"好呀好呀，我要上你堂 😄"

朋友：新嘅一年，我想開始做運動，睇住脂肪一年一年咁累積，筋骨一年比一年硬，成日坐喺辦公室，條腰硬過石頭，再加低頭睇手機，再加壞姿勢 hea 梳化...成個人笨笨重重咁，完全不爽。

我：咁你有咩計劃？

朋友：我唔知呀，我只知我要重生，我要重生！我要洗底！

我：咁要點先可以重生呢？

朋友：呢個就係問題囉，你知我有幾懶，幾唔願郁，我都唔係未試過去做健身室會員，但每次都係交左年費，可能只係去左一次起，兩次止，每次都係白白嘥左D錢，跟住又重蹈覆轍，呢單嘢我大大話話都衰過幾次，我真係唔想再衰...但我真係好認真好認真想郁下個身體嘅，你話做咩好呢？

我：你問我，我實叫你嘗試做瑜伽㗎，唔係因為我自己係瑜伽老師我有偏好，當然瑜伽有佢好多好處，而係因為你嘅狀況，好適合練習瑜伽。

朋友：我咩狀況呀？

我：你話要重生嘛，瑜伽會比你重生嘅感覺。當然，你要比時間佢，佢會慢慢調節你，轉化你。

朋友：係咪真呀？

我：你睇我咪係人辦囉！

朋友：咁又係，見你又真係成日由個心笑出嚟。

我：呢個咪瑜伽帶比我嘅重生囉。

朋友：咁究竟即係點呢？

我：好簡單，喺瑜伽蓆上，你咩都唔使諗，唔使有目標，冇咩增肌减脂，燃燒卡路里，冇話要做得好似隔離同學一樣，好似社交媒體 D 相咁，你就當全班只得你一個人，注意力全部放喺你自己度。你只需要放低一切，投入，放鬆，你愈放鬆，你個身體愈配合，千奇唔使 chur 自己要做到點樣點樣，聽你身體指引就可以喇，瑜伽好着重呼吸同身體感覺，你要喺一個放鬆嘅狀態下去伸展身體，感受身體。瑜伽會喺你身體，情緒，心靈同其他更多層面發揮作用，所以可以幫你重生。

朋友：好喎，我最怕辛苦，如果只需要放鬆，咁好啱我。

我：下定決心開始你嘅瑜伽旅途啦，包你有意外驚喜。你喜歡嘅話，可以嚟上我嘅堂，因為以上我講嘅，係我嘅 style, 每個老師都有自己嘅 style, 第D老師可能會比另一個感覺你，你要睇下自己最喜歡邊個 style。

朋友：好呀好呀，我要上你堂。💪💪😁

Friend: In this new year, I really want to start doing some exercise. Watching the level of my body fat going higher and higher each year, my body having more pain here and there with long time sitting in the office, my bad posture when I am sitting on the couch at home...I always feel tired, lack of energy and motivation...I don't want to continue like this anymore...

Me: What are your plans?

Friend: I don’t know... probably I need a rebirth cause there are just too many problems with my body.

Me: How can you have a rebirth?

Friend: This is the problem. You know how lazy I am, how lack of discipline I am... I was member with some fitness centres in the past, but I simply paid and seldom went to practise. You can't imagine how much I have wasted on this. I really want to move my body, and I don't want to commit the same mistake wasting money again. I am really serious this time, what's your suggestion?

Me: Well, if you ask me, I will definitely suggest you to try yoga, not because I am a yoga teacher, it's because yoga is just too good to anyone. And for you, with my understanding of you, you will enjoy yoga.

Friend: What makes you say so?

Me: You want to have a rebirth...Yoga will give you this. Yoga will give you a new body, will make you alive, will open you up to a lot of possibilities way beyond you can imagine. You just need to put in time and patience. Yoga will transform you.

Friend: Are you serious?

Me: Look at me, can't you tell?

Friend: Yeah, it ’s true, you look so different now compare to before. You are shining and seem always in a blissful state.

Me: This is what yoga gave me.

Friend: I am so excited...you must tell me more...

Me: Ok, it's simple, don't have any goal when you are on the yoga mat, you simply relax, listen to your body, follow instructions from the teacher and do what your body allows. Remember no comparison, no judgement, simply aware of what's happening with complete acceptance. There is no goal, nothing like losing body fat, burning calories, twisting your body this and that, doing the poses like the person next to you, like what you saw in social media...nothing. You practise as if you are the only person in the class. Always connect to your breath and body sensations. Though yoga involves some body stretching, yoga is not an exercise, yoga works on your body, emotions, mind and many other levels, so can transform you.

Friend: That's great, seems no hard work then, I just need to relax and tune in, right? This I think I can handle.

Me: Yes, make up your mind to start your yoga journey! You will gradually find many nice surprises. If you want, you can join my class, because what I just mentioned is my style, every teacher has his/her own style, you need to try different teachers/classes to see what's your favorite style.

Friend: Okay, that's great, I want to take your class. 💪💪😁