Syrena Yoga, Taipei (2026)

03/06/2026

Please send me a PM to join 🙏🧡

It was really nice to see some of our yogi friends online on the first day of this month!

As you know, when Chuck and I are not traveling to teach, we‘re in a very different part of the world from where most of our students are. Even though I occasionally receive inquiries from Europe and the US, the time differences can be challenging, with different time zones across countries and states, so I haven’t been offering regular classes.

However, some yogi friends have decided to do private sessions with me when group classes aren‘t possible. To make it more affordable for everyone, I’d like to open these up as small group classes. We‘re planning to practice mostly on Monday evenings (European time). Video recordings will be available, so no worries if you can’t join every session.

We usually begin by ”undoing“ certain areas of the body, then explore different asanas with attention to alignment and action, using Samasthiti as our guide. Breathing, meditation, and discussion are also important elements of the course.

25/05/2026

Recent thoughts on practice… （中文在下方）

Hearing so many questions from students in each class, I am amazed by how quickly we expect ourselves to “learn” yoga. Many of us expect ourselves to just “get there” — to achieve certain “poses” in a very short time.

Adho Mukha Svanasana / Downward Facing Dog is such a complicated and rich practice, yet we want to simply “do” it the moment the teacher calls out its name in the first class we attend. Like Prashant Iyengar said: “Stop doing yoga.” Indeed, there is nothing to be done, but there is always somewhere to begin and access the practice.

The way yoga and asana practice can be liberating and empowering is only when we see asanas as practices. We can feel grateful that there are so many things for us to explore and learn through yoga. In contrast, if we see them as shapes to achieve or become, we will always feel like we are not enough.

We all have to start from where we are, with what is available and what works for us. Sometimes we are too casual and want things to progress too quickly, and in doing so we miss the point of “practice.” Yet at other times, we become too harsh on ourselves. Learning how to repeatedly adjust ourselves without beating ourselves up is a kind of wisdom, and is SAMA.

Gradually, we cultivate ahimsa, compassion, and love towards ourselves and others through practices that are not defined by achievement and have no need for self-criticism or comparison.

最近一些關於練習的想法……

每一堂課聽到同學們提出那麼多問題，我總是驚訝於，我們竟然期待自己能夠很快「學會瑜伽」。很多人期待自己能夠立刻「抵達」、在很短的時間內「完成體式」。

Adho Mukha Svanasana／下犬式是一個如此複雜且豐富的練習，但我們卻希望在第一次上課、老師喊出它名字的那一刻，就能直接「做出來」。就像 Prashant Iyengar 所說的：「停止做瑜伽吧。」的確，並沒有什麼東西要被「做完」，但總有我們可以開始和切入練習的地方。

如果說瑜伽與體位法練習能夠帶來解放與賦權，是因為我們把體式視為「練習」。我們可以感謝瑜伽中有如此多值得探索與學習的事物；相反地，如果我們把體式視為某種需要達到、成為的形狀，就會一直感覺不足與匱乏。

我們都必須從自己所在的地方開始，從那些對自己而言可行、有用的方式開始。有時候，我們太過隨便，想讓事情進展得太快，因此錯過了「練習」真正的意義；但有些時候，我們又對自己太過苛刻。學會反覆調整，又不責怪自己，是一種智慧，也是 SAMA。

逐漸我們透過那些不以成就定義、也不需要自我批判或比較的練習，培養 Ahimsa／不傷害，培養對自己與他人的慈悲心與愛。

24/05/2026

Syrena and I are coming to South America! 🌞
Syrena Yoga

We’ll be offering my 5-day Sama-Ashtanga Yoga Intensive format, but for the first time we’ll be teaching more as a team.

Syrena has been assisting me in workshops across Europe and Asia and students love it! Having her working hands-on while I guide with my voice creates a really nice dynamic.

It’s also very nice to have a different perspective to broaden the teaching. I think everyone who has met her can feel that too.

Chuck

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For the first time in Chile.

Chuck and Syrena Miller will share five days of practice, philosophy, and deep investigation into Ashtanga Yoga in the heart of the southern Chilean wilderness.

With more than 55 years of practice and over four decades teaching around the world, Chuck Miller belongs to a generation of teachers who received the teachings of Sri T. Krishnamacharya and Sri K. Pattabhi Jois through decades of practice, study, and close association since the 1980s.

His presence in the room transmits a knowledge that does not arise merely from technique or the external form of yoga, but from a living and direct understanding of the traditional Ashtanga Yoga lineage.

A rare form of knowledge in these times, where much of the practice has been absorbed by superficiality, image, and the distortions of ego.

