21/05/2010-28/05/2010 Change is inevitable 一切都在改变

当我和May姐还在台北云仙山庄上课、读书时，这边厢大家在团练，还在计划着来接我们机，真是一场惊喜。很感激欣薇漂亮的花，也感激赶着来接机的干娘莱茵、如意和柳平。我竟然当一个Sri Sri Yoga 储备老师。

惠群在我们回来当天晚上旅行去啦，也没机会见面。

我们已经物色到新的中心，如果一切得以落实的话，很快就会有一个更宽大的中心，让团员可以更加舒服的练习与上课。我们很快就要搬家啦！

今晚星期六的唱场，特别的尽兴！除了唱一连窜的巴将，到最后还唱了很多首的华语民谣。从前唱场插了太多首的民谣，就觉得全场无法达到共鸣，感觉不会太好。今天却括了出去，会或不会的歌曲，都放声大唱，用内心去接受与跟随唱场的去向，而不让唱场的去向影响内心。这个十个人的唱场，是我那当下最珍惜和享受的。谢谢各位歌王歌后！

前两个礼拜去了台湾，下星期即将启程到德国。这些日子我的任务都交给Carmen啦！Carmen知道这个空间是我的宝贝，所以很感激她不断的更新这个网站，花心机去找资料，让这里增添了不少色彩。接下来的日子辛苦妳啦！

一切都在改变，只有真理是不变的。

高山长青，涧水常蓝
姑娘和那少年永不分呀
碧水常围着青山转。。。

While May and I are still having lessons and studying for 'exams', during group practice here plans were hatched to come and meet us at the airport. It was such a surprise! Really appreciate the beautiful flowers for us, Shin Wei. We also appreciate Ju Gee and Liu Peng for coming to meet us upon our return. Still so unbelievable I am a Sri Sri Yoga teacher-in-training :P

Lay Choon left for vacation on the night we came back from Taiwan. We never had the chance to meet up before then.

We have found a new location for our new centre. If everything goes as plan, soon we shall have a more spacious centre to accommodate us. We are moving very soon!

Tonight's Satsang was exceptionally great! Other than the usual Bhajans, we also sang lots of Chinese folk songs. Some time ago, if too many Chinese folk songs were sang during Satsangs, I felt a sense of irritation as I felt that it was so difficult to keep up with the verses and the sense of togetherness was lost. But tonight, irregardless of whether I know the songs, I sang with all my heart, accepting and going with the flow of the situation, instead of letting the situation influence my emotions. Our 10-member satsang team today was one that I appreciate and enjoy most at that perfect moment. Bravo, my dear friends!

Last 2 weeks was spent at the SSY TTC in Taiwan,next week I shall be leaving for Germany. I leave my responsibilities to Carmen. She knows this blog is my baby, and I really appreciate her constant updates and research to add the spice that has been long awaited in this space! I still need to trouble you for the days to come!

Change is inevitable.  Only truth remains unchanged.

Taiwan SSY TTC 14/5/2010 - 25/5/2010 course experience 台湾瑜珈师资训练课程经验分享

No matter how much fun we have outside in this world, there is no place like home. Yes, that's right! Krishanji brought us back home to ourselves during our Sri Sri Yoga TTC in Taipei, Taiwan! So first things first, let us meet our great Krishanji...

无论外面的世界有多精彩，回家始终是最好的。唔，是的!我们在台湾台北Sri Sri Yoga TTC的老师Krishanji在课程里引领我们回家！所以，让我们见识见识我们亲爱的Krishanji...

It's just amazing how much Krishanji resembles our dear teacher, Hwa Seng, isn't it? Well, I can't believe it either.
真是预想不到Krishanji长得和我们华生老师那么相似。我本身也难以置信。

I cannot explain the uncanny resemblance of both teachers. Maybe...just maybe it's because of their constant and diligent practice of a type of pranayam called the Kapala Bhati, meaning 'shining skull - refined intellect and alertness'. 
我无法解释为什么这两位伟大的恩师长得那么的相似，也许他们都做了好多一种呼吸法练习，叫做Kapala Bhati，意思是‘发亮的头颅 - 意味着精湛的理智与灵敏’。

There are 205 participants from 9 countries around the world participating in this Sri Sri Yoga course.  It was a whole new experience and the Yoga sequence that we do are just so amazing that it brought us really deep into ourselves and increase our energy!

