You can picture yoga as slow, careful movements paired with steady breathing that stretch the body and settle the mind — the body and the breath brought together into one calm, joined-up practice.

可以想成:緩慢、專注的動作配上穩穩的呼吸,一邊伸展身體、一邊讓心安定下來。核心畫面比較像把身體和呼吸「接在一起」——動作和氣息合成同一件事,人就靜了。

From the word’s history

Yoga comes from Sanskrit yoga, literally 'union, yoking', from the root yuj 'to yoke, to join/unite' (the original image is the yoke that joins two oxen). That sense of joining — body to breath, self to something larger — sits under both modern meanings.

yoga 來自梵文 yoga,字面是「結合、上軛」,字根 yuj 意思是「上軛、把…接起來」(最早的畫面比較像把兩頭牛接在同一副軛上)。這個「接在一起」的意象,正好貫穿現代兩個意思:把身體接上呼吸,把自己接上更大的存在。

etymonline.com/word/yoga (Sanskrit yoga 'union, yoking', root yuj; PIE *yeug- 'to join')

One branch

瑜伽:身心相接的鍛鍊

登入就可以看這一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

stretching and breathing exercise · noun · B1

A set of slow movements and breathing that help you stretch your body and feel calm.

瑜伽

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Yoganame

  • 1

    One of the six schools of Hindu philosophy.

yoganoun詞源 1/ˈjoʊ.ɡə/

  • 1

    Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.

    • If you're not into yoga / If you have half a brain / […] / Then I'm the love that you've looked for / Write to me and escape
    • Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.

yoganoun詞源 2

  • 1

    The tree Elaeocarpus joga.

    • A mealybug, Pseudococcus nr. microadonidum Beardsley (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) has been found feeding on the foliage of E. joga. This mealybug was sometimes found in the domatia of yoga leaves. It has been recorded on coconut, banana, and pandanus from Kiribati, Pohnpei, and Marshall Islands. This insect is a new record on yoga and for Guam.

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