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Helene Lee｜YHB, Taipei (2026)

23/08/2026

YHB Interlude｜《The Upside-Down Philosopher》

A little interruption today.

While shopping at the supermarket today, I suddenly remembered something rather funny from our four-day practice.

During those four days, it seemed that every movement came with a lesson.

Breath, strength, balance, awareness- almost every movement could become a philosophy class.

And one of the funniest things was this: There was always someone upside down.

Feet off the ground, body somewhere in another world, and yet still talking about philosophy with complete seriousness.

So, quietly in my mind: The Upside-Down Philosopher.

Today, standing in the supermarket, I suddenly had another thought: What if we brought all those lessons into the supermarket?

Wouldn’t that be hilarious?

Imagine this.

Someone pushing a shopping cart :“Feel your core.”
Someone choosing fruit:“Stay present.”
Someone opening their wallet: “What is your relationship with money?”
Someone taking out a credit card : “Stay grounded.”
And finally, at the checkout:“Find your center.”

Meanwhile, the cashier simply looks at you: “Cash or credit card?”

Suddenly, there is no philosophy.

No Saṃskāra.
No alignment.
No awareness.

Just: Wallet.Credit card.Please pay.

I stood there in the supermarket and suddenly thought - life is actually quite funny.

Four days ago, we were on the mat, talking about how to lift the body away from the ground.

Four days later, I was standing in a supermarket, watching everyone seriously put their lives, one item at a time, into their shopping carts.

On one side: Handstand.
On the other: Shopping cart.

One has both feet in the air. The other has both feet firmly on the ground.

Perhaps that was my favorite contrast from the training. We can talk about very profound things.

But eventually, life still asks:“Did you bring your wallet?”

Maybe true grounding isn’t about always staying on the ground. And it isn’t about always being in the air either.

Maybe it is simply knowing when to fly, and when to come back down.

So, you can do your handstand.

But after class, remember your wallet.

YHB ｜今天插播一則《倒著思考的哲學家》

今天去賣場買東西的時候，突然想起這次四天練習裡一件很好笑的事情。

這四天裡，好像每一個動作都有很多道理。

呼吸、力量、平衡、覺察: 幾乎每一個動作，都可以變成一堂哲學課。

而其中最有趣的畫面是：總有一個人是倒過來的。

雙腳離開地面，身體到了另一個世界，卻還可以非常認真地談哲學。

所以我心裡默默想：

倒著思考的哲學家 The Upside-Down Philosopher.

今天站在賣場裡，我突然想到：如果把這四天所有的道理，全部帶進賣場，畫面不是很好笑嗎？

想像一下。

有人推著購物車：「感受你的核心。」
有人挑水果：「保持在當下。」
有人打開錢包：「你與金錢的關係是什麼？」
有人拿出信用卡：「保持腳踏實地。」
最後到了結帳櫃檯：「找到你的中心。」
而收銀員只是看著你：「現金還是信用卡？」

突然之間，沒有哲學了。

沒有 Saṃskāra。
沒有 alignment。
沒有 awareness。

只有：錢包。信用卡。請付款。

我站在賣場裡突然覺得，生活其實很好笑。
四天練習前，我們還在墊子上討論如何讓身體離開地面。

四天練習後，我站在賣場裡，看著大家很認真地把生活一件一件放進購物車。

一邊是：手倒立。

另一邊是：購物車。一邊雙腳在空中。一邊雙腳踩在地上。

也許這就是這次訓練後，我最喜歡的一個反差。
我們可以談很多很高的道理。但生活最後還是會問你：「錢包帶了嗎？」

也許真正的腳踏實地 grounding，不是永遠待在地上。也不是永遠飛在空中。而是知道什麼時候可以飛，什麼時候該回來。

所以,你可以倒立。但下課以後，記得帶錢包。

Helene Lee ❤️🙏

#倒立的哲學家 #瑜伽 #瑜伽練習 #倒立 #腳踏實地 #生活哲學 #瑜伽生活 #身心平衡

#瑜伽哲學

22/08/2026

Chapter 22｜《The Body Remembers - Body Language and Memory in a Yoga Journey》

When you practice and teach yoga for many years, you slowly begin to discover something.

The practice leaves its imprint on the body.

What once required conscious effort gradually becomes embodied — a quiet awareness that remains, even when you are no longer practicing every day.

I never realized that this could happen to me.

Especially this year (2026)

I began my yoga practice at Pure Yoga in Hong Kong in 2008, three years after I first arrived in the city in 2005.

Back then, Hong Kong felt almost like a city from the movies I had watched in the past — fascinating, energetic, and somehow larger than life.

