SPACE TALK大師講堂-Doug Keller
瑜珈讓情緒成為生命的甘露
瑜珈哲學一直以來蘊含著對生活壓力的一種回應：我們內在的恐懼、不安、自相矛盾的情緒，甚至是缺少成就感、生命意義等種種挑戰。早期瑜珈哲人對此的解答，傾向於對大部分人來說不太實際的禁慾主義，或是以《薄伽梵歌》時期教導的「天命(Dharma)」概念為基礎，鼓勵人們追求社會所接受的成就與道德上的純潔。
也許因為這些答案的不足，瑜珈哲學出現了轉折，變成是對我們內在生命更深、更個人的省思。隱藏在情緒甚至是慾望背後的力量，不再單純被視作瑜珈道路上的障礙而被排斥，反而被接納成為一條往內去到更深層次瑜珈的道路。情緒是 “rasa”，意為經驗的「風味」，或者甚至可解釋為「甘露」，在所有瑜珈不同的練習中，都豐富著我們向內探索的旅程。
在譚崔哲學和奉愛“bhakti”瑜珈體系中，探討了這條更深入的瑜珈之道。“bhakti”意為「奉獻」，它不單是指對神祇的奉獻，更是一條照亮我們生命的感受之路。“bhakti”的梵文字根是 “bhaj”，意思是「參與」。瑜珈之道是一條感受之路，它不只是「做」而已，更是一份邀請，邀請我們去更完整、更有智慧甚至更有熱忱地投入生命與其伴隨而來的一切。
講座會探討瑜珈的廣義內涵，以及瑜珈的工具是如何做為心靈豐盛的人生裡，一條感受、理解意會與付諸行動，甚至是欲求的道路。當我們經歷自身情緒的矛盾成為道途中的阻礙和挫敗時，同樣的一套工具能幫助我們，讓這些情緒變成通往更深處的路徑，透過將轉換情緒的能量化為靈感，或者學習減少它們對我們的控制。
關於Doug Keller
Doug Keller是美國國際瑜珈聯盟 E-RYT 500 資深認證指導師，也是國際瑜珈療癒協會成員。其背景說明了他終身對學習、吸收與分享瑜珈廣泛知識及練習的承諾。
從美國的喬治城大學與福坦莫大學取得哲學學位，並在大學裡教授哲學數年後，開始在印度 Gurudev Siddha Peeth 中心進行 Siddha meditation ashram 冥想靜修，為期七年。他前後花了十四年時間，在世界各地的 Siddha meditation ashram 冥想靜修中心，進行服務、練習、訓練與瑜珈教學。
他曾在紐約接受密集的 Iyengar瑜珈訓練，也在印度練習Ashtanga瑜珈，並成為第一批得到 Anusara 瑜珈認證的指導師之一。在體位法、呼吸法與瑜珈哲學領域上，他分別寫過三本極受推崇的書籍。其更深遠開拓的學習所得，都在他的深度力作《Yoga as Therapy》裡，它是目前所能得到最全面、最創新、最實用的瑜珈療癒架構之一。Doug 也是專欄作家，在 Yoga+雜誌的 Asana Solutions專欄中，探討與療癒瑜珈相關的各式議題。
Doug 的教學根基於既廣泛又包容的學習與實踐，他彰顯了各瑜珈體系的智慧洞見，集結成瑜珈之河。
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自由口筆譯工作者、英語老師、舞者、RYT200 美國瑜珈聯盟認證指導師，曾擔任 Peter Scott, Hart Lazer, Doug Keller, Basia Going 等多位國際瑜珈大師研習課程、師資培訓課程逐步口譯。
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SPACETALK-Doug Keller
Yoga Philosophy and the Path to the Inner Life
Yoga philosophy has always been a response to the stresses of life: the challenge of our fears, insecurities, conflicting emotions, and even a lack of a sense of purpose or fulfillment. Early answers from yoga philosophers tended toward asceticism (which was less practical for most people), or toward preaching socially acceptable fulfillment and moral purity based on the idea of ‘Dharma’ taught at the time of the Bhagavad-Gita.
Perhaps because of the shortcomings of these answers, a shift took place in yoga philosophy to a deeper, more personal contemplation of our inner life. The power behind emotion and even desire is no longer simply rejected as an obstacle to yoga, but embraced as a path inward to a deeper level of yoga. Emotion is ‘rasa’ — the ‘flavor’ or even ‘nectar’ of experience that enriches our inner pursuit of yoga in all of the different practices of yoga.
This deeper path is explored in tantric philosophy and in the path of ‘bhakti’ or devotion — not simply devotion to a deity, but a path of feeling that illuminates our life. The Sanskrit root of ‘bhakti’ is ‘bhaj,’ which means to participate. The path of yoga as a path of feeling (and not just ‘doing’) is an invitation to fully, wisely and even passionately participate in life and all that comes with it.
This talk will explore this expansive concept of yoga, and the tools of yoga as a path of feeling, knowing and doing — and even desiring — in a life of spiritual wellness. The same tools help us when we experience conflict in our emotions as obstacles and frustrations in our path. These same emotions become the path to going deeper, either transforming their energy into inspiration, or teaching us how to reduce their power over us.
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About Doug Keller
Doug Keller’s background reflects a lifelong commitment to studying, imbibing and sharing the vast field of knowledge and practice known as yoga. After receiving degrees in philosophy from Georgetown and Fordham Universities in the United States, and teaching philosophy at college level for several years, Doug pursued his ‘post-graduate’ education in the practical experience of yoga at the Siddha meditation ashram, Gurudev Siddha Peeth, in India, for seven years, and spent a total of 14 years doing service, practicing, training in and teaching yoga in Siddha meditation ashrams worldwide.
He received intensive training in the Iyengar system in New York City, practiced Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga in India, and became one of the first certified Anusara yoga teachers, producing three highly respected books on asana, pranayama and yoga philosophy. His work has since taken him beyond the confines of the Anusara system. Doug’s further expansion in learning is reflected in his latest and most in-depth work, ‘Yoga as Therapy’, which is one of the most comprehensive, innovative and useful treatments of the structural aspect of yoga therapy available.
Doug’s teaching is rooted in a vast and inclusive perspective of study and practice that honors the insights of the many streams of wisdom that flow into the river of yoga. A regular columnist for Yoga+ Magazine, writing the ‘Asana Solutions’ column that addresses specific therapeutic problems, Doug is a ERYT500 with Yoga Alliance and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
