The word Yoga evokes the images of some scenes like on yoga mats and slim people bending and curling their fit bodies and putting their legs behind the head, that is yoga according to so many common people. Yoga does not merely revolve around twisting one's body into an intricate pretzel. These are just some misconnects about Yoga. To understand the truth behind the practice, one must delve deeper and shed light on some Yoga Myths.

一提到“瑜伽”这个词，很多人的脑中会出现这样的场景：一些身材苗条的人坐在瑜伽垫上，弯曲他们的身体，把他们的脚放在头后面……这是很多人对于瑜伽的看法。瑜伽并不仅仅是把人的身体扭转缠绕成一个很复杂的姿势。这只是一些对瑜伽的误解。要想去了解这些练习背后的瑜伽真正含义，我们需要对瑜伽有更为深入的认识。

1.  Yoga is just an exercise.

1. 瑜伽只是一种练习

Yoga is not merely an exercise to make one's body fit; this is one of the most widespread misconceptions. Beyond its obvious physical aspect, Yoga is first and foremost a spiritual act with the primary goal of uniting the body, mind, and emotions. Yoga is a Science and a kind of Life Style.
瑜伽不仅仅是让人保持身体健康的一种练习，这是对瑜伽最普遍的误解。除去很显而易见的身体层面，瑜伽最重要的是一种精神活动，它的目的是使人的身体、思想、情感统一起来。瑜伽是一种科学，一种生活方式。
2. Yoga is an expensive activity.

2. 瑜伽是一项昂贵的运动
Being primarily a spiritual exercise, genuine Yoga teachers who focus on the spiritual teachings of this art accept donations but do not charge fixed amounts for their services. Also, there are a lot of Yoga centers and studios nowadays that offer lessons that will not leave a hole in your pocket. So You can't say Yoga is an Expensive activity, My thinking is if I can pay money for food, drink, play and some others stuff then I can pay some money for my health also. Yoga is Good for health, who don't want good health?
Compared to other activities, Yoga does not require a lot of gear and equipment. If you have a Yoga Mat, you can start practicing Yoga.
由于这是一种精神的活动，真正的瑜伽老师接受捐赠，但并没有固定的收费。同时，现在有了很多瑜伽中心和瑜伽工作室，它们提供很多的瑜伽课程，收费也比较适中。所以你不能说瑜伽是一项昂贵的运动。我认为如果你有钱买吃的、喝的、玩的以及其他的东西，你也可以投资于健康。瑜伽有利于健康，谁不想要健康呢？与其他的一些运动相比，瑜伽并不需要很多的装备。只要有一张瑜伽垫，你就可以开始习练瑜伽了。
3. Yoga can be taught by anyone.

3. 任何人都可以教瑜伽
Just because a person can bend like a piece of licorice or perform Yoga Poses does not mean that it automatically gives him or her the right to teach Yoga. Training and practice for several years are necessary before one can call oneself a genuine Yoga teacher. The training must focus intensely on the spiritual growth and maturity of the person, so he or she will be able to teach Yoga in the way it was meant to be taught - as a union between the body, mind, and spirit - and not merely as an exercise. After years of self practice and study under good qualified teacher one can teach Yoga. But these days just after few months or after 1-2 years one can teach yoga, why? Because he/she can bend body in very good way... hahahaha, If you are practicing with this kind of Teacher then soon something will happen and then you can know what you did wrong...
一个人只是能够做一些高难的瑜伽动作并不表示他就有权利来教授瑜伽。在成为一个真正的瑜伽教师之前，多年的培训与练习是有必要的。而这种培训必须是关注一个人精神的成长与成熟。这样，他才能够用一种正确的方式来教授瑜伽——身、心、灵的结合统一，而不仅仅是一种身体运动。通过数年的自我习练以及向有资质的好老师学习，才能教瑜伽。但是如今，只要几个月或者一两年就能教瑜伽了？为什么？就因为他能很好的弯曲他的身体……哈哈哈！如果你向这样的老师习练瑜伽，不久你就会发现你错了……
4. Yoga will give its practitioner extremely sophisticated physical prowess.

4. 瑜伽会给它的习练者带来极其强大的身体能力
While it is true that lifelong practice of Yoga may lead a person to achieve superior flexibility (such as very advanced yogi), this does not hold true for everyone. Yoga is not a miracle activity, which would automatically bestow its students the gift of physical litheness. One must always remember that besides the most popular yogic positions and postures that we associate with the art of Yoga, its principal goal is to unite the body, mind, and spirit to achieve true personal and universal enlightenment.

尽管终身的练习瑜伽确实可以给人带来身体上的极大的灵活性（比如一些很资深的瑜伽练习者），但并不对每个人来说都是如此。瑜伽并不是什么神奇的运动，并不是所有的人都有这种身体上的天赋。你必须始终记住，除了这些最流行的瑜伽体式，瑜伽的首要目标是身、心、灵的结合，以及去明了宇宙人生的真相。

Yoga is not based on some good Yoga poses but based on feelings...Enjoy The yoga feeling and be with yourself. Have peace...

瑜伽不是基于一些好的瑜伽动作，而是基于感受……享受这些瑜伽过程，找到自我，获得宁静……

Namaste Ji,

 Manu