Before joining Pure Yoga, I was simply someone who enjoyed fitness at California fitness (World Gym Former incarnation) . I occasionally took yoga classes, without knowing that yoga would eventually become such a long part of my life.

From then on, I found myself moving between TST, Central, and the new studios that seemed to open one after another across Hong Kong.

I loved moving between the different Pure Yoga and Pure Fitness studios, discovering my body through practice while embracing the rhythm of Hong Kong. The city, the people I met along the way, and the life I was slowly building became an inseparable part of that chapter of my life.

Those were precious years.

And without realizing it, those years gave me something much more lasting than a fitness routine.

They gave me a way of living rooted in well-being. I am beginning to understand that the body remembers far more than we think.

Practice leaves a language in the body. And sometimes, the body remembers before the mind does.

To be continued.

Chapter 22｜《身體記得-瑜伽旅程中的身體語言與記憶》

當你練習、教授瑜伽很多年之後，你會慢慢發現一件事。

練習會在身體裡留下它的印記。

那些曾經需要意識去完成的事情，會逐漸成為身體的一部分: 一種安靜而深層的覺知。即使有一天你不再每天練習，它仍然留在那裡。

我從來沒有想過，這件事會發生在自己身上。

尤其是今年2026。

2008年，我在香港的 Pure Yoga 開始了正式的瑜伽練習。那時距離我第一次來到香港，已經三年了。

2005年的香港，對我而言，就像過去電影裡看見的城市——迷人、快速、充滿能量，又有一種超越現實的戲劇感。

在加入 Pure Yoga 之前，我只是一個喜歡健身的人，在加州健身房（World Gym前身）運動，偶爾也會上一堂瑜伽課，從來沒有想過，瑜伽會成為我生命中如此長久的一部分。

從那時起，我便在尖沙咀與中環之間來回，也走進香港一間間陸續開啟的新教室。

我喜歡穿梭於不同的 Pure Yoga 與 Pure Fitness 教室，在練習裡感受身體，也在香港獨有的節奏裡生活。這座城市、一路遇見的人，以及那段正在慢慢成形的生活，都成為那個時期不可分割的一部分。

那是我的那段燦爛的歲月。

而我當時並不知道，那些歲月留下的，並不只是一段健身或瑜伽的經歷。它慢慢成為一種生活方式:一種植根於幸福感的生活。

身體記得的，往往比我們以為的更多。練習會在身體裡留下自己的語言。而有時候，是身體先記得，心才想起來。

未完，待續。

Helene Lee 🙏❤️

#身體記得 #瑜伽旅程

#身體記得 #瑜伽旅程

21/08/2026

Chapter 21｜《Returning》重返

For more than six years, I had barely practiced yoga.

After COVID, I almost completely gave up on practice. The passion was gone. So was the drive to continue.

At some point, I decided I needed to return to reality — to earn money, to find a job, any job.

I was even willing to work in a supermarket on weekends, or spend my weekdays in an office, doing whatever work I could find.

I wanted to fill every empty space with work. To keep myself busy. To leave no room for overthinking.

I did not mind working myself to exhaustion, as long as I had no time to think about yoga.

I tried to let yoga go.

For a while, I tried to become someone
who no longer needed yoga. Something I had once loved so deeply, I tried to leave behind.

There were even moments when I wished I had never known yoga at all.

Why?

I still had to figure that out.

Perhaps some questions are not meant to be answered when we first ask them.

Sometimes, we have to return to the place we once left behind — not to repeat the past, but to finally understand why we left.

Six years later, I found myself back on the mat.

Not starting again, but returning to a place that was once familiar and yet no longer the same.

Some things came back earlier than I expected.

The direction of a movement. The rhythm between breath and body. Even the small details I had once practiced over and over again.

They had not disappeared.

They had simply remained in the body —
as a kind of memory that needed no language.

Yoga calls this Saṃskāra: the deeper impressions left behind by experiences repeated over time.

Perhaps this is what long practice leaves us with.

Not simply the ability to perform a posture,
but a way of knowing the body.

Over the years, I had practiced in many different ways.

Some taught precision.
Some discipline.
Some movement.
Some stillness.
Some taught me about strength.

After enough time, they no longer existed as separate practices.

They had blended into the body, becoming a language of its own.

The body carries accents from every practice it has known.

And I have come to understand something else: Long practice is never the work of one teacher alone.

Teachers may guide us, correct us, challenge us, and open a door. But only the student can walk through it.

The years of practice belong to the person
who keeps returning to the mat —
again and again, through discipline, frustration, resistance, and change.

Whatever has remained in my body was not given to me in a single class, or by a single teacher.

It was built through years of showing up.

Perhaps this is what practice really is: an interaction between what we are taught
and what we choose to do with it.

A teacher can offer the path.

