这个星期天从高雄搭最后一班高铁到台北，已是凌晨十二点，拖着疲惫的身体和行李在台北车站下的迷宫寻找回家的路，一路上就很困，到站之后，从高铁站要往上走到台铁的西三出口，实在是很折磨人，令我想到自己像个土拨鼠又像个地洞人一样，在一个又一个的出口寻找希望，冷不防要提醒从旁窜出的黑影人，人来去匆匆，各自走向归途．此刻，黑夜下的台北显得十分安静，但身在层层地下中的孔道，只有一个字，恐怖，尤其是无障碍设施不够健全，常要拖着行李上下楼．
直到爬到台铁售票大厅，看见7-11感觉十分亲切，但再看到一旁的厕所标志，就很昏倒，身上揹著大小件行李，要如下只身下楼如厕，找谁看顾行李，左看右看都没有电梯可以下去，真的很吐血，最后，总算看到先生远远向我招手，有救了，先帮我顾一下，我下去上个厕所，憋著快要爆炸的膀胱，三步并两步直奔B1的洗手间，才发现，厕所外竟没有投币式的卫生纸，手上拿着十元铜币开始发抖，存著一丝希望希望厕所会有卫生纸，才怪！连卫生纸的卷筒都没有，天啊，我是在号称首善之都最先进的现代化城市－－台北吗？？？
此时，发现一位一直在梳装打扮的中年妇女，希望她不是鬼，我想，请问这厕所有没有卫生纸贩卖机，那女人回过头来，你去外头看看，没有的话就看看男厕那边，果然不是鬼，但这么晚了，打扮这么妖娇足蹬鲜黄色的高跟鞋也挺吓人的，
其实外头我早就看过了，根本没有贩卖机，她看我那么急，竟也打发我后，从容地描著那细得不能再细的眉毛，唉！想说会借我卫我纸呢！算了，冲上楼去买好了，上去之后，就直奔7-11柜台，但前排有一位小姐正在结帐，她老兄慢丝条理地挑着桌上的小玩意，我急着拿起卫生纸要结帐，店员这回很聪明，看到一脸猴急样，马上先帮我服务，快速结完帐之后，冲下B1，那位亦人亦鬼的中年熟女还在，正好打个正面，哇！！敢问这位大娘是要赶唱那一场的大戏，脸上五颜六色的装容，真是吓死人了。
记得小时候，很怕鬼，就像我家老大，洗澡从不关门，一定要打开开的，后来和高雄的JUDY聊了她家的小六生，才发现根本是一个样，两个小鬼洗澡从不关门，“因为有摸鬼”呵，我那唸中班的儿子最喜欢讲，“摸鬼来了，还有姜丝来了，躲在门后面，咬泥你的耳多。”讲完之后，自己笑到流口水，看到小孩可以如此自得其乐，真是想像力十分丰富，将来肯定是个写作高手，唬功一流。
在台北待了几天，生活步调又开始快半拍，还真不习惯，因为高雄的路好大好长，好像国外的城市，很有规划，但人很少，百货公司倒很多，奇怪，百货公司都不会倒啊，我问了在场的同学，她们说：高高屏的人都会来高雄逛逛，所以逛的人其实还真不少，是这样呵～想起小时候住乡下，要到市区玩，还真是一件大事。
高雄的同学，这次有二十一位参与盛会，真是难得，除了台南的阿芬因病无法完成全程，其余同学都顺利参与两周的课程，能够坚持到最后，收获最多，尤其是周日下午，我们讨论了竖脊肌或称直背肌的功能，接着又帮同学补充脊柱侧弯的原因，有了立体的动画，再加上我们美丽的助教老师的犠牲，让大家深刻地从佳铃老师身上学到最丰富的知识，记得学生就是你最大的老师，因为她会不断提出问题，敦促老师不断向上学习，佳铃的身体是有点侧弯，也正因为如此，她特别用心在这个领域的琢磨，她说：有许多瑜伽老师都想帮她，但老实说，她没有什么感觉，主要是因为她的柔软度比较好，也实在是因为一般老师其实对侧弯的形态并不十分清楚。
直到佳铃看到国外有一位老师出了瑜伽与脊柱侧弯的DVD，她仔细研究之后，照着上头的指示做了之后，神奇的事发生了，她的身体开始有了变化，她能感受到身体侧弯的那一边，气不易流动，透过手掌和骨盆的转动或下压，心无旁骛地专注在身体的细微变化上，她感受到被压迫的那一边开始有着气的流动．难道国外月亮比较圆，是的，因为那个老师Elise Browning Miller 她本身CURVE of T-SPINE TO RIGHT ABOUT 49 DEGREE，胸椎侧弯４９度，由她现身说法，再搭配上艾因嘉的亲自指导的经验，她所传达的教学指令十分细微，令同是侧弯的佳铃能感同身受．
最后，佳铃她十分开心十分欢喜地和我们分享：在课堂上，要不断提醒学生，培养对身体的觉知，感受身体的变化，这比教什么体位法都来得重要。
这句话十分重要，也是我常在课堂上分享的，为的就是怕同学将动作惯性化，那瑜伽就变成体操课了，为了让同学有觉知，每回上课总要做一些小测试，藉以打破身体的惯性，能培养觉知，就不会让身体变形到自己无法忍受的地步。
在此，我非常感谢佳铃助教老师在这两周的辛苦付出，另外，也十分感谢高雄美丽春天的三位老师热情的招呼，有美丽的朱力老师，青春无敌的采妍老师，还有收留我好几晚的苑利老师，没有她们真诚的付出，研习营是不会如此圆满结束的。呵，唯一吓坏我的是，我把小白给弄坏了，还好，它只个模型。
对了，在圣誔节之前要交报告。有体位法插图，唱颂，体位法梵文背诵，瑜伽经等心得报告，圣誔歌小组合唱…….还有什么我已经忘记，反正你们要记得交就对了，请统一交到美丽春天，再一并寄到台北给我，在圣誔节前夕，顺便领回你们的肌肉模型。
功课一堆，我会不会太残忍了，“不会喔”我昨天才小考完，天啊，台大老师考得真细，都考上课讲一点点的重点，大重点都没有考，而且题目是英文超长的，还是母子题，也就是题目一题不会，后面承上题等子题就不用混了。
加油，考试不是重点，重点是要读书，要精进,…..不要偷懒—-是的,老师,我知道了!!我真是愧对老师，呵，重修三年，还考不好，一题十分,很伤耶!三年来小考都考不一样，所以考古题没路用啦,,,,, >_<!!!!!!
我要好好努力唸书了,加油.
JUDY
