瑜伽使者深爱长兴

王晋焱 吴建勋

“吸气，1、2、3、4、5;呼气……”清晨，在湖州长兴城区东鱼坊涌乐瑜伽馆内，来自印度的瑜伽教练唯诺在用生硬的中文教授学员练习瑜伽。这一屋子的瑜伽学员，都是冲着唯诺的名气来的。

唯诺是印度的高级瑜伽导师，之前一直在新德里做瑜伽教练。2014年，经朋友介绍来到中国。他先后在北京、厦门、上海等多个城市当瑜伽教练。三年前他来到太湖南岸的长兴，就再也没离开，他觉得长兴环境优美，街道干净整洁，市民热情善良，让他倍感舒适。

唯诺不懂中文，又是素食主义者，刚来长兴时，吃饭成为最大难题。所幸，瑜伽馆同事和老板给了他很多帮助，大家会陪他外出吃饭或买菜，教他学习简单的中文。“在印度，员工和老板是不可能一起去买东西的。”维诺说。而在长兴，唯诺感受到了平等。唯诺在长兴还有一位“中国妈妈”，教他做中国菜，带他了解中国文化，给了他家一样的温暖。唯诺说，在长兴的两年是他人生最美好的经历。

刚来中国时，唯诺吃不惯中国菜。到长兴后，他慢慢习惯了中式烹饪，觉得茄子、番茄等蔬菜和咖喱搭配起来也很美味。他现在每顿饭都做两个菜，一个印度菜，一个中国菜。他戏言，中印文化交流先从一日三餐开始。

唯诺很喜欢中国传统文化，比如中国的茶文化，中国的太极拳等。没课的时候，他早晨6点起床，到市区中心广场，向长兴老人学习太极拳。唯诺认为，瑜伽和太极有着很多的相似之处，都是在“聚集力量”。他希望通过他的努力，能够把太极、瑜伽两者结合起来，成为一种让更多人喜欢的运动。

“现在新德里污染很严重，我更喜欢长兴的绿水青山。”每次去户外教学员做瑜伽，唯诺总是重复着这个话。他觉得，练瑜伽一定要在优雅的环境下，才能达到“天人合一”的完美境界。

唯诺说，很多中国人认为瑜伽是女生的运动，其实，瑜伽是印度男士发明的。在印度，男人天天都做瑜伽，所以唯诺从小就立下做瑜伽信徒的愿望。唯诺来中国后，了解了古老辉煌的中国文明，很仰慕中国传统文化。他愿意通过瑜伽教学，把印度文化介紹给更多的中国人，希望给中国人传递原汁原味的印度瑜伽：因为瑜伽是要用心做的。

三年不到，唯诺已深爱上了长兴，他喜欢这里的一草一木、喜欢这里的人。他希望将来能在长兴扎根。

Indian Yoga Instructor Attracted to Changxing

By Wang Jinyan  Wu Jianxun

“Inhale， 1， 2， 3， 4， 5; exhale...” Early in the morning， in a yoga studio in Changxing county， Huzhou city， an Indian man named Vino is teaching yoga to students in his clumsy Chinese. The studio was fully packed with yoga students， all of whom had been attracted here by Vinos reputation.

Vino is a senior yoga instructor in India and has been working as a yoga instructor in New Delhi before. In 2014， he was introduced to China via a friend. He has worked as a yoga instructor in many cities， including Beijing， Xiamen， Hangzhou and Shanghai. Two years ago， he came to Changxing on the south shore of Taihu Lake and was instantly attracted by its beauty. The clean and tidy streets， the warm and kind citizens … everything made him feel comfortable.

Vino is a vegetarian. Because he did not know how to speak Chinese， he found it most difficult to feed himself when he first came to Changxing. Fortunately， his colleagues and boss at the yoga studio helped him a lot. They would accompany him to eat out at a restaurant or buy food from a shop， and they taught him simple Chinese. “In India， its impossible for employees and bosses to go out shopping together; there is a very strict caste system in place in India，” said Vino. In Changxing， on the other hand， Vino feels that he is treated equally with everybody else， and he hopes to stay longer here. Vino says the two years in Changxing so far is the best time of his life.

When he first came to China， Vino was not used to eating Chinese food. After arriving in Changxing， he slowly learned to eat hot pot and found that vegetables such as eggplants and tomatoes were also delicious with curry. He now cooks two dishes for every meal， one Indian and one Chinese. “The cultural integration between China and India starts with breakfast， lunch and dinner every day，” he said jokingly.

Vino loves Tai Chi. In his free time， he always wakes up at 6：00 a.m. and goes to the downtown square to learn Tai Chi from the elderly. Vino believes that yoga and Tai Chi have many similarities and they both are aimed at “gathering strength”. He hopes that through his efforts， he can combine Tai Chi and Yoga into a popular kind of sport.

“Nowadays， Delhi has been heavily polluted， and I prefer the clear waters and lush green mountains of Changxing.” This is often repeated by Vino whenever he teaches yoga to his students. He feels that yoga must be practiced in an elegant environment in order to achieve the perfect state of “unity of heaven and man as one”.

In China， many people think that yoga is a girls thing. Actually， yoga was invented by Indian men. In India， men do yoga every day， and that is why Vino was determined to become a yoga devotee since he was a child. After Vino came to China， he learned about the ancient and glorious Chinese civilization， and became its admirer. Through yoga teaching， he is willing to introduce Indian culture to more Chinese people， and he also hopes to deliver the original Indian yoga to Chinese people， a sport played with emotion and close to the heart.

It has been no more than three years since Vino came to Changxing， but he has already fallen in love with the place. He likes every piece of grass and every tree here， and he loves the people here. He hopes that one day he is able to settle down here in Changxing.