To practice with a teacher of this depth and trajectory is to come into contact with a teaching that points toward the essential:

the observation of the Self,
the dissolution of illusion,
and the recognition of Ātma — the true nature of the soul.

Alongside him will be Syrena Lin-Miller, who has accompanied and taught with him throughout many countries around the world, bringing sensitivity, depth, and a profoundly human quality that supports and enriches the experience of learning.

This gathering is not intended merely to teach a physical practice.

It is an invitation to enter a doorway toward a deeper and transformative knowledge — one that is becoming increasingly rare to encounter.

For more information and registrations please contact Ashtanga Yoga Shakti Pucón 🙏
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17/05/2026

Online Guided Practice with Syrena
1 June 2026
6:00–8:00 AM HST (Hawaii / UTC−10)

Time zones
United States
West Coast (PDT): 9:00–11:00 AM
East Coast (EDT): 12:00–2:00 PM
Europe
Western Europe (UK / Portugal): 5:00–7:00 PM
Central Europe (France / Germany / Italy): 6:00–8:00 PM
Eastern Europe (Greece): 7:00–9:00 PM

Hi yogi friends,

I’ve received some requests from Europe to offer online teaching. Before I design a more structured course, I’d like to invite those who are interested to a 2-hour session.

I’ll share some practices I use, focusing on commonly tight or under-trained areas that can help improve the body’s ability to find a more neutral position.

If time allows, we’ll also explore Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose) and try practices that may help prepare both body and mind for this simple yet complex pose.

Please message me to sign up. If you’re interested but unable to join live, feel free to reach out—we can explore other possibilities.

No fee required. A ZOOM link will be provided. Please prepare two blocks and a belt.

with love ❤️

13/05/2026

比起「讓脊椎可以向後彎的更多」，對我來說，練習後彎體式更大的益處在於平衡地心引力、疲勞對身體的影響，像是現代人常見駝背、圓肩、烏龜頸，甚至椎間盤突出等；再進一步到能量層次上的影響，像是前彎通常帶來沉澱、內收、休息的能量，而後彎則帶來較明亮、敞開、積極的能量。

但是由於後彎並不是我們比較直覺會做出的動作（可以想想一天裡的多數時間你的身體是處於什麼型態？），而且多數人的脊椎比起向前彎曲，向後彎曲的幅度較小，加上身體的背側無法自己輕易看見及觸碰，所以後彎對許多人而言較為挑戰、有風險，也經常引發疼痛或導致受傷。

其實在瑜伽體式梵文名稱中，幾乎沒有任何一個體式帶有「後彎」的字眼，但是能做到所謂「很深的後彎」似乎在現在的瑜伽世界中經常受到稱讚和表揚，因此有些老師們認為改稱這類體式為「前側伸展」所隱含的練習動機是更為合適的。

這次的線上期課，我們希望能夠帶領大家更加認識後彎練習，包括認識常見的風險和傷害、後彎時需要哪些部位的支撐來達到伸展身體前側，同時不傷害脊椎的效果，以及如何啟動和運用這些部位和呼吸的支撐。因此雖然稱為「後彎練習」，重要的基礎並不是是直攻後彎體式能夠建立的。所以在課程裡，比起用各種困難的後彎體式淹沒大家，我們更希望能帶領同學們深入核心，探索原則和邏輯，運用在適合你自己的練習當中。

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後彎喚醒身體的東方 ✶ 前側均衡開展 • 背側穩定安全（Ishana & Syrena 線上課程）

早鳥及舊生優惠至 5 / 17 截止
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09/05/2026

前陣子受之邀，為她的社群開設一門給初學者的線上靜心調息課，試著把許多想法用最白話的方式和參與的同學們分享。

謝謝 Hoho 和學員們的大方，讓我截取幾個談話片段，希望也能對一些線上的朋友們有所幫助。

A little while ago, I was invited by Ho to offer an online meditation and breathwork course for beginners to her community.

I tried to share the ideas in the simplest and most accessible way possible with the participants.

I’m thankful for their generosity in allowing me to share a few clips from the class. I hope they may also be helpful to some friends here.

