01/05/2020
悉瓦南達瑜伽12個基本體位法排序
問：為何悉瓦南達瑜伽12個基本體位如此排序？
Question: Would you explain the reason for the order of the 12 basic postures in the Sivananda Yoga Sequence?
答：編排這套體位法是斯瓦米•威斯奴帝瓦南達。如果我們留意的話會發現這套體位法的特殊之處在於，它是從Sirshansana頭倒立開始。頭倒立會對頭頂起作用。頭頂在意氣身中對應於Sahasrara Chakra頂輪。接下來我們做肩倒立、犁式及魚式。這三個體式都會對甲狀腺起作用，而甲狀腺對應的脈輪是Vishudha Chakra喉輪。所以頭倒立作用於頭部的頂輪和眉心輪。而肩倒立會對甲狀腺起作用，其對應脈輪為Vishudha Chakra, 即喉輪......接下來的體式如眼鏡蛇、蝗蟲式等會對腎臟區域及腎上腺起作用，腎上腺對應於Swadhishatana Chakra生殖輪（位於性器官區域）。當我們練習Siddhasana至善坐體位時也會作用於Muladhara Chakra, 也就是根輪。
Answer: This sequence are following by Swami Vishnudevananda. This is a very special sequence because if you notice, the sequence starts with Sirshasana. Now, the headstand affects the crown of the head. The crown of the head in the astral body parallels what we call the Sahasrara Chakra, the crown chakra. Then you do the shoulderstand, then you do Plough, then you do Fish. All these three affect the thyroid gland that parallels the Vishudha Chakra, the throat chakra. The headstand affects the crown chakra and the third-eye chakra; which are the head chakras. Then when you do the shoulderstand, you affect the thyroid gland that parallels the Vishudha, which is the throat chakra...Then, when you do postures like Cobra or Locust, and so on, you affect the area of the kidneys and the suprarenal glands that sit on the kidneys, that parallel the Swadhishatana Chakra, which is the chakra in the area of the sexual organs. Then, when we do postures like, for example, Siddhasana, we affect the Muladhara Chakra, which is the root chakra.
Answer from Swami Swaroopananda
