YogaJaya Workshops -
Online Bookings

Patrick Oancia

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 been based in Tokyo for 18 years. Patrick has been immersed in practicing raja yoga since 1996. He has traveled around the world attending advanced, intensive workshops and study in several countries. He has studied various hatha yoga asana traditions including Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Sivananda as well as regularly practicing meditation (Dhyana) and breathing techniques (Pranayama). He has also studied yoga, Indian, Taoist, Sufi and Buddhist philosophy. Patrick is certified as a RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) under the International Yoga Alliance.

In addition to the yoga that Patrick teaches at YogaJaya public classes in Tokyo, he also develops curriculum based on a contemporary interpretation of yoga lifestyle, facilitates on teacher training programs, and holds workshops and retreats internationally.

Hikaru Brundtland

Hikaru began seriously studying Yoga in 2001.__After two years of continuous practice with different teachers in various Hatha traditions, Hikaru began teaching yoga to share her experience as a Yogini. She gained valuable insight from the close interactions with her students and continues to learn and expand in her own practice through this experience of sharing with others. Hikaru also holds a teaching certification in The sivananda yoga tradition, and holds specialzed workshops regularly