But the body remembers the steps we have taken ourselves.

So what remains is not simply what you have practiced. It is how you have practiced.

Six years away from the mat made me realize something I could not have understood before: Leaving the practice does not necessarily mean the practice leaves the body.

Perhaps that is why returning feels different.

You do not return as the person who left.
You return with everything that happened
while you were away.

The body has changed.
Life has changed.
You have changed.

And yet, somewhere beneath all of that, something is still there.

Not waiting for you to become who you used to be. Only waiting to be recognized. Returning is not beginning again.

It is coming back to where you are now.

Chapter 21｜《Returning》重返

六年多來，我幾乎沒有真正練習瑜伽。疫情之後，我幾乎完全放棄了練習。

熱情消失了。繼續下去的動力也沒有了。

有一段時間，我決定回到現實 - 去賺錢，去找工作，任何工作都可以。

甚至週末去超市工作，平日待在辦公室，做任何我能找到的工作。

我想把所有空白的時間都用工作填滿。讓自己一直忙著。不給自己留下胡思亂想的空間。我甚至不介意把自己累到筋疲力竭，只要沒有時間去想瑜伽。

我試著放下瑜伽。

有一段時間，我甚至試著成為一個不再需要瑜伽的人。那個我曾經如此深愛的東西，我試著把它留在身後。

甚至有些時候，我希望自己從來沒有認識過瑜伽。

為什麼？

這個答案，我到現在仍然需要慢慢找出來。

也許有些問題，並不是我們第一次問自己的時候，就能得到答案。

有時候，我們必須回到那個曾經離開的地方—
不是為了重複過去放，而是終於理解，當初為什麼離開。

六年之後，我再次站回瑜伽墊上。

不是重新開始，而是回到一個曾經熟悉，卻已經不再相同的位置。

有些東西，比我想像中更早回來。一個動作的方向。呼吸與身體之間的節奏。甚至那些曾經一次又一次練習過的細節。

它們沒有消失。只是留在身體裡-成為一種不需要語言的記憶。

瑜伽稱之為 Saṃskāra：經驗經過反覆累積之後，留下的深層印記。

也許，這就是長期練習真正留下的東西。不只是完成一個體式的能力，而是一種認識身體的方式。

這些年裡，我曾經以不同的方式練習。

有些教會我精準。
有些教會我紀律。
有些教會我流動。
有些教會我停留。
有些則讓我認識力量。

時間久了，它們不再是彼此分開的練習。

它們已經融入身體，成為一種只屬於自己的語言。

身體帶著它曾經經歷過的每一種練習的口音。而我也慢慢明白一件事：長期的練習，從來不只是某一位老師的功勞。

老師可以引導我們，糾正我們，挑戰我們，也可以為我們打開一扇門。

但真正走進去的人，只有學生自己。

那些年的練習，屬於那個一次又一次回到墊子上的人 - 經歷紀律、挫折、抗拒與變化，仍然一次又一次地回來。

如今留在我身體裡的東西，並不是某一堂課給我的，也不是某一位老師單獨留下的。

它是經過多年一次又一次的練習，慢慢建立起來的。也許，這才是真正的 practice：是我們被教導的東西，與我們選擇如何去實踐它之間的互動。

老師可以為你指引道路。

但身體記得的，是那些我們自己一步一步走過的路。所以真正留下來的，不只是你曾經練習過什麼。

而是你曾經如何練習。

離開瑜伽墊六年，讓我終於明白一件當時無法理解的事：離開練習，並不代表練習也離開了身體。也許正因如此，重返才會如此不同。

你回來時，已經不再是當初離開的那個人。你帶著離開之後所發生的一切，重新回來。

身體變了。
生活變了。
你也變了。

然而，在這一切之下，仍然有某些東西存在著。它並不是在等待你變回從前的那個自己。它只是在等待 - 被你重新認出。

重返，不是重新開始。而是回到此時此刻的自己。

Helene Lee 🙏❤️

#重返

12/08/2026

Chapter 20｜《不再衡量》
Beyond Measure

我們很容易把自己放在別人的尺度裡。
看見別人的進步，便懷疑自己的速度。
看見別人的成就，便重新衡量自己的位置。

甚至練習瑜伽久了，我們也開始比較 -

今天的自己，和昨天的自己；自己的身體，和別人的身體。

可能我們以為，比較會讓自己進步。
有時候，它確實會。

但練習久了，慢慢明白：也許，真正需要離開的，不是某一個體式，而是那個不斷衡量自己的心。

每一個人的身體不同，生命的經歷不同，
時間也不同。有些路走得快，有些路需要慢慢走。那麼，為什麼一定要用同一把尺，衡量每一個人的路？

有些日子，我們只是坐在墊子上。
有些日子，我們繼續練習。
有些日子，甚至什麼都沒有完成。

沒有突破，沒有新的姿勢，也沒有特別值得記住的時刻。

但我們仍然來了。也許，這本身就是修習。

真正的 Practice，不是每天都比昨天做得更好。

而是一次又一次，回到墊子上，回到自己的身體，也回到自己的生命。也許，我們終於不必再比較。

不是不再成長，而是不再用別人的路，決定自己的方向。

當比較安靜下來，我們才開始真正看見自己。

看見自己的呼吸，自己的身體，自己的節奏，
以及此刻真實的自己。

當我們不再急著證明自己，不再需要證明自己夠好，也不再需要透過別人的眼光確認自己的價值，

練習便開始從「表現」回到「經驗」。

我們不再問：我比別人好嗎？
也不再問：我是不是比以前更好了？

而開始問：我現在，真的在這裡嗎？

有一天，我們會發現：真正的自由，不是成為最好的自己。

而是即使沒有掌聲，沒有比較，沒有任何人看見，

我們依然願意成為自己。
不需要成為任何人的版本。
不需要證明自己是誰。
只是繼續走自己的路。

安靜地。誠實地。一次又一次。

🌿Because there is nothing left to prove.

Chapter 20｜《Beyond Measure》

