New Years Resolution 新年決心: Yoga for Beginners 初學者該學的瑜珈

Is starting yoga your New Years resolution and you don't know where to start? Start here: 開始學瑜伽是你的新年願望，你不知道要從哪裡開始？就從這裡開始：

New Years resolution 新年決心

"Have you made any New Year's resolutions?" "Yes, I'm going to eat more healthily and give up smoking."

「你給自己定下甚麼新年決心了嗎？」「是的，我要令自己飲食更加健康，並且戒煙。

It's Never Too Late To Turn Over a New Leaf 更生人變書法家 寫出人生新章

TODAY’S WORDS今日單字

1. mentor v. 指導 

例: Sharon has been mentored by the best guitar player in the nation for ten days.

(夏倫受國內最優秀的吉他手指導已經十天了。)

2. companion n. 良伴，夥伴 

例: My best companion on that boat trip was a tiger. (那個海上之旅中，我的最佳良伴是一頭老虎。)

3. meditation n.靜心，禪坐 

例: Meditation will change the way you perceive the world.

(靜心會改變你對這個世界的感受。)

Mr. Li, 39, is an ex-convict, who committed serious offenses in the past and was jailed for ten years. He now lives in Nantou County’s Puli. When he was serving time in jail, he started to learn calligraphy and has been addicted to it ever since. After he was released from prison, he became even more diligent in practicing calligraphy and has become one of a new generation of calligraphy artists in Puli. From March 21, he has opened a calligraphy exhibition in the garden gallery of Puli’s township library. It is the first ex-convict exhibition held in the garden gallery since its establishment. In particular, township mayor Chou Ihsiung gave Mr. Li encouragement and support, commending him for letting go of his wasted years and for his artistic talent in calligraphy which helped him rediscover meaning in his life.

Mr. Li was eighteen years old in 1996, when he was convicted for robberies and drug-related crimes and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. During this period he was introduced to calligraphy and mentored by famous calligraphy artist Chou Liangtun and began to become absorbed by it. When he was released on parole, he committed crimes and was imprisoned again. He painfully reflected on what he had done in jail and began to diligently practice calligraphy by reciting the Heart Sutra and poems. Calligraphy became his best companion for self-reflection and meditation.

曾因犯下重案入獄服刑十年的南投縣埔里鎮三十九歲更生人李先生，服刑期間接觸到書法，進而踏上書法創作之路，出獄更勤練書法，成為埔里新世代的書法創作者，他將於三月二十一起於鎮立圖書館田園藝廊舉辦書法創作展，也是該藝廊成立以來首度有更生人策展，鎮長周義雄特別為李先生加油打氣，肯定他揮別荒唐歲月，用書法藝術讓人生重現色彩。

民國八十五年，當時李先生年僅十八歲，因盜匪、煙毒案件判刑，遭法院重判有期徒刑十年，期間受到知名書法家周良敦的啟蒙與指導，開始投入書法創作領域。假釋期間又因誤涉案件，再度入獄，他痛定思痛，在獄中勤以毛筆抄心經、詩詞，書法成了他反省、靜心最佳良伴。

Yoga Challenges: （尤指比賽或辯論）挑戰（書），邀請

"I bet you can't eat all that food on your plate." "Is that a challenge?"

「我敢打賭你吃不完自己盤裡的食物。」「這是在挑戰我嗎？」

[+ to infinitive] She issued a challenge to her rival candidates to take part in a public debate.

她向與她競爭的候選人發出挑戰，邀請他們參加一次公開辯論。

You know me - I like a challenge. 你瞭解我——我喜歡挑戰。

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（自由時報記者佟振國）