Brave Yoga

In order to make suitable exercise accessible to the wider community of disabled Taipei residents, yoga teacher and polio sufferer Caitanya (連欽發), has set up a special yoga course at SongShan Community University. Caitanya gave up his former work in order to focus on yoga, and give friends in the disabled community a relaxed and positive yoga-learning environment. In addition to studying yoga, participants enjoy valuable sharing time, where they build meaningful relationships with each other through the spiritually orientated yoga that Caitanya teaches. Brave Yoga teaches love and positivity for the world, and through its simple yoga movements, participants move towards complete peace of mind, body and spirit.

PeoPo 公民新聞 by 淡江大傳

Brave Yoga

URL: http://www.peopo.org/news/109371

(以下是中文對照)

勇者瑜珈

台北市的松山社區大學，一位本身是小兒麻痺症患者的連欽發老師，為了能夠讓更多身障朋友有適合自己的運動，創立了特殊的勇者瑜珈課程。連老師放棄了原先的工作專心教授瑜珈課程，依照身障朋友們不同的情況，希望與大家以不勉強的方式一起做瑜珈。除了身體上的運動之外，每一次的上課更是學員們與老師的交流時間，透過老師教授的心靈瑜珈，也讓每一位勇者們建立起了好感情。勇者瑜珈強調對世界的愛與光明的展現，透過簡單的動作，讓每一位勇者們都能達到心靈跟身體上的滿足。