It is easy to place ourselves on someone else’s scale.

We see someone moving forward, and begin to question our own pace. We see someone’s achievements, and start measuring our own position.

Even with years of practice, we can begin to compare — today’s body with yesterday’s, our practice with someone else’s.

We may believe that comparison makes us better.

Sometimes, it does.

But with time and practice, I have begun to understand: Perhaps what we truly need to move beyond is not a particular posture,
but the mind that is constantly measuring itself.

Every body is different.
Every life carries a different history.
And every journey has its own timing.

Some paths move quickly. Others ask us to walk slowly. So why should every journey
be measured by the same scale?

Some days, we simply sit on the mat.
Some days, we continue practicing.

And sometimes, we do not accomplish anything at all.

No breakthrough.
No new pose.
Nothing particularly remarkable.

And yet, we came. Perhaps that, in itself, is Practice. Practice is not about becoming better every single day.

It is about returning, again and again, to our own mat, to our own body, and to our own life.

A some point, we no longer need to compare. It does not mean we stop growing.

It means we stop allowing someone else’s journey to determine the direction of our own.

When comparison becomes quiet,
we begin to see ourselves more clearly.

Our breath.
Our body.
Our own rhythm.
And who we truly are in this moment.

When we no longer need to prove ourselves, when we no longer need to prove that we are good enough, or worthy in the eyes of others, practice becomes quieter.

We move beyond performance
and return to experience.

We stop asking: Am I better than someone else?

We stop asking: Am I better than who I was before?

And begin to ask: Am I truly here, now?

One day, we may realize: True freedom is not becoming the best version of ourselves.

It is being willing to remain ourselves even without applause, without comparison,
without anyone watching.

We do not need to become anyone else’s version of ourselves. We do not need to prove who we are. We simply continue along our own path.

Quietly.
Honestly.
Again and again.

🌿Because there is nothing left to prove.

Helene Lee🙏❤️

#不再衡量

#歐洲文學 #哲學散文
#內在自由 #自我覺察
#生活哲學 #修習 #走自己的路

08/08/2026

Chapter 19｜《The Quiet Mind》
安靜，不是沒有聲音。

城市不會因為我們想安靜，就停止喧囂。

咖啡館裡有人交談，杯子輕輕碰撞，街上的腳步匆匆而過，手機偶爾亮起。

而我們的心，也從來不是真的安靜。有念頭，有情緒，有記憶，也有那些還沒有答案的事情。

所以，真正的安靜，從來不是把世界關掉。

而是世界依然喧鬧，我們卻不必對每一個聲音都回應。

一個念頭來了，看見它。
一個情緒來了，感受它。
一個熟悉的反應出現了，也不急著跟隨。
然後，讓它走。

這大概就是修習最迷人的地方。

我們沒有離開生活，
沒有躲進一個沒有聲音的地方，
也沒有要求自己成為一個永遠平靜的人。

我們只是慢慢學會，在反應之前，留一點空間。

那一點空間很小，卻很重要。因為就在那裡，我們開始有了選擇。

可以聽見，卻不必被帶走。
可以感受，卻不必立即行動。
可以理解，卻不必讓每一個念頭成為自己的答案。

也許真正的內在安靜，就是如此。

不是沉默，而是在喧囂之中，依然保有自己的方向。

Chapter 19｜《The Quiet Mind》
Quietness is not the absence of sound.

