身心合一：瑜伽與靈修的交會

Unity of body and mind: An intersection of yoga and spiritual practice

隨著國內身心學研究的興起，體育界開始重視透過身體感受與內在經驗來整合身心。本文透過文獻分析的方式，企圖指出「身心合一」是古代瑜伽與現代靈修兩大路線的交會之處。首先，引述瑜伽經典和現代科學相關研究，指出呼吸是身心交互作用的橋樑，體位則是身心交互作用的結果。其次，闡明奧修歸於中心的論點，強調重新認識自己，發現真實本性，可以取得與神性之間的整體性連結。進而，分析巴觀合一意識的論點，主張人必須看見錯誤的身份認同與情緒負荷，理解身心乃是相互影響的一體兩面，透過內在誠信的修為，實踐當下覺知。最後，藉由平衡脈輪與無為之為的理念，說明瑜伽功法和靈性修行如何得以會通。

 

With the rise of Somatics research in Taiwan, the sports community has realized the importance of improving physical and mental health through physical and internal experience. We attempted to reveal that “unity of body and mind” is the meeting point of the two major routes of ancient yoga and modern spiritual cultivation. From Yoga Sutra and modern science, we found pranayama and asana are fundamental resources of contemporary psychology. Pranayama is a bridge between body and mind, and asana is the result of physical and mental interaction. Moreover, we clarified the centrality from Osho’s point of view. He emphasized that if people know themselves again, they are able to connect divinity and discover the nature of true. In addition, according to Bhagavan’s thought of united consciousness, one must see the wrong identity and emotional load and understand his physical and mental parts are interacted as a whole. People practice the cultivation of inner honesty and aware the interaction. Finally, we believed how the idea of doing nothing links yoga exercise to spiritual practice.