It has become a fashion for women to practice yoga, and everyone seems to ignore that yoga used to belong to men. Modern men are often labeled as big, insensitive, inflexible and impulsive, and male yoga practice is ridiculed as "sissy". However, from Su Dongpo in ancient times to director Zhang Jizhong today, excellent men are still practicing, from sports to literature, from film and television to military, and even to the country. Look at these wonderful men. How do you talk about yoga?
"Tiangou" Jabbar
Perhaps you have heard that he is Bruce Lee's apprentice. After retiring, he cultivated his morality, acted in movies and even became a writer. In fact, as early as 40 years ago, "Tiangou" Jabbar brought his hobby of practicing yoga into the NBA, which is said to enhance flexibility. He started his internship in high school and recalled:
"At that time, few boys practiced these, all of them were women."
China Men's Basketball Team King
"I have read the biography of Qiao Ba. Doing yoga can make us relax, recover quickly and prolong our exercise life. "
Shaquille o'neal.
The height is 2m 16, and the weight is 147kg. Aopang needs two cushions. O 'Neill once laughed at himself: "I am the worst student in the history of yoga teaching."
However, Tammy Schneider, his yoga teacher, said O 'Neill was not the worst student. She specially ordered a 2.5-meter cushion for O 'Neill.
Garnett the Wolf King
Kevin garnett is a famous yoga lover, and even wrote a book about yoga practice-Real Men Practice Yoga. He said this in the book:
"I have endless energy. I couldn't control myself before. In the game, I will make some stupid fouls because I am out of control. So a friend suggested that I practice yoga, and I tried. Yoga can not only help me stretch my body and enhance my flexibility, but also help me focus on myself, know myself and know how to control my emotions reasonably. "
Kevin love Cavaliers
Kevin love spent most of the year in the playground, but in the offseason, basketball was replaced by yoga mats in his life. Kent Katic's soothing voice helped him relax, and teachers and students collaborated to publish a DVD. Kevin said:
"Yoga has helped me find new balance, strength and endurance, and my body has been stretched."
"Little Emperor" lebron james
James is still giving yoga lessons to the children in the knight's training hall. He said many times that yoga is very helpful to his health:
"Yoga is not only physical exercise, but also spiritual and spiritual cultivation. This helps me a lot. For years, I have always had problems with my back. But since I started practicing yoga, they have completely disappeared. Is yoga suitable for everyone? I don't know, but it really works for me. "
Wen Hao Su Dongpo
There is a chapter in the biography of Su Dongpo written by Lin Yutang entitled Yoga and alchemy. First, Su Dongpo's younger brother swam upside down in front of him, and then Su Dongpo was demoted to Huangzhou. He spends most of his time practicing meditation. Like ordinary yoga practitioners, he calculates his breathing cycle, claiming that when controlling breathing (the law of throughput), it is completely automatic and lasts regularly for a period of time, that is, "the lid has been closed for more than 20 times after 120 times."
In On Health, he wrote that when the mind is completely rested during meditation, coupled with the high sensitivity of internal perception, the vibration between the spine and the brain and the growth of hair in hair follicles can be detected. This state is extremely comfortable and people benefit from peace of mind.
China movie star Chen Kun.
Chen Kun has been practicing yoga for more than eight years since her last year in college. Chen Kun said:
"The first contact with yoga was in a farmhouse in Amsterdam. I saw an old lady in her sixties practicing yoga. I am a Buddhist. Before I came into contact with yoga, I had the habit of meditation. I saw her practicing at that time, and I thought this thing was very suitable for me. She taught me some introductory knowledge of yoga, and I have been practicing by myself since I came back. "
Rock singer Zheng Jun.
Zheng Jun is a senior yoga practitioner for more than ten years. In an interview with Yoga magazine, he said:
"Yoga and rock and roll are both seeking quietness in motion and seeking motion in quietness. It is difficult to unify the two, and only dynamic and static integration can achieve balance. Rock and yoga are of great help to my own healing and reconstruction. "
Zhang Jizhong
On February 22nd, 65438, on the winter solstice, director Zhang Jizhong, whose hair was already gray, took his own yoga photos in the Weibo, with the caption "The stork's side arm turned to my belly as light as a butterfly" and mocked himself as "an old Buddhist urchin".
A special brigade of the 80th Army
At the end of the year, the special forces were assessed, and the political commissar commented that "the movements were unstable and the body was stiff", so the soldiers and brothers began to practice yoga hard. Corporal Bamuji of the Second Battalion of Special Operations sighed with emotion:
"Don't despise these humble actions. If they can fully meet the action standards, it will be terrible in a few months! But after the action, the body was really comfortable, and even the pain caused by the old knee injury was alleviated. I really underestimate yoga! "
Men who practice yoga are not only 200% responsible for their bodies, but also refuse the temptation of beer and cigarettes.
Men who practice yoga can endure the unbearable exercise intensity and sweat of ordinary people and have super willpower and self-control ability.
Men who practice yoga are also men who pay attention to perfect figure, are highly responsible men, and are calm and mature men.
Men who practice yoga, and of course, Uncle Man and Uncle Rui of Yogamala. ...
Instead of accusing people of different sexes of practicing yoga, it is better to emphasize the universality of yoga again.
Yoga makes a person a tree, and he lives with safflower.