yoga瑜伽 yogi瑜伽人 yogic adj 
1.Yoga originated in ancient India and is one of the longest surviving philosophical systems in the world. 瑜伽起源于古印度，是世界上最古老的哲学体系之一。 Some scholars have estimated that yoga is as old as 5,000 years; artifacts detailing yoga postures have been found in India from over 3,000 B.C. 一些学者估计，瑜伽至少有5,000年的历史；印度曾出土过3,000年前的表现瑜伽姿势的手工艺品。 Yogis claim that it is a highly developed science of healthy living that has been tested and perfected for all these years. 瑜伽师们认为，经过几千年的考验和完善，瑜伽已经发展成为一门养生的成熟科学。 Yoga was first brought to America in the late 1800s when Swami Vivekananda, an Indian teacher and yogi, presented a lecture on meditation in Chicago. 19世纪晚期，印度学者、瑜伽师斯瓦米·维韦卡南达在芝加哥做了一场关于冥想的演讲，从此瑜伽传人了美国。 Yoga slowly began gaining followers, and flourished during the 1960s when there was a surge of interest in Eastern philosophy. 慢慢地有人开始练习瑜伽，并在20世纪60年代东方哲学热盛行的时候形成了学习瑜伽的高潮。 There has since been a vast exchange of yoga knowledge in America, with many students going to India to study and many Indian experts coming here to teach, resulting in the establishment of a wide variety of schools. 从此，瑜伽知识在美国传播开来，许多学徒专程前往印度学习，很多印度瑜伽师也来到美国教学，创办了大量瑜伽学校。 Today, yoga is thriving, and it has become easy to find teachers and practitioners throughout America. 天的美国，瑜伽已十分盛行，瑜伽教练和练习者随处可见。 A recent Roper poll, commissionedby Yoga Journal, found that 11 million Americans do yoga at least occasionally\arly. 今最近一项由《瑜伽月刊》委托洛普民调机构所做的调查显示，有1,100万的美国人至少会偶尔做一次瑜伽，另有600万的美国人会经常做瑜伽。 Yoga stretches are used by physical therapists and professional sports teams, and the benefits of yoga are being touted by movie stars and Fortune 500 executives. 瑜伽已被广泛应用于身体治疗和专业运动队的日常训练，做瑜伽的好处也被电影明星和《财富》杂志世界500强企业的总裁们争相吹捧。 Many prestigious schools of medicine have studied and introduced yoga techniques as proven therapies for illness and stress. 许多医学名校已经研究并提出能够有效缓解疾病和压力的瑜伽术了。 Some medical schools, like UCLA, even offer yoga classes as part of their physician training program. 17 包括加州大学洛杉矶分校在内的一些医学院甚至还为内科医学专业的学生开设了瑜伽课程。
2、There are several different schools of hatha yoga in America; the two most prevalent流行的 ones are Iyengar and Ashtanga yoga. 美国有许多不同的哈他(传统)瑜伽学派，其中最流行的是艾扬格派和阿斯汤加派。 Iyengar yoga was founded by Iyengar, who is widely considered as被广泛的认为 one of the great living innovators创新者/在世的 of yoga. 艾扬格瑜伽的创立者是·艾扬格，他是世界上目前仍健在的最伟大的瑜伽改革者之一。 Iyengar yoga puts strict emphasis on严格强调 form and alignment, and uses traditional hatha yoga techniques in new manners and sequences. 艾扬格瑜伽十分注重姿势和协调性，它采用新的方式和顺序练习传统瑜伽。 Iyengar yoga can be god for physical therapy身体理疗 because it allows the use of props like straps and blocks to make it easier for some people to get into the yoga postures. 艾扬格瑜伽有助于身体治疗，因为它允许练习者使用瑜伽伸展带、瑜伽砖等辅助器材来减少做瑜伽动作的难度。 Ashtanga yoga can be a more vigorous routine, using a flowing and dance-like sequence of一系列in按顺序/out不按顺序 hatha postures to generate发热 body heat, which purifies净化 the body through sweating and deep breathing. 阿斯汤加瑜伽有着更精准的要求，练习者要用舞蹈般流畅的动作来练习传统瑜伽，从而使身体发热，并通过出汗和深呼吸来净化自己的身体。
3 Yoga routines瑜伽动作 can take anywhere from 20 minutes to two or more hours, with one hour being a good time investment to perform a sequence of postures and a meditation. 做瑜伽没有场地的限制，一套瑜伽动作通常需要20分钟到两个小时或者