02/05/2026

「就像Krishna（奎師那/大黑天）賦予Arjuna（阿周那）隻特別的眼睛，使他看見他的神一樣，而後彎就像第三隻眼。第三隻眼意味著在未見之光降臨於你時，具有能夠面對的內在力量。」 ── B.K.S. Iyengar, 1991

由於人體結構和地心引力，我們在生活中多數的時間都處於向前彎曲的姿勢當中，因此身體也逐漸朝這樣的方向僵固。然而，即便多數人都需要做一些伸展前側，或者說是後彎的練習來減緩、甚至逆轉退化，我們卻經常在這類的體位法中面臨未知、恐懼和疼痛。

這期課程我們將學習如何建立、堆疊在身體當中，為了支撐脊椎安全後彎所需要的力量。無論你目前的經驗為何，都能夠將同樣的邏輯和基礎運用在不同體式的練習中。

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前年我（Syrena）翻譯了一則 B.K.S. Iyengar 艾揚格在1991年談論後彎的訪談，我想其中幾段十分適合作為這場期課/ 工作坊的引言。

「在體位法系統中，最進階的姿勢就是後彎。由於人體結構的關係，在不導致傷害的情況下，脊椎骨向後移動的幅度不會被認為可以和向前、向側邊一樣多。在瑜伽領域中，後彎不會在練習的初期被教授，只有當身體受過訓練，並且被調整和強化到一定程度時，才能進行。

後彎應該是要被感受多於展現的。其他姿勢可以先被展現後再被感受，但是在後彎中，像是冥想，每個人都必須去感受。這就是為什麼我認為，在教學五十年後，至少應該讓我的一些學生了解正確後彎方式的基礎。

後彎不是為了展演而存在的體式，後彎的目的是為了了解我們身體後側的部位。身體的前側可以用眼睛看到，後側則看不到，只能感受到。這就是為什麼我說這些是最進階的姿勢，在這些姿勢中，心智開始向後觀看，先是在外圍層次，再向內，走向核心。

對於一個瑜伽行者來說，後彎是為了反轉心智，去觀察和感受── 先是後側，再是意識和真正的見證者。透過後彎練習，利用感知力向後觀看，並將心智帶向身體背側，有一天冥想會自然到來。

在其他體式中，對後側的關注沒有如此程度，心智會向外移動。後彎有自己的原則，學習心智和智識在後彎中的運作，會自然引領人們走向生命的真實和瑜伽更高的層面。因為我認為，明白這些道理與向後探尋的人可以探尋神，而那就是我教後彎的原因。」

（訪談提問：Victor Oppenheimer 和 Patricia Walden；抄錄、編輯：Francis Ricks）

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19/04/2026

很幸運剛好在巴黎遇上Bocelli的演唱會，一開場Chuck和我就同步讚嘆他的站姿真是趨近完美的Samasthiti。

Bocelli在12歲的時候失去視力，而即便多數人每天都在鏡子裡看見自己，卻逐漸讓身體萎縮和變得僵硬。

其實要維持健康靈活，並不需要太激烈的手段，只需要一些正確的知識和每天一點點的努力呀！

So lucky to be able to see and listen to Bocelli in Paris. Apart from his solid and heavenly voice, what amazed us most was his upright posture, despite the loss of his eyesight.

We look at ourselves in the mirror every day, yet most people—consciously or unconsciously—allow their bodies to shrink and become stiff.

It’s really a shame. With some knowledge and a bit of effort, we can maintain the ability to return to a neutral, non-compressed position whenever we want. We just need to do a little every day.

04/03/2026

如果總是從頭開始，我們能夠進步嗎？

幾十年來，Chuck 的每一場工作坊，都從 Samasthiti 開始。即便像他這樣資深的老師，也承受著來自學生、市場「求快」、「求更多」的壓力，我很欽佩他能夠在這些壓力之下，堅持自己的核心價值。

這個主題是我一直很想請他分享的，終於推著他讓我訪問錄影，並且把字幕翻譯好了！😄

19/02/2026

身、息、心合一練習 დ 瑜伽線上課 with Ishana & Syrena

四個週日早上、共八小時

2026/ 3/ 8 9:30 - 11:30 ( Syrena 授課）
2026/ 3/ 15 9:30 - 11:30 ( Syrena 授課)
2026/ 4/ 12 9:30 - 11:30 ( Ishana 授課)
2026/ 4/ 19 9:30 - 11:30 ( Ishana 授課)

提供每堂課錄影回放（自上課日起效期30天）

早鳥價 2500 元，至 2.20 止
實體拜日式工作坊舊生價 1800 元，至 2.20 止
一般價 3000 元

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這四堂【身息心合一練習】瑜伽線上課，以體位法、呼吸法和靜坐三條練習之線為經緯，循序漸進織構成立體而多面的瑜伽地圖。希望透過這三條路徑的平衡展開、相輔相成，能夠幫助練習者在動盪不安的時刻裡有能力自我調節身心，安定面對生活、繼續前行。

很期待和 Ishana 一起分享這期平衡、多元的瑜伽練習！

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