，最後引發身體其他地方啲痛症出現。
我以前都以為呢啲係「天生冇得改」，但練瑜伽之後先發現——只要方法正確、慢慢練，其實係可以改善嘅。

我老師就係一個好好嘅例子。
以前喺瑜伽中心，有一次佢示範過，佢雙小腿係完全拍唔埋一齊嘅。
但過咗好多年，慢慢練落去，而家佢嘅小腿真係可以完全貼埋一齊。

所以要相信——你點樣對待自己嘅身體，身體就會點樣回應你。只係時間問題啫。

好多老人家都係咁，等到有一日痛到行唔郁，會講一句：「唉，老咗就係咁㗎啦。」
但到嗰陣先想再改善，就真係要花更多時間同耐性喇。

只要有耐性，一步一步練習，再慢慢帶入生活入面，改善係會自然發生。
等車時，我會諗：「山式應該點企先平均受力？」
工作緊張時，我又察覺：原來自己成日收緊右邊身體，所以右邊腰先會成日出狀況。

慢慢，我學識提醒自己：放鬆，深呼吸……

瑜伽，就係咁一步一步走入咗我嘅日常生活。

01/31/2026

Stepping Into Iyengar Yoga (Leaving My Comfort Zone) / Nothing Lasts Forever

I truly started Iyengar Yoga
because my teacher was brave enough to step out of her comfort zone first.

One day in class, she suddenly told us:
She was leaving the yoga studio.

I was shocked.
I thought, What am I going to do?
I really loved her classes and didn’t want her to go.

That was when I realized — nothing lasts forever.

Later I understood, she wasn’t disappearing.
She chose a braver path —
starting her own yoga studio.

She stepped out of the old box,
and without knowing it, she pushed me forward too.

So I followed her
and continued practicing at her new place.

After some time, I noticed something different:
Why does yoga here feel so different from before?

It wasn’t that the poses were harder.
It was that I could feel yoga could be so detailed, so deep.

At that time, I didn’t even know what Iyengar Yoga was.
But I knew one thing —
I was starting to step out of my own comfort zone too.

Nothing in this world is forever.
The question is —
do we move forward, or stay in place?

This was in 2009.

我的瑜伽之路 — 我真正開始走入 Iyengar Yoga（跳出舒適圈）／真係冇嘢係永恆嘅

其實，我真正開始進入 Iyengar Yoga，
係因為我老師先勇敢跳出咗佢原本嘅舒適圈。

有一日上堂，佢突然同我哋講：
佢會離開呢間瑜伽中心。

嗰一刻我真係晴天霹靂。
心諗：吓？咁點算呀？
我好鍾意上佢堂㗎喎，真係好唔捨得。

原來，真係冇嘢係永恆嘅。

但後來我先知道，
佢唔係消失，
而係選擇咗一條更勇敢嘅路——
自己創業，開咗屬於自己嘅瑜伽中心。

佢跳出咗框框，
亦都無意中推動咗我——向前行。

於是，我就咁跟咗佢去新嘅地方繼續上堂。

上咗一段時間後，我開始覺得好奇怪：
點解呢度嘅瑜伽……同以前上開嘅咁唔同？

唔同嘅唔係動作有幾難，
而係我開始感覺到——
原來瑜伽可以咁細緻，咁深入。

當然，嗰陣嘅我，
其實仲未知道咩叫 Iyengar Yoga。

但我知道，
我都開始跳出自己嘅舒適圈。

呢個世界冇永恆，
但問題係——
我哋係選擇向前行，
定係原地踏步？

嗰一年，是 2009 年。

01/26/2026

My Yoga Journey — Changes in Body & Mind After Practicing Almost Every Day

Have you ever noticed how doing the same thing every day
can slowly change your body and mind,
but you don’t realize it at first?

When I started going to yoga almost every day,
some changes didn’t appear immediately,
but I could start feeling them.

Emotions:
No more big mood swings.
Ups and downs still happen, but they’re more manageable.

Body:
Back pain and knee stiffness appeared much less often.
Even when they came back occasionally,
they recovered faster and easier,
without going to the doctor, massage, or using pain patches.

I used to have migraines,
and they almost disappeared.

Sleep:
The biggest change.
I used to sleep lightly and wake up often.
It wasn’t perfect yet, but at least my sleep improved.

Looking back, I still felt confident at the time,
but I wasn’t very aware of my body.
I thought being flexible was enough—
like being able to put my foot over my head, haha.
I went to many classes,
even before I don't knew what Iyengar Yoga was.
Even so, practicing regularly gave me the surface benefits of yoga—
and that’s part of the process.

