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Teacher
Biography
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Patrick Oancia
Director
Patrick was born in Hong Kong in 1968 to a Spanish mother and a
Romanian father. He was raised in Spain, and Canada, and has had a
base in Tokyo for 21 years. Patrick has been immersed in practicing
yoga since 1996. He has traveled around the world attending advanced
intensive workshops, study and specialized training programs to
continually deepen his knowledge. He has studied various hatha yoga
asana traditions including iyengar, sivananda, and ashtanga as well as
ever refining the practices of pranayama (breathing techniques),
pratyahara (sense withdrawal), and dharana (concentration) in order to
go deeper into dhyana (meditation). He has also studied yoga, Indian,
Taoist, Sufi and Buddhist philosophy in the relation to contemporary
lifestyle.
Not knowing much about yoga at the start, Patrick has seen his practice gradually generate a complete transformation in the way he leads his life. He moved into a style of living that has increased his level of awareness to the point that it has revolutionized the way he feels about being alive. He has become fascinated with the intelligence within the physical body and the powerful insights that can be brought forth through regular yoga practice.
He spent many years as a performing guitar player, singer/songwriter in alternative pop/rock bands in Tokyo and abroad, and is still active in music production, performance, composition and DJ-ing, as well as pursuing interests in all facets of design.
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Patrick comes from a sporting background of competitive cycling, is an avid snowboarder and pursues various other disciplines that challenge a better understanding of how to maintain optimum physical stamina, clarity and health. He is also deeply intrigued by diet and nutrition, and believes that natural changing circumstance can reveal what is best for the body at any given time.
Patrick has completed thousands of hours of specialized yoga training with teachers all over the world and is registered as an E-RYT at the 500 hour level (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher) with the International Yoga Alliance.
He has been greatly inspired by Josi Vallicherry, Osho, Satyananda Saraswati, Lance Schular, Emil Wendel, Clive Sheridan, Philipp Lemke, Rajay Mahtani, Govinda Kai, Danny Paradise, David Swenson, among many others, including the students that have supported him in the process of cultivating an integrated mutual respect and trust.
Patrick also pays much respect to Edward Obaidy, and Kenehisa Yamada from Toho Massage for helping him to gain deeper insights on the sensitivity of the body and its energtic states.
Although he maintians a high level of appreciation for all the designated forms of yoga he has practiced along the way, his teachings are not exclusive to any one tradition. He develops curriculum and writes essays based on a contemporary interpretation of yoga as lifestyle enhancing modality, facilitates on teacher training programs, and holds workshops and retreats internationally.
Patrick advocates yoga to enhance his own creative lifestyle, as well as to complement his love for living a life full of interesting and new challenges. He sees advocating yoga practice primarily as a pleasure of sharing a profound knowledge.
Patrick chose the name YogaJaya (union vanquishes) for the Tokyo studio in order to focus on the way that yoga has helped him to overcome and then move beyond the limiting factors in his own life.
Patrick believes that all the yoga practices only provide the foundations for the journey to self-realization. He feels it is up to the individual to interpret what works best at any given time on that very road to personal discovery. Be it yoga, or any alternative lifestyle which can potentially challenge continual change, and natural growth based on dynamic life experience.
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