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"Yoga For Scoliosis" Video For A Home Practice
Thirty years after yoga relieving her own scoliosis, Senior Certified Iyengar yoga teacher and back care expert, Elise Browning Miller, has just launched a new video and DVD on yoga for scoliosis.
“Yoga for Scoliosis with Elise Browning Miller” is a 50-minute home yoga practice with three sections, approx. 17 minutes each, that can be practiced individually or in their entirety. This program provides a beginning practice for most people with scoliosis based upon a proven method that focuses on lengthening the spine, stretching muscles that have become tight and strengthening those that have become weak. Focused attention is placed on de-rotating the spine and ribs, while overall creating more balance and harmony in the body.
Through this practice, people with scoliosis can take charge of their own back to achieve better posture while decreasing back pain and discomfort.
This video is not intended as a substitute for medical care and should not be considered as offering medical advice or as a substitution or recommendation of medical treatment. You are encouraged to consult with your physician before practicing any pose in this video.
Yoga For Scoliosis is a trademark of Shanti Productions, LLC
©2005 Shanti Productions, LLC All Rights Reserved
Visitors: 118234 website design by Kerry Kealohilani-Wong
Article by Elise Browning Miller Yoga Journal: May-June 1990
What is Scoliosis
The word scoliosis is derived from the Greek word “skol” which means twists and turns, and is defined as a lateral curve of the spine with a rotational component. As shown in Figure 1, the ribs are connected to the spine and move with the spine. With scoliosis, the spine moves laterally, forming an “S” (or “C”) curve and rotates at the same time. The ribs follow both this lateral and rotational movement of the spine. On this lateral curve side, the ribs and intercostal muscles between the ribs move sideways, spread apart and rotate backwards with the spine [this is called the convex side of the back]. On the opposite side of the lateral curve, the intercostal muscles are underdeveloped and the ribs are compressed. Because of the rotation of the spine, the ribs are pushed forward forming a flat back. [this is called the concave side of the back].