The city does not become quiet simply because we want it to.

There is conversation in the café, footsteps moving along the street, a phone lighting up, and somewhere in the background, our own thoughts.

Our minds are not meant to be completely silent.

Thoughts will arise.
Emotions will move through us.
Memories will return.
Life will continue to make noise.

Practice does not ask us to shut the world teaches us to change our relationship with what we hear.

A thought appears — we notice it.

An emotion rises — we feel it.

A familiar reaction comes — and perhaps, this time, we pause.

We do not have to follow everything that passes through the mind.

And in that small space between what happens and how we respond, something begins to change.

There is room to choose.

Room to listen without being carried away.
Room to feel without immediately acting.
Room to understand without turning every thought into a conclusion.

Perhaps this is what inner quietness really means.

Not silence.
Not withdrawal.
Not the absence of thought.

But the ability to remain present while life continues to move around us.

The quiet mind is not silent.
It is free.

Helene Lee❤️

#瑜伽心理學 #內在安靜 #覺察 #正念 #修習 #瑜伽哲學 #內在平衡 #活在當下 #自我覺察 #身心平衡 #生命修習

04/08/2026

YHB｜插播
《Ripples｜漣漪》

有些影響，不需要刻意證明。

就像一顆石子落入水中，它不會追逐每一道波紋，也不需要知道漣漪最後抵達了哪裡。

真正的修習，也是如此。

我們每天回到瑜伽墊上，不是為了改變別人，而是一次又一次地回到自己。

Grounding，讓我們找到根。
Balance，讓我們找到中心。
Practice，讓我們一次又一次地回來。

當內在變得更加穩定，那份平靜便會自然流向生活，流向人際，也流向那些與我們曾經相遇的人。

很多時候，我們並不知道自己的存在是否曾經觸動誰。

一句話、一堂課、一個微笑，甚至一張照片，都可能在別人的生命裡留下微小卻真實的波紋。

修習的價值，從來不是計算影響了多少人。
而是相信，每一次真誠的實踐，都會留下善意的漣漪。

所以，不必追逐回應，也不必急著證明。

真正的修習，不是成為隨風飄舞的人，而是在任何風裡，都能安住自己的中心。

當內心足夠安定，漣漪自然會向外擴散；而真正的修習者，只需要繼續回到自己的中心。

🌿The deepest practice is not to create waves, but to become still enough that every ripple begins with peace.

YHB｜Interlude
《Ripples》

Some forms of influence never ask to be seen.

Like a pebble dropped into still water, it never chases the ripples it creates, nor does it need to know how far they travel.

True practice is much the same.

Each day we return to the mat, not to change others, but to return to ourselves.

Grounding gives us roots.
Balance brings us back to our center.
Practice is the quiet choice to return, again and again.

As our inner world becomes steadier, that peace naturally extends into our relationships, our daily lives, and the people whose paths have crossed ours.

Most of the time, we never know how our presence has touched another person.

A conversation.
A class.
A smile.
Even a single photograph may leave a gentle ripple in someone’s life.

The value of practice is never measured by how many people we influence. It is found in the sincerity with which we continue.

There is no need to chase recognition or prove anything.

True practice is not about becoming someone who moves with every wind, but about remaining centered through every season of change.

When the heart is still, the ripples naturally spread outward.

🌿The deepest practitioner simply keeps returning home—to the center within.
The deepest practice is not to create waves, but to become still enough that every ripple begins with peace.

Helene Lee 🙏❤️

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03/08/2026

Chapter 18｜《Conviction》
信念

修習，不會讓人生變得沒有挑戰。它只是慢慢教會我們，如何誠實地面對自己。

勇氣，不是沒有恐懼。而是在恐懼仍然存在時，依然願意站起來，繼續前行。

時間，不只是流逝。它默默累積著我們每天所做的每一個選擇。

於是，我們開始明白。成熟，不是擁有更多。而是知道，什麼值得留下；什麼應該放下。

放下比較。
放下他人的期待。
留下誠實。
留下善意。
留下那些即使沒有人看見，也依然願意守護的價值。

也許，修習真正改變的，不是我們的身體。而是我們面對生命的方式。

因為到了最後，真正塑造一個人的，不是他完成了多少。而是他是否始終忠於自己相信的價值。

Chapter 18｜《Conviction》

Practice does not remove life’s challenges.
Instead, it slowly teaches us how to face ourselves with honesty.

Courage is not the absence of fear.

It is the willingness to rise again, even when fear is still present.

Time is more than something that passes. It quietly shapes us through the choices we make each day.

With time, we begin to understand:

Maturity is not about having more. It is about knowing what is worth keeping, and what we can gently let go.

Let go of comparison.
Let go of the need for approval.