Yooooo! What's this serious talk about energy after coming back from this course? It's simple.  I have never understood the talk about energy going up and down and around my body.  But Krishanji managed to answer the issue about energy that had been bugging me for such a long time in just a sentence:

'Are you feeling happy right now? ('Yes') Then your Prana (energy) is high.'

A man of a few words, Krishanji managed to explain the wisdom of the ancient scriptures in just a few words simply but profoundly.  Similarly, he managed to bring us into the correct Yoga postures and make us understand the techniques so simply, I feel like a true Yogi after the course.

One of his parting words at the end of the course were:

'Remember you are useful.  No matter what anybody says or thinks about you, always remember that you are useful...' 

I shall take this to heart. 

May with our dearest Krishanji.  May姐和我们亲爱的Krishanji.

Last but not least, here is the good news!  Our very own Malaysian AOL team will be organising Sri Sri Yoga TTC in Malaysia tentatively on December 11 to December 25 2010!

So mark it down in your diary, we shall provide further details in due course!

从9个国家来的205位学员参加了这个瑜伽师资训练课程。课程的经验是前所未有的。瑜伽体位法的次序带我们进入很深沉的静心，我们的能量也跟着提高！

哟！怎么从课程回来就提起能量这个严肃的课题呢？其实我从来不明白何谓能量，也不懂的能量是怎么在我身体里游走的。不过Krishanji三言两语就把我点醒啦：

‘你现在快乐吗？（'是的') 那你的能量是高的。’

Krishanji是个不多言的老师。他有本事把深沉的古老知识以三言两语解释的清清楚楚。他也以同样简单易懂的方式带我们进入准确的瑜伽姿势，让我感觉到自己好像一位瑜伽行者。

课程的尾声，Krishanji给大家的其中一句肺腑之言：
‘记得你是有用的。无论别人怎么样说或认为，要时常记得你是有用的。。。’
我会铭记在心里。

最后，有一项好消息要宣布！我们马来西亚生活的艺术将在今年12月11日至25日举办一场瑜伽师资训练课程！

将这个日期记在你的记事本里，到时候我们将会让你们知道详情。

一笑

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Group Practice 团练 - 3 inhales per minute!

Have you observe your breathe lately ???

Have you observe how many breathe did you take within a minute ??? 

According to Wikipedia, 

Respiratory minute volume (or minute ventilation, or flow of gas) is the volume of air which can be inhaled (inhaled minute volume) or exhaled (exhaled minute volume) from a person's lungs in one minute. This is normally registered when a person has a ventilator supporting the person's breathing due to a sickness or injury. A normal minute volume is about 5–8 liters per minute in humans.

Today's group practice , we did a slow and long breathing lead by teacher. 3 inhales in one minute! slow and steady! 

Attached is a diagram that i downloaded from the website. This will give you a better picture of our Lungs and a complete breathing methods.  

JGD. nite! 

see you tomorrow! :-)

BWS @ Pei Shih Kuala Kedah 16/5 /2010 1.30 pm.

Basic Course ( Part I ) 16th May - 21st May 2010

16th May 2010 ( Sunday ) :

" Sangh Gachatwam" ~ let's learn together and learn from each other. 

Welcome new members.

Seva @ Hong Leong Bank children colouring contest

14th May 2010 -  10.30 am.
It was a fun and colourful morning to see the children at Hong Leong Bank colouring contest. Our teacher , Tan Hwa Seng had managed to gave a half an hour introduction to the parents about the Power and Techniques of Breathing while Lay Choon and a few AOL members distributes flyers to the parents. JGD.

Tera Mai ...Guruji

Wonder how May and Zheng Yi coping with their Sri Sri Yoga ? 

Don't worry, we will take good care of your Blog!!!

Today, I would like to share something I read from Bawa n Dinesh's blog about Guruji's birthday.

In his blog, he mentioned about Guruji's speech on Tera Mai:
(13th MAY in Hindi means Tera Mai ~ meaning I AM YOURS ) 

" I am here for you, I am yours… Tera Mai. This shouldn’t happen only once a year… 

it should be every single day. Many, many more people need to be blessed with this luck!" 