As a result of these lateral and rotational movements, there is postural misalignment: the ribs are rotated, the shoulders can be at different heights with one shoulder blade more prominent than the other, and one hip may be higher than the other, resulting in an uneven waist. The head is sometimes not centered directly above the pelvis and the entire body can be leaning to one side. The most obvious symptoms of scoliosis are cosmetic, yet pain and discomfort are also common. In extreme cases, there can be cardiopulmonary complications. This booklet, as well as the video "Yoga for Scoliosis with Elise Browning Miller", discusses the role that yoga poses can play in addressing these conditions.
Structural and Functional Scoliosis
Scoliosis can be either structural or functional (non-structural).
a. Structural scoliosis is much more serious and develops as a result of unequal growth of the two sides of the vertebral bodies. Usually appearing during adolescence, its causes are not well understood by medical science.
b. Functional (Non-structural) scoliosis only affects the muscular back and does not alter the body structurally. It can result from such things as poor posture or repeated unbalanced activity such as carrying heavy books or any heavy object always on one side. It is much more common than structural scoliosis, and usually much less noticeable, since the degree of curvature is less and almost always reversible.
A simple way to determine whether someone has a structural or functional scoliosis is to have them bend forward into a forward bend. This is a standard screening test given in junior high to determine if students have adolescent structural scoliosis. If a lateral curve is visible in a standing position yet disappears in a forward bend, the scoliosis is functional. If it remains and the rotational component becomes more obvious, it is within the structure of the ribs and spine and is a structural scoliosis.
Approximately 80% of all structural scoliosis are idiopathic, meaning doctors do not know why or from where it comes. Idiopathic scoliosis first develops in girls between the ages of 10 and 14; and in boys between the ages of 12 and 15. Other causes of structural scoliosis are: congenital where the vertebrae fail to separate, or neuromuscular, such as polio or cerebral palsy and also from accidents that involve the spine and/or ribs. In some cases, leg differentiation can cause scoliosis in the lumbar ( lower back) region. This results in uneven hips.
The Major Scoliosis Curve Patterns
Curvature can take place anywhere along the length of the spinal column, however there are four most common patterns of curvature. To be able to use yoga effectively for your scoliosis, find out what pattern you have from an orthopedic surgeon or knowledgeable professional in this field.
a. Right thoracic Scoliosis indicates that the major scoliosis is concentrated in the thoracic (mid-back) region and curves to the right. In the right thoracic scoliosis there may also be a counter curve to the left in the lumbar (lower back) region, but this is a less severe curve.
b. Left lumbar Scoliosis indicates that the major curve is to the left and is concentrated in the lumbar region. There may be an opposite curve less extreme to the right in the thoracic region.
c. Right thoraco-lumbar Scoliosis indicates that the major curve is to the right in the thoracic and lumbar region. This is commonly known as a “C” curve.
d. Right thoracic-left lumbar Scoliosis. The last type of curvature is the combined curve where the major curve is in the thoracic region with an equal counter curve to the left in the lumbar region. This is commonly known as an “S” curve.
For unknown reasons, 90 percent of thoracic and double curves are right convexity (curve to the right); 80 percent of the thoraco-lumbar curves also are right convexity; and 70 percent of the lumbar curves are left convexity. There can also be triple curves with an additional lateral curve in the cervical or neck region. Also two or more lateral curves can be in the thoracic region of the back with a major lumbar curve. With a more severe scoliosis, seven times as many women as men have scoliosis.
