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理查德·弗里曼（Richard Freeman）

理查德·弗里曼 (Richard Freeman) 自1968 年從禪宗修行的一種簡單坐姿開始接觸瑜伽。他在亞洲花了九年時(shí)間研究瑜伽體式、蘇菲主義、梵語和印度哲學(xué)，將這些與理查德生活的那個(gè)思潮動(dòng)蕩混亂年代聯(lián)系在一起是一件很玄妙的事情。 1974 年，理查德跟隨 B.K.S.艾揚(yáng)格 (Iyengar)，學(xué)習(xí)了艾揚(yáng)格瑜伽的精準(zhǔn)序列原理，并將其應(yīng)用于他自己內(nèi)在修行的練習(xí)中。傳統(tǒng)冥想和佛教經(jīng)典，激發(fā)了理查德對(duì)瑜伽的濃厚興趣，并遇到了另一位最重要的瑜伽老師—— Sri K. Pattabhi Jois，在跟隨這位已故的印度邁索爾的阿斯湯加瑜伽大師后，理查德開始了教授阿斯湯加瑜伽。

理查德妙趣橫生的教學(xué)風(fēng)格吸引了來自不同背景和國籍的學(xué)生。他受邀在世界各地開設(shè)瑜伽工作坊，同時(shí)，理查德至今還保有癡迷學(xué)習(xí)不同傳統(tǒng)文化的熱情。理查德·弗里曼?(Richard Freeman)?與瑪麗·泰勒（Mary Talylor）共同創(chuàng)辦了位于科羅拉多州博爾德的瑜伽工作室；他們合作制作了多部備受推崇的瑜伽音頻和視頻記錄，理查德是《瑜伽之鏡（The Mirror of Yoga）》一書的作者，同時(shí)他和瑪麗合著了《串聯(lián)藝術(shù)（The Art of Vinyasa）》（Shambhala出版社）一書。

瑪麗·泰勒 (Mary Taylor)

瑪麗·泰勒?(Mary Taylor)?于?1971?年開始學(xué)習(xí)瑜伽，當(dāng)時(shí)她剛從法國獲得了朱莉婭·柴爾德?(Julia Child)?烹飪學(xué)校?L’Ecole des Trois Gourmandes?的高級(jí)文憑后回國。起初，瑪麗只是將瑜伽作為一種在大學(xué)壓力下尋找平靜的方式，這種壓力下的平衡令她著迷。但是直到?1988?年，她遇到了她的主要老師?Sri K. Pattabhi Jois后，從Ashtanga Vinyasa?體系練習(xí)，她才體會(huì)到專注的日常練習(xí)可以對(duì)生活的各個(gè)方面產(chǎn)生深遠(yuǎn)的變革性影響。她抱以極大的熱情和好奇心，繼續(xù)著自己瑜伽和禪宗佛學(xué)的學(xué)習(xí)，并通過瑜伽墊上的練習(xí)著眼于瑜伽和禪宗的教義積極影響日常生活的方方面面。

作為禪宗眾生接引計(jì)劃（Upaya Zen Center，大乘禪宗中心）和 “城市禪”綜合治療培訓(xùn)（Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Trainings） 的一部分，Mary 與 Richard 一起旅修，并在醫(yī)院和居家護(hù)理中心進(jìn)行教學(xué)。 1988年，瑪麗與理查德共同創(chuàng)立了位于科羅拉多州博爾德的瑜伽工作室。瑪麗出版過三本烹飪書籍，同時(shí)是《你渴望什么？（What Are You Hungry For?）》和《女性食物和靈性（Women Food and Spirituality）》（圣馬丁出版社）兩書的合著者之一，瑪麗和理查德合著了《串聯(lián)的藝術(shù)（The Art of Vinyasa）》（Shambhala 出版社）。

英文部分

Richard Freeman?

Richard Freeman has been a student of yoga since 1968, beginning with one simple sitting posture in the Zen tradition. He spent nine years in Asia studying yoga asana, Sufism, Sanskrit language, and Indian philosophical texts, contextualizing them within the turbulent political times of that period in history. In 1974 Richard began working with B.K.S. Iyengar, with whom he studied precise alignment principles, applying them to his own internally rooted experience of the forms. Drawing from this variety of contemplative traditions, and from Buddhism, in which he cultivates a deep interest, Richard teaches the Ashtanga Vinyasa method of yoga as taught by his principal teacher, the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India.

Richard’s metaphorical, often humorous, teaching style appeals to students of many backgrounds and nationalities. He teaches workshops and trainings throughout the world and remains an avid student fascinated by the linking points between different traditions and cultures. With Mary, he is the co-founder of the Yoga Workshop in Boulder, Colorado; has produced several highly regarded yoga audio and video recordings, and is the author of The Mirror of Yoga and co-author of The Art of Vinyasa (Shambhala Publications).

Mary Taylor

Mary Taylor began studying yoga in 1971, soon after she came home from France with a grande dipl?me from Julia Child’s cooking school, L’Ecole des Trois Gourmandes. She found yoga at first a means of finding equanimity during the stress of University, and it was that thread of balance that got her hooked. It was not until 1988 and finding her primary teacher, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, and the Ashtanga Vinyasa system that she experienced the profound and transformative impact that a dedicated and daily practice can have on all aspects of life. She continues to study and practice yoga and Buddhist teachings with great enthusiasm and inquisitiveness, with an eye on how the residue that is produced on the mat (and cushion) through these teachings informs and supports all aspects of everyday life.

Mary travels and teaches with Richard and within the caregiver and hospital setting as part of the Being with Dying program (Upaya Zen Center) and the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Trainings. In 1988 she co-founded with Richard the Yoga Workshop. Mary is also the author of three cookbooks and the co-author of What Are You Hungry For? Women Food and Spirituality (St. Martins Press) and The Art of Vinyasa (Shambhala Publications).

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