to physically land here in the space.

讓身體進入空氣中

In breath...

吸氣⋯⋯

...out.

⋯⋯吐氣

You can choose to either close your eyes

在這裡靜坐的同時

during this particular meditation

你可以閉上雙眼

or keep them open.

或是將它們睜開

Why do we need a meditation gym?

為什麼我們需要冥想健身房？

Well, when I approached Lodro with the idea I said,

我向 Lodro 提出這個構想時，我對他說：

"You know, how come there's no place I can go like

「為什麼沒有任何可以去靜坐的地方？

the way I would to go my workout at Body by Simone

像是要健身有 Body by Simone，

or to get my nails done?

要做指甲也有專門的工作室。

How come I can't meditate that way?"

為什麼沒有一個專門的地方讓我冥想？」

To chill.

去放鬆

Totally.

對呀

I'm Ellie Burrows,

我是 Ellie Burrows，

I'm the chief executive officer of MNDFL.

我是 MNDFL 的執行長

And I'm still James Hamblin.

小弟我還是 James Hamblin

So we have 25 expert teachers,

我們有 25 名老師、專家，

they're all certified in a specific lineage or tradition.

他們全部都有某種派別或傳統的證照

Throughout the space we have lots of living walls.

這裡很多牆面都有植被

Is it plastic?

這是塑膠嗎？

No, they're totally real.

不是，都是真的

You can touch them.

你可以摸摸看

It's real.

是真的

It's totally real.

對，都是

So, this is our main meditation room.

這是我們主要的靜坐室

You want to try out a cushion?

你想坐坐看我們的坐墊嗎？

Yeah.

好啊

I don't know if your jeans do that.

我不知道你穿牛仔褲可不可以

Okay friends, so for this particular thing what we're

朋友們，我們要做的

going to do is the most basic type of meditation that

是這裡最基本的靜坐方式，

we offer here, which is mindful breath.

也就是呼吸練習

This is the sort of meditation that a lot of

這種靜坐方式有很多

science and research has been done around.

科學研究背書

It's said to increase the gray matter in the hippocampus,

主張能夠增加海馬迴的灰質，

allowing for better memory, better focus, reduced stress

促進記憶、專注力，降低壓力

All of those sorts of things.

諸如此類

For me personally it's really more about

對我自己而言，它的意義在於

being present with something as simple as the breath.

透過呼吸這樣簡單的動作存在於當下

So let's just get right into it.

所以我們來開始吧

Do you like the term meditation gym?

你喜歡「冥想健身房」這個名詞嗎？

I've never heard it before. Sure, why not.

我從來沒聽過，可是還可以

But that's what you've created:

可是你弄出來的就是這個啊：

a space where people can come for meditation.

一個人們可以來靜坐、冥想的空間

Why do we need that?

為什麼我們需要這樣的空間？

Can't you just do meditation anywhere?

不是哪裡都能靜坐嗎？

You could.

確實

I mean you could meditate in the middle of

你是可以在百貨公司裡面

a department store but you're not going to actually

靜坐，可是那樣你沒有辦法得到

experience a sense of quiet calm

同樣的平靜、放鬆

and any of the real benefits of meditation.

或是任何靜坐的好處

So here at MNDFL we've got 30 and 45 minute drop-in

所以我們這邊每天一整天都有 30 到 45 分鐘長

classes all day long ranging from Kundalini to Vedic

的課程，有昆達里尼、吠陀等各種派別

meditation, Buddhist meditation, all sorts of things.

的冥想、佛教的那種，各種都有

You don't have to change or alter your breathing at all.

你完全不用改變呼吸的方式

In fact,

事實上，

this is a time of day that

現在這個時間

we don't need to change anything.

是不需要做任何改變的

We don't have to fix anything.

什麼都不用處理

We can just relax with what's going on.

我們可以單純地放鬆，專注在這個空間

Here's a distinction I've never fully understood:

這是我依然搞不懂的：

Mindfulness is about being fully present, in the moment,

正念的意思是完全活在當下，

aware of everything.

察覺周遭的所有事務

To me meditation is somehow about clearing your mind

對我來說，冥想是為了消除雜念、

and escaping and ignoring your surroundings.

逃脫和忽略周圍環境

They seem like opposites.

這似乎是矛盾的

This is actually like, the number one

這其實是關於冥想

misconception about meditation is that you're

最大的盲點：你應該

supposed to be able to just turn off your thinking, right?

像關掉開關一樣，停止思考

We can't.

這做不到

We can't turn off the mind.

我們無法停止思緒

The mind just generates thoughts

腦海會一直有想法，

in the same way the heart beats.

就像心臟會一直跳動一樣

One of my favorite words for meditation in

和冥想相關的單字中，我最喜歡的事

the Tibetan language is Gom, G-O-M.

藏文的「禪修」

That can also be translated as 'become familiar with.'

可以翻作「逐漸熟悉」

So it's essentially saying meditation is actually just

意思就是，冥想是逐漸

becoming familiar with what's going on in your mind.

熟悉自己的思緒這樣的過程

And then through that we're actually more

透過這個方式，讓我們更能

able to be available to the world around us and

應對周圍的世界，

actually tune in to what's going on right in front of us.

也能專注在眼前的事

When you're ready you can open your eyes.

當你準備好，可以慢慢睜開雙眼

Come back to the physical space.

回到物質的世界

How do you feel Jim?

Jim，你覺得怎樣？

I feel great.

我覺得很棒

I'm probably not really good at it.

我可能不太會冥想

Sometimes people think,

有時候人們會覺得

"Oh, you know, I meditated twice and

「喔，我做過兩次冥想，

it didn't work for me."

對我來說沒用。」

It's sort of like going to the gym twice and being like

感覺像是去了兩次健身房後表示

"I didn't lose ten pounds, the gyms don't work for me."

「我沒有瘦十磅，健身房對我來說沒用。」

People are realizing that as an investment in health,

人們開始發現對於健康的投資

mindfulness seems worthwhile.

正念似乎是值得的

Yeah. Now it's scientifically proven that if you want to

是啊。現在科學也證實如果你想要

be more productive, if you want to be more focused, if

更有生產力，如果你想提升專注力，或是

you want to be more relaxed, this is a good thing to do.

想要更放鬆，冥想是好的

Was it a good session for everyone else?

大家對這堂課還滿意嗎？

It is nice that it's so quiet in here.

這裡很安靜，真的很棒

You really wouldn't think that

你真的不會覺得

we are in the heart of New York City.

我們在紐約市中心

You'd think it's San Francisco or something.

你可能會覺得是舊金山之類 (超有錢的地方)

What would New York be like if everyone meditated?

如果所有的紐約人都有在靜坐會是如何？

Oh.

喔

So if everyone meditated,

如果大家都有在靜坐，

maybe everyone would be

或許大家會

more empathetic and compassionate

更有同理心

toward one another and they would be less angry

也不會感到那麼生氣

and have lower blood pressures.

血壓也會降低

You seem pretty calm right now.

你現在似乎很平靜

I always seem pretty calm though.

其實我一直以來都很平靜

Don't you start with me.

別惹我