http://www.yogaforscoliosis.com/index.htm
- 留言者: 廖淑娟
- Email: l4502@ms24.hinet.net
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- 日期: 2008-10-22 20:43:36
Judy老师:
虽然这两周的研习,让体力与脑力接受了极大考验
回到台南重感冒中,大热天还感冒.烧声.酷酷嫂,真是一枚笨蛋…哈~
不过收获是满满的,心的感动是满满的
~谢谢大家无私的分享~
原来大家一路走来的心灵的变化,也曾都在心中起伏过
放下一些疑惑,恐惧少了些,脚步也慢了些
谢谢老师…辛苦的南北奔波,带给我们身与心正确安全的观念
谢谢各位同学,能和大家一起共同研习,真的很幸运
会好好认真读书,好好做功课的…
但~圣誔歌小组合唱~…厚~会害羞耶~
淑娟
- 留言者: debbie
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- 日期: 2008-10-23 10:00:54
可以翻译一下吗？
关于脊椎侧弯
很多人都等著开刀
非常感谢
造福人群
- 留言者: judyyoga
- Email: you_loveyoga@yahoo.com.tw
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- 日期: 2008-10-23 15:01:26
debbie
我计划开一个课程是专门介绍脊椎侧弯与瑜伽体位的关系,透过书本及
模式唤起身体觉知,再透过瑜伽的体位法来纠正错误的动作,不知大家
有否兴趣.那篇若是翻成中文,也不见得会看得懂,要实际做,才会有感
觉.
dear淑娟:
你们这些台南来的同学辛苦了,呵,两周的密集训练,相信收获很多,接
著就是等你们自行消化吸收了.加油.
judy
- 留言者: 小v
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- 日期: 2008-10-24 15:22:46
请问:
何时才会再开同样的班呢?这一期知道的时候已经开课了~唉~
- 留言者: jun70803
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- 日期: 2008-10-24 19:15:02
哈囉!!
路过来给你打打气喔!!
加油….
- 留言者: judyyoga
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- 日期: 2008-10-26 18:21:16
小v
你是在台北吗?我们上星期才开始上课,若要,就要快,差一周尚可跟上.
这一期台北的同学程度很不错,也很认真,大家都玩得很开心,虽然每一
周的功课有点多,但有努力才会有收获.
加油.
judy
- 留言者: 苑利
- Email: chaojudy@yahoo.com.tw
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- 日期: 2008-10-27 23:50:18
Dear Judy,
虽然妳幼年仅在南部高雄住过四年左右,但仍有着南部人的朴实与真
诚,同时也有着台北人惊人的战斗力;好几位高雄leave 1 的学员说
上课好累体能大考验;如果曾到台北上过RYT200小时 连续21天密集课
程每天am7:00-pm7:30后加上不定时测验考试,每天晚上几乎12点身
心疲惫就寝,所以也就觉得这次leave l课程并不累,很感谢上天的安
排让我们不用北上舟车劳顿,让我们消化吸收完后, 期待下一次
leave 2大家再分享Judy 老师为我们准备的飨宴!也谢谢有耐心的佳
铃助教的协助!!
苑利
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- 日期: 2008-10-28 16:06:50
Dear Judy:
我在高雄啦~所以才错过了高雄的L1~
何时会有机会再办呢?谢谢~
- 留言者: judyyoga
- Email: you_loveyoga@yahoo.com.tw
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- 日期: 2008-10-30 14:58:16
小V
下回吧,大概要等到明后年吧,有机会会再开level 2的课程,到时再欢
迎你加入.
苑利:
十分感谢贵教室的大力相助,美丽春天的教室真是令人眼睛为之一亮,
好美好清爽的感觉,不输台北的教室,真的,很漂亮,能在南部上课真的
很幸福.呵,我算是高雄人吗,我也很怀欵,毕竟五岁就离开高雄,现在回
去连路都认不得了,听说我以前台语很溜,现在则是完全不行了.
呵~~下回再去高雄坐爱河渡轮.
dear小广告张贴者:
这里不能张贴广告,很抱歉,有关色情小广告的留言,全部删除,包括网
友不知情的回应一并删除,这个社会已经够情色化,希望本留言板能维
持清新风貌.
judy
judy
- 留言者: gloria
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- 网址: http://www.wretch.cc/blog/yichen165
- 日期: 2008-11-03 17:53:58
周日拿到书囉~
感觉中文书超精采的!
真的很推荐大家去买来看~
再过一阵子,再买原文来对照看!
努力啃书虫gloria
- 留言者: silkroaddancer
- Email: shiaoting38@hotmail.com
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- 日期: 2008-11-06 00:28:25
姐姐们真是太用功啦