Hold on to honesty.
Hold on to kindness.
Hold on to the values that remain, even when no one is watching.

Perhaps the greatest transformation of practice is not in the body, but in the way we meet life.

Because in the end, our lives are shaped not by what we achieve, but by what we choose to remain true to.

Helene Lee 🙏❤️

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02/08/2026

Chapter 17｜《Beyond the Mat》墊子之外

每一個文明，都有屬於自己的修習。有人透過哲學思考，尋找生命的意義。

有人透過藝術創作，理解人性的深度。有人透過信仰，安頓內心。

而瑜伽，則從身體開始，慢慢走向生命。修習的價值，從來不只是重複。

真正改變一個人的，不是某一次精彩的練習，而是在漫長的歲月裡，一次又一次地回到自己。

回望人類文明，最讓我著迷的，不是不同文化的差異，而是它們最後，都走向了相似的答案。

蒙田（Michel de Montaigne）相信，學習真正的目的，不只是累積知識，而是學會如何生活。

《瑜伽經》則提醒我們，Yoga 源自梵文 Yuj，意為 Union（連結）。

真正的 Yoga，不只是身體與呼吸的連結，更是重新連結自己、他人，以及生命。

現代心理學也提醒我們，真正深刻的改變，往往不是環境改變了，而是我們看待世界的方式改變了。

不同的文明。
不同的語言。
卻都在回答同一個問題：

一個人，如何活得更完整？

完成五百小時之後，我開始明白，真正重要的問題，不再是：

「我還能學多少？」

而是：

「這些年的修習，究竟讓我成為了什麼樣的人？」

真正的修習，也是一種清醒。清醒地知道，什麼值得投入一生。什麼，只適合路過。

有一天，我牽著狗狗走在熟悉的街道上。

沒有教室。
沒有體位法。
沒有任何需要完成的姿勢。
只有一段平凡的散步，一份安靜的陪伴。

那一刻，我忽然明白。

🌿最深的修習，不在瑜伽墊上。而是在每一天，我們如何生活。

Chapter 17｜《Beyond the Mat》

Every civilization has its own way of practice.

Some seek wisdom through philosophy.
Some through art.
Some through faith.

Yoga begins with the body, yet quietly leads us toward life itself.

Practice is never merely repetition.

What transforms us is not one extraordinary moment, but the quiet return to ourselves, again and again.

Looking across human civilization, what fascinates me most is not how different cultures are, but how often they arrive at remarkably similar truths.

Michel de Montaigne believed that the purpose of learning is not merely to accumulate knowledge, but to learn how to live.

The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali remind us that Yoga comes from the Sanskrit root Yuj, meaning Union.

True Yoga is more than the union of body and breath. It is the reconnection with ourselves, with others, and with life.

Modern psychology offers a similar insight: lasting transformation begins not only by changing our circumstances, but by changing the way we see them.

Different civilizations.
Different languages.
Yet they all seem to ask the same question:

How do we become more fully human?

After completing five hundred hours of study, I found myself asking a different question.

Not,

“How much more can I learn?”

But,

“Who have these years of practice helped me become?”

True practice is also a quiet clarity.
The clarity to know what is worth a lifetime, and what is only meant to pass by.

One ordinary day, I was walking my dog along a familiar street.

There was no studio. No posture. No lesson to complete. Only a quiet walk and the simple presence of another life.

And in that moment, I finally understood.

🌿The deepest practice is not found on the yoga mat. It is found in the way we live each day.

Inspired by:

* Essais (The Complete Essays) — Michel de Montaigne
* The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali

Helene Lee 🙏❤️

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30/07/2026

Chapter 16｜《Practice Asana》
The Art of Dialogue 體位法，是對話的藝術

有些姿勢，會陪伴一個人很多年。它們安靜地穿越不同的城市、不同的季節，也穿越人生不同的階段。

起初，我們以為自己正在學習一個姿勢。後來才發現，那個姿勢，也一直在教會我們如何生活。

多年以前，我曾在海邊練習。海風、陽光、潮汐，以及一張張留下來的照片，都只是時間的註腳。

真正留在記憶裡的，並不是姿勢本身。而是那些一次又一次回到瑜伽墊的日子。

多年後，再看見那些照片。彷彿昨日的自己，隔著歲月，與今天的自己靜靜相遇。姿勢從來沒有說話。真正持續著的，是那場從未停止的對話。

與身體對話。
與呼吸對話。
與時間對話。
也與每一個不同階段的自己對話。

旅行時，我總喜歡在古老的街道上放慢腳步。石階因歲月而光滑，拱門因時間而沉靜。
沒有誰急著解釋自己的歷史，卻讓人自然而然地安靜下來。

真正值得留下來的文明，從來不是最宏偉的建築。而是那些經得起時間凝視的痕跡。

修習，也是一樣。

《瑜伽經》說：

🌿真正穩固的修習，需要長時間、持續不斷，並帶著真誠投入，才能建立穩固的根基。
—《瑜伽經》第一章第十四偈（Yoga Sūtra I.14）

修習的價值，很少來自某一次突破。

更多時候，是那些平凡而持續的日子，慢慢改變了我們的姿態、呼吸，以及看待世界的方式。

時間沒有改變姿勢。時間，改變了練習的人。或許，真正留下來的，不是姿勢。而是那個始終願意繼續練習的人。

Chapter 16｜《Practice Asana》
Asana Is the Art of Dialogue

Some postures stay with us for many years.

They travel quietly through different cities, different seasons, and different chapters of our lives.

At first, we believe we are learning a posture. Only later do we realize that the posture has been teaching us how to live.

Many years ago, I practiced by the sea.

The wind, the sunlight, the tides, and the photographs that remain are merely footnotes to time.

What stayed in my memory was never the posture itself. It was the countless days of returning to the mat.

Years later, I looked at those photographs once more.

It felt as if the person I used to be had quietly met the person I am today.

The posture had never spoken. What endured was the dialogue that never ceased.

A dialogue with the body.

With the breath.
With time.
And with every version of ourselves that life quietly unfolds.

Whenever I travel, I find myself slowing down in old streets. Stone steps become smooth with age. Ancient arches stand in silence.

Nothing feels the need to explain its history, yet everything invites us to become still.

The civilizations we remember are rarely those that sought to impress.

They are those that endured.
Practice is much the same.
The Yoga Sūtras remind us:

🌿“Practice becomes firmly grounded when cultivated for a long time, without interruption, and with sincere devotion.”
— Yoga Sūtra I.14

The value of practice rarely lies in a single breakthrough.

More often, it is the quiet repetition of ordinary days that reshapes our posture, our breath, and the way we encounter the world.

Time has never changed the posture.
Time changes the practitioner.

In the end, what remains is not the posture,
but the person who never stopped practicing.

Helene Lee 🙏❤️

#體位法 #修習 #瑜伽哲學 #瑜伽經 #持續練習 #覺察 #身心整合 #瑜伽生活 #終身學習

29/07/2026

【YHB Intermezzo｜插播】

《一塊炸雞排，以及一堂關於尊重的課》
A Piece of Fried Chicken, and a Lesson in Respect.

從一趟計程車，看見文化，也看見瑜伽。
Seeing Culture, and Seeing Yoga, Through a Taxi Ride.

今天帶著我家那隻一進動物醫院便渾身發抖的狗去看醫生。

離開醫院時，牠仍安靜地伏在我的腿上，像是耗盡了一整天的勇氣。

我攔下一輛計程車。

車門關上的那一刻，司機先生回過頭，用一口極為自然的台灣話問我：

「狗仔有乖無？坐車袂吐吧？」- 台語😉

那是一種很熟悉的台灣式距離。客氣，卻不刻意熱情；關心，卻始終保留著分寸。

正當我準備以一個禮貌的微笑回應時，另一種語言，卻先一步填滿了整個車廂。

不是言語。而是香氣。那是一塊剛起鍋的台式炸雞排。

金黃色的外皮，混合著胡椒、油脂與九層塔，在午後微熱的空氣裡，形成一種幾乎不需要翻譯的文化。

我的狗，比我更早理解了這一切。牠慢慢抬起頭，鼻尖微微顫動，眼神重新恢復了生命。

那一刻，我忽然覺得，嗅覺或許是世界上最誠實的語言。司機從後照鏡看見我們一人一狗的神情，不禁笑了起來。

「剛買的xx雞排。」

他說。語氣裡沒有炫耀，只是單純分享一件令自己愉快的小事。

接下來的路程，我們聊起了雞排。

哪一家肉汁最多。
哪一家胡椒最香。
哪一家即使放冷了，也依然值得專程繞路。

這些話題看似瑣碎，卻奇妙地讓原本陌生的兩個人，共享了一段極其自然的旅程。

旅行多年，我漸漸相信，一個地方真正的文化，很少只存在於博物館或歷史建築之中。

它更多時候，藏在人們每天願意排隊等待的一塊雞排、一碗熱湯、一杯咖啡裡。

食物，不只是味道。它也是一個民族共同生活的記憶。這讓我想起近年瑜伽圈經常討論的飲食。

有人選擇蔬食。
有人選擇 vegan。
也有人沒有任何飲食限制。每一種選擇，都值得被尊重。

然而，一種生活方式真正的成熟，不在於要求所有人都與自己相同，而是在面對不同文化時，仍然保有理解與尊重。

如果我們走進義大利，只剩下對起司與火腿的批判；
來到法國，只急著討論奶油是否健康；
抵達日本，卻無法理解生魚片背後的飲食文化；
站在台灣的街頭，又急著否定一塊炸雞排的存在。