~ Guruji

Isn't that Beautiful!
Tera Mai too Guruji.

*** YES Group Practice***14 May 2010 ( Friday )  - 2 pm -5 pm 

Welcome Yes members to come back for energizing Group Practice. 

EXAM coming soon ??? let's us practice the Sudarshan Kriya regularly to energized and rejuvenated the brain cells hence, enhancing memory power.

 

Regards from Taipei 从台北的问候

May and I, we are now somewhere here. May姐和我现在大概在这个地点。

I shall now work together with Carmen, who will be responsible of updating our upcoming events and activities. 更新我们中心活动消息的重担就在此交给科彣，我们会一起合作。

Virtually, I am still hanging around 我还是会在虚拟的中心打盹的...;)

Jai Gurudev.

This week's events 本星期活动 （12/05/2010 - 18/05/2010）

Basic Course in Tamil starts this week from 10/5/2010 - 12/05/2010 (Monday - Wednesday).
淡米尔文初级课程在10/05/2010 - 12/05/2010(星期一至星期三）

Long Kriya 净化呼吸法:
Group practice on Sunday as usual. 星期日团练照常。
Please note that group practice on Monday is cancelled.  You may come for long kriya on Tuesday instead.
星期一团练取消。要做净化呼吸法可在星期二出席。

Sri Sri Yoga group practice is cancelled. 诗丽诗丽瑜伽团练取消。

Saturday Satsang as usual.  星期六唱场照常。

02/05/2010-08/05/2010

The highlight of our event this week was our multiple celebration on Saturday 08/05/2010 (Guruji's Birthday, Mother's Day, and farewell party).

 

The evening started with Guru Pooja.  Thereafter, there were sooooo many variety of good food brought by everybody, the evening naturally carried on with non-stop eating.

Satsang was in chaos, with every instrument available being held by small kids and the event was a cacophony of 'ching, chang, and cheang!!' Even my guitar was unusually out of sync, and my singing sounded more or less like  a croaking frog...But nevertheless, the mood and events that unfolded were just like the 'multiple celebration' theme by being 'multiple' with some Bhajans, Guruji's knowledge, meditation, singing of Birthday songs and of course, how can we miss out on the dance!

Just when I thought the evening was going to end with 'Jai Jai Radha Ramana Hari Bol', it took an interesting turn of events when some of us started a human train, one after another started joining and suddenly, we began dancing to a mix of Taiwan folk song and Jai Jai Radha Ramana Hari Bol until we were red in the face and intoxicated.

The evening ended with everyone closing our eyes to make a wish, with Teacher's blessings. I was so elated with the dancing and singing (and lost my voice in the process) that when I closed my eyes, there was just this feeling of perfection, and it dawned on me that this evening, the true purpose of Satsang was achieved-to be in touch with the inner being.

这个星期值得一提的节目是我们五月八日星期六举办的特别节日多重庆（大师生日、母亲节和告别会）。当天傍晚在感恩仪式中开始。之后大家忍不住美味食物的诱惑而开始吃个不停。

唱场是混乱的，每一样乐器都由小孩子握着，所以充满了‘清清锵锵’的噪音。连我的吉他也配不到老师的歌声，而我的声音也像雨后的青蛙在哇哇叫，真是岂有此理。。。虽然如此，气氛和接下来的节目都和我们多重庆典那么的多样化，有巴将，大师的知识录影播放，静心，唱生日歌和不可不提的载歌载舞！

正当我以为节目在老师‘Jai Jai Radha Ramana Hari Bol’即将结束时，发生了预料不到的转变。我们组织了越来越长的火车队，老师开始唱高山青，大家忘我的在跳舞跳得面红耳赤，那么的陶醉。

节目的尾声大家在老师的祝福下许愿。我闭上眼睛的感觉是多么的完美，令我察觉到当晚我们达到了唱场真正的意义-完全和我们自己在一起。

Guruji‘s Birthday and other multiple celebrations 大师生日及等等庆典

Date 日期：08/05/2010 (Saturday 星期六)