Yoga really takes time and patience.

我的瑜伽之路 — 日日上堂一兩年後的身體 & 情緒轉變

你有冇試過，
日日做同一件事，慢慢身體同心態開始改變，
但你一開始完全唔覺？

當我開始幾乎日日上瑜伽堂，
有啲轉變，
唔係即刻見到，
但我開始感覺到。

情緒方面：
冇再咁大起大跌，
起伏仍然有，但唔再失控。

身體方面：
腰骨痛、膝頭卡住嘅情況，
少咗好多。
就算偶爾返嚟，
比以前快啲、容易啲復原，
唔使成日睇醫生、按摩、貼藥膏。

我一向有偏頭痛，
當時——幾乎消失。

睡眠方面：
改變最明顯。
以前訓得淺，又成日醒；
當時未算最好，但至少訓得好咗。

回頭睇，當時嘅我仲自我感覺良好，
對身體唔太有覺知，
仲以為只要柔軟就勁。
隻腳可以放上頭頂就掂，哈哈。
我上過好多堂，但當時仲未識乜叫 Iyengar，
即使咁，只要勤力練，
已經可以得到瑜伽表面嘅好處——
呢個就係過程。

原來瑜伽，
真係要用時間去經營。

01/19/2026

🌿 My Yoga Journey — When Emotions Took Over

After my surgeries, I rested for a while,
then returned to a busy working life.

I’ve always liked staying busy —
maybe that’s just who I am.

What truly brought me to yoga
was the loss of my closest friend.
She was only thirty.

The grief hit me deeply.
To cope with it, I kept myself busy every day.

One day, on my way home,
I suddenly couldn’t stop crying.
In that moment, I realized —
something inside me wasn’t okay.

So I joined an unlimited yoga studio.
Honestly, not for healing,
but simply to have something to do after work.

At that time, yoga was just exercise to me.
Not about awareness —
just a way to keep going.

But that was when
the seed of yoga was planted.

And it was there
that I met my Iyengar Yoga teacher.

These past two days mark
22 years since her passing.
That’s why this post
means so much to me.

🌿 我的瑜伽之路 — 情緒出現問題，真正踏上瑜伽墊

手術之後，我休息咗一段時間，
跟住又繼續投入忙碌嘅工作。

我一直都好鍾意做嘢——
呢個可能就係我嘅性格，改唔到。

真正令我開始認真接觸瑜伽嘅，
反而係我一個最好嘅朋友離世。
嗰時，佢只有三十歲。

呢份傷痛對我打擊好大。
為咗應付呢啲情緒，我只想令自己日日都保持忙碌。

有一日，我搭車返屋企，
突然控制唔到自己，不停咁喊。
我開始沉醉喺悲傷入面。
嗰一刻，我終於知道——
我自己，出事了。

於是，我報咗一間「日日任做」嘅瑜伽中心。
講真，只係想迫自己放工之後，
每日都仲有嘢做。

嗰陣時，瑜伽對我嚟講只係運動。
唔係為咗身體覺知，
只係……唔想停落嚟。

但就係咁，
我種下咗一粒瑜伽嘅種籽。

亦係喺呢間瑜伽中心，
我遇到咗我嘅艾揚格瑜伽老師。

啱啱呢兩日，
正正係佢離世二十二年。
所以，呢個分享，
對我嚟講特別有意義。



#艾揚格瑜伽 #家居瑜伽 #瑜伽之路 #情緒病 #身體覺知 #工作壓力 #辦公室痛症 #網上瑜伽課 #抑鬱

01/18/2026

My Yoga Journey — Kidney & Gynecological Surgeries

I used to stay constantly busy — working, exercising, and living life at full speed.
I always thought I was still young, so there was no need to worry too much.

Pain?
I went for massages, saw doctors, used patches.
It got better for a while — then came back again.

Tired?
I kept working anyway.
I believed many things had to be done by me.
With long-term work stress, late nights became normal, and my sleep suffered.
Only later did I realize: sleep is not something you can make up for.

Many times, my body was already uncomfortable,
but I wasn’t really aware of it —
because I had lost that sense of connection.
Yoga, for me, became a way to regain that awareness.

Then one day, my body stopped cooperating.
I went through a kidney surgery,
and not long after, a gynecological surgery.
It was the first time in my life having surgery —
and it happened one after another.

After that, I started asking myself:
Why had my body become like this?

