110 111 One day, god Shiva, sat on the beach of an island, was intent on teaching the practice of yoga, which had been created by himself and was exclusively reserved for gods, to his beloved wife, Parvati. However, he had not realised that there was a small fish hidden among the waves that broke on the foreshore; the fish was listening with rapt attention to all his words. When Shiva became aware of the presence of the little intruder, it was already too late: the fish had already vanished into the waves, taking with him all the secrets he had learnt. The small fish swam for kilometres and kilometres, while he was processing and incorporating within himself all the teachings he had wheedled out of Shiva. These teachings were so powerful that the small fish went through all the stages of the evolutionary path. In this way, when by the end of his journey he reached the shore in the Indian continent, he had transformed into a man and was received by the coast inhabitants, who called him Matsyendra (in Sanskrit, “fish turned into man”). Grateful for this welcoming, he taught them all the yoga postures, thus becoming the first yogin in history to transmit the secrets of this practice among human beings. yogasūtra 3.0 Un giorno il dio Shiva, seduto sulla spiaggia di un’isola, era intento nell’istruire la sua amata sposa Parvati sulla pratica dello Yoga, da lui stesso creato e riservato esclusivamente agli dei. Non si era accorto però di un piccolo pesce che, nascosto tra le onde che si infrangevano sul bagnasciuga, ascoltava rapito tutte le sue parole. �uando Shiva si rese conto della presenza del piccolo intruso era troppo tardi: questi si era già dileguato tra i flutti, portando con sé tutti i segreti che aveva appreso. Il pesciolino nuotò per chilometri e chilometri, mentre elaborava e metteva a frutto dentro sé gli insegnamenti che aveva carpito a Shiva. Tale era la potenza di questi insegnamenti che il pesciolino passò attraverso tutte le tappe del percorso evolutivo. Così, quando al termine del viaggio giunse a riva sul continente indiano, si era trasformato in un uomo e venne accolto dagli abitanti della costa che lo chiamarono Matsyendra (in sanscrito “pesce fatto uomo”). Grato per l’accoglienza, egli insegnò loro tutte le posizioni dello Yoga, diventando così il primo yogin della storia a trasmettere i segreti della disciplina tra gli esseri umani. yogasūtra 3.0
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