Time 时间：7.30pm-10.00pm

Venue 地点：The Art of Living Centre Alor Setar 亚罗士打生活的艺术中心

Admission入场: Some nice food to share 令人垂涎的美食

Let's Celebrate 让我们来庆祝：

1.Guruji's Birthday 大师的生日 (actual date 正日： 13/05/2010）
2.Mother's Day 母亲节
3.Farewell for May's and my departure to Taiwan. May姐和我的台湾之旅 Departure date: 10/05/2010出发
4.Anybody's Birthday which falls on May 任何在五月生日的人
5.Life 生命

25/04/2010-01/05/2010 (A Weekend Retreat for Volunteers 义工逍遥之旅)

The beginning of the week crawled by so slowly because there was something exciting to look forward to - and that is our trip to Green Wish Vege Garden at Kampung Sg. Genting , Perak on 30/04/2010 - 01/05/2010.  Our previous posts had been a little wordy so I took the trouble to remember taking some snapshots to share. 

这个星期过得好慢好慢，只因我在期待着周末（30/04/2010-01/05/2010）的义工逍遥团-绿意园圃之旅。这个园圃位于霹雳州。前几篇文章充满了文字，所以这一次我多费一点点心思拍了些照片分享。

Our first stop - Gua Kandu 我们的第一站-Kandu山洞

Yes.  That's right! One of the unforgettable moments at Gua Kandu was when every torchlight were switched off and everyone observed a 1-minute silence to have a feel of the inside of the cave.  Ever had the feeling of being literally consumed by darkness?

哦，对了！其中在山洞里最难忘的经验就是熄灯禁言了一份钟，好让大家感受一下在山洞里面伸手不见五指的那种漆黑。你曾经感受到被黑暗吞没的感觉吗？

Then suddenly, the cave cracked, the sun shone from above, and a smiling Angel descended.

突然间，山洞劈开，阳光照耀，一个带着微笑的天使降落凡间。

Our next stop - right outside Gua Kandu...下一站-Kandu山洞外面

Just hanging around...while waiting for tow-truck to come and towaway one of our cars that refused to start.

在路边打盹。。。唉呀！源昇的车拋苗啦，在等着拖车。

After a very very late lunch, we took our shower right here...at Kinjang waterfall.

很迟的午餐过后，我们到Kinjang瀑布去洗澡。

Then, we could not escape home kriya because coincidentally, our teacher joined us for the trip...
我们当天逃不过功课，因为老师刚好和我们一起来旅行。。。

Next up, a visit to the Kampung orang asli. 接着，我们去参观原住民的村庄。

The odd one out...playing football with the boys

鹤立鸡群。。。大华生和小男生一起踢足球

The next morning...隔天早上

After yoga, short Kriya, and breakfast, Kenny brought us around his farm for a tour. Thereafter, we visited a Christian Settler's Kicap factory, and bought some health food at their store. Guan Seng treated us for a round of durian ice lollies!

瑜伽、净化呼吸法及早餐之后，Kenny带我们参观他的有机农场。之后我们到一个基督教的村庄参观他们的酱青和豆酱工厂，也买了些健康食品。源昇请大家吃榴莲冰条！

Kenny (right) packing his delicious papayas from his organic farm for us.  Standing opposite Kenny is Wooi Se, our dear organiser for this trip.

Kenny (右)在帮我们包裹他园里的木瓜。伟丝（左）是这次逍遥之旅的策划人。

Thank you Uncle Robert, who is a member of the Malaysian Karst Society, our Captain for our adventure in Gua Kandu, and to educate us about Limestone caves and the dangers they face in the wake of human ignorance and greediness.

Of course, there wouldn't be a trip if it weren't for Kenny and Lee May, our warm hosts at the farm who had shared so many useful knowledge not only about organic farming, but so much more...

The world is definitely still a good place because these individuals are shining brightly for us.

谢谢Robert，大马石灰岩协会会员，我们山洞探险的领队，让我们认识了石灰岩山洞和它们因人类的无知及贪心而面对的危害。

当然，如果不是Kenny和Lee May两夫妇，我们热情的主人翁，这次的义工逍遥之旅也不会实现。他们与我们分享了不少宝贵的知识，而不只是限于有机农耕而已。

世界因为有这些热心人士的存在而更美好。

Last but not least, our group photo...最后，我们漂亮的团体照。。。