那麼，我們錯過的，從來不只是某一道食物。而是一個地方的人，如何透過飲食，表達他們對生活的理解。

真正的瑜伽，不只是墊子上的體位法，也不是餐桌上的飲食標籤。

它更是一種內在的修養。

尊重他人的選擇，不急於糾正他人的生活，不把自己的價值觀凌駕於另一種文化之上。

《瑜伽經》提醒我們，修習是減少心的波動，而不是增加自我的執著。

當一種修習，最後變成了身份的標籤，甚至成為評斷他人的標準，那麼真正需要放下的，也許不是餐桌上的某一樣食物，而是心中的優越感。

離開計程車時，司機提著那袋雞排，準備繼續他的工作。

我的狗則回頭望了那個塑膠袋最後一眼。
我忽然笑了。文明，有時並不誕生於宏大的思想。

它只是存在於一個人願意分享自己的晚餐，而另一個人願意尊重那份喜悅。也許，真正的修習，從來不是要求世界變得和自己一樣。

而是在每一次相遇之中，都願意留下一份理解。

【YHB Intermezzo｜插播】《A Piece of Fried Chicken, and a Lesson in Respect》
(Seeing Culture, and Seeing Yoga, Through a Taxi Ride.)

Today, I took my dog to the veterinary clinic.

Like every visit before, she trembled the moment we stepped inside. By the time we left, she rested quietly on my lap, as though she had spent every ounce of courage she possessed.

I hailed a taxi.

As the door closed, the driver turned around and asked, in warm Taiwanese,

“Will your dog be alright? She won’t get carsick, will she?”

It was a familiar kind of Taiwanese courtesy—kind, yet never intrusive.

Before I could answer, another language quietly filled the car.

Not words.
A fragrance.
Freshly fried Taiwanese chicken.
Golden, crisp, seasoned with pepper and a hint of basil.

It was a scent that required no translation.
My dog understood it before I did.

She slowly lifted her head, her nose twitching with great determination, as if life had suddenly become meaningful again.

At that moment, I realized that perhaps smell is the most honest language we possess.

The driver noticed our expressions in the rear-view mirror and smiled.

“I just bought it,” he said.There was no pride in his voice. Only the simple happiness of someone looking forward to dinner.

For the rest of the journey, we spoke about fried chicken.

Which shop served the juiciest one.
Which seasoning was the best.
Which remained delicious even after it had cooled.

Small conversations, perhaps. Yet they dissolved the distance between strangers with remarkable ease.

Years of travelling have taught me that the soul of a culture is rarely found only in museums or monuments.

More often, it lives in the everyday rituals people cherish—a bowl of soup, a morning coffee, or a piece of fried chicken worth waiting in line for.

Food is never merely food.

It carries memory, history, and belonging.
It also reminded me of conversations that often arise within the yoga community.

Some choose vegetarianism or plant-based dishes. Some choose veganism. Others follow different paths.

Every choice deserves respect.

Yet true practice is not measured by convincing others to live as we do. Rather, it is revealed in our ability to enter another culture with humility.

To understand before judging.
To listen before correcting.

If we travel through Italy only to criticize its cheese and cured meats;
arrive in France only to debate whether butter is healthy;
visit Japan without understanding the culture behind a plate of sashimi;
or stand on the streets of Taiwan only to dismiss a piece of fried chicken -

Then perhaps what we fail to understand is not the food itself, but the people who have shaped their lives, memories, and traditions around it.

Every culture has a taste.
Every table tells a story.

And every meal carries something far greater than nutrition: it carries history, identity, and belonging.

The practice of yoga is not confined to a mat, nor is it defined by the labels we place upon our meals.

It is reflected in the way we meet another culture—with curiosity instead of certainty, with humility instead of superiority.

The Yoga Sūtras remind us that practice is the quieting of the fluctuations of the mind- not the cultivation of a stronger ego.

Sometimes, what needs to be relinquished is not a particular food, but the certainty that our own way is the only right one.

As I stepped out of the taxi, the driver carried his dinner, and my dog looked back one last time at the paper bag with unmistakable longing.

I smiled.

Civilization is not always found in grand philosophies.

Sometimes, it is simply found in one person sharing the joy of a meal, and another choosing to respect it.

True yoga is not measured by the food on our plate, but by the respect we bring to another person’s table.

Helene Lee 🙏❤️

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