I found a community center near my workplace
and began attending yoga once a week.
At that time, yoga was becoming popular.
People said, “Yoga helps improve the body.”

For me, I was simply looking for a way
to listen to what my body was trying to say.

That was the beginning of my yoga journey.

我的瑜伽之路 — 腎臟與婦科手術

以前的我，好習慣不停咁做嘢、做運動同玩，
總係覺得自己仲後生，唔需要諗咁多。

痛？
咪去按摩、睇醫生、貼藥貼。
好咗一陣，但好快又痛番。

攰？
都要照樣返工。
成日以為啲工作一定要自己先做到。
因為長期工作壓力大，我成日夜訓，瞓得唔好。
後來先知，原來瞓覺係冇得補返嘅。

好多時，身體其實已經唔舒服，
但我自己都冇乜覺察，
因為冇知覺。
而瑜伽，正正就係幫身體搵番知覺。

直到有一日，
身體問題真係嚟咗。
我做過一次腎臟手術，
唔耐之後，又再做咗一次婦科手術。
嗰段時間，係我人生第一次做手術，
而且，一次接一次。

手術之後，我開始問自己：
點解我嘅身體會變成咁？

之後，我喺公司附近搵到一間社區中心，
開始每星期做一次瑜伽。
嗰陣時瑜伽開始流行，
大家都話：做瑜伽，身體會改善。

而我，只係想搵一個方法，
慢慢聽返身體想講啲乜。

呢個，就係我踏入瑜伽嘅開端。



#艾揚格瑜伽 #家居瑜伽 #瑜伽之路 #身體覺知 #慢下來 #健康覺醒

01/17/2026

My Yoga Journey | Hiking made my knees feel “stuck” — what happened?

Have you ever felt your knee getting stuck after hiking?

I’ve always loved nature and outdoor activities, like hiking and walking.
If I didn’t exercise on weekends, I would go hiking.

After a while, I started to notice something wasn’t right with my knees.
They didn’t hurt badly, but often felt “stuck” or uncomfortable.

I was born with slightly X-knees.
Long hikes and long walks made it more obvious.
(I only understood this later, after I started practicing yoga.)

Back then, whenever I had back pain or body pain,
I used pain patches, saw doctors, or went for massage.
I was only reacting to the problem,
because I didn’t know the body could be improved in a more active way.

Now, when I’m outside, I sometimes notice how people walk
and how their feet are placed.
I think to myself:
this is how the body slowly becomes like that.

If we pay attention to how we walk and move every day,
small changes are actually possible.

One day, I realized
my body had been sending me signals for a long time.

Yoga taught me body awareness —
not only on the mat,
but also in daily life, in every movement and posture.

With long-term practice,
walking posture can slowly improve,
joints are better supported,
and we can keep doing the activities we love.

Have you ever felt your body giving you signals,
but you were only reacting, not really listening?

我的瑜伽之路｜行山行到膝頭「卡住卡住」，點算？

行山行到膝頭好似成日有啲嘢卡住，你有冇試過？

我一直都好鍾意大自然同戶外活動，例如行山、散步。
週末唔做運動，就一定會去行山。

但行得耐咗，我開始覺得膝頭有啲唔妥，
成日好似卡住卡住咁，唔算好痛，但又唔舒服。

我天生有啲 X 腳，
行山或者長時間行路，呢個傾向會更加明顯。
（呢啲都係後來練瑜伽，我先慢慢明白。）

嗰陣時，我有咩腰酸背痛，
就係貼藥膏、睇醫生、去按摩。
完全係被動式處理，
因為我根本唔知道，其實身體係可以主動去改善同保護。

而家有時出街，我會不自覺留意人哋點行路、腳型點樣，
心諗：原來就係咁樣行，身體先慢慢變成咁。

如果平時肯留意自己行路嘅姿勢、動作習慣，
其實真係可以一點一點咁慢慢改善。

直到有一日，我先發現，
原來身體一路都有畀訊號我。

瑜伽教我對自己身體有覺知，
唔單止喺瑜伽墊上，
而係喺生活入面，留意每一個動作同姿勢。

長期練習，行路姿勢會慢慢改變，
骨骼更有支持，關節都冇咁容易受傷，
咁先可以繼續做自己鍾意嘅活動。

你有冇試過，
明明身體發出訊號，
但自己只係被動咁去應對？
你有冇試過，明明身體發出訊號，但自己只係被動咁去解決問題？



#家居瑜伽 #瑜伽之路 #艾揚格瑜伽
#身體覺知 #膝頭痛 #正念練習