Xpression is a showcase bringing together artists, designers, journalists and regular people to Xpress and reflect our contemporary surroundings. Event will be held during the daytime from 1pm to 8pm on March 2, 2008 at IID (Ikejiri Institute of Design)(Mono Zukuri Gakko). There will be workshops, lectures related to travel, subculture, and sustainability, as well as performance, music and amazing healthy food
Zeitgiest movie will be showen in dozens of countries around the world on March 15, 2008 as a "world wide expression for change".
Tokyo showing: Z-day at Pink Cow in Shibuya. March 15, 2008. 2 showings. 16:30-22:00. Don't miss it!
YogaJaya aims to offer a balanced approach to yoga. YogaJaya therefore regularly invites top international teachers of different styles and backgrounds to visit and teach in Tokyo. Such workshops will be conducted primarily in English, but with Japanese interpreters. Workshop attendance is subject to availability and space, so students should make an advanced booking.
Patrick Oancia at Japan Yoga Aid Challenge
November 9th, 2008
Patrick Oancia will be one of the 12 leading teachers to participate in this charity yoga event! Over 1000 people have participated in this event globally, where participants join to perform 108 sun salutations.
Yoga practice is an essential part of living a positive life. Over this 4-6 week course, YogaJaya will work together with the students to build the strong foundations of a regular yoga routine. This course will be taught by YogaJaya qualified top teaching instructors.
Sivananda yoga that has been the bridge between classical and modern yoga, is known as an integral yoga that includes 4 paths of yoga aiming for the purification of spirit. This 5 week course looks in to how we practice this type of yoga in today's contemporary society.
How to use asana (posture), vinyasas (movement) and pranayama (breath control) to move prana (energy) and citta (consciousness) through the nadis (subtle channels of the body).
Special Hatha Yoga Basic Course with YogaJaya Director Patrick Oancia
4 Wednesdays 18:30-20:00 - October 8, 15, 22, 29
In this 4 week course, Patrick will introduce the fundamental aspects of the physical hatha yoga practice to promote well being. Classes will be 90 minutes in length.
Attend a workshop with patrick in one of the following places from August through October!
EUROPE
August 3-8 : Jivamukti Munich, Munich Germany
August 11-17 : Boom festival, Idanha-a-nova, Portugal
September 22-29 : Tuscany retreat, Casola Italy
SOUTH AFRICA
August 23-24 : Shanty Cape Town, Cape Town August 30- : Lotus Studio, Knysna
August 31- September 5 : Africa Yoga, St.Francais bay
September 5-7 : Yoga Warrior, Johannesburg
Yoga Retreat in Tuscany, Italy
with Patrick Oancia (YogaJaya, Tokyo)
& Qbi (Inspya, Hamburg)
September 20 - 27th, 2008
The aim is to restore the human essence that is lost to everyday stress and to achieve total relaxation through regeneration. Lunigiana is an idyllic landscape in Tuscany unspoiled by tourism, a wild reserve of nature... green hills rising from the sea through vineyards and olive groves into forests of chestnut, gurgling creeks and mountain meadows set against the rocky Apuan Alps. This venue is the ideal place for Patrick Oancia and Qbi to share the secrets of release, introspection and finally, total relaxation through yoga.
Tokyo Weekend Workshop September 20th-21st 2008
All of the daily sessions Clive will conduct in Japan during the Mountain retreat and weekend workshop will start with a meditation practice and pranayama class followed by an asana class. In each afternoon session, Clive will give a discourse on the inner teachings of yoga, followed by a second asana class and finishing the day with pranayama.
The retreat will be held at the spiritually renowned gMitake Mountainh. Mitake has been worshipped since ancient times with many sacred locations for ascetic training.
Musashi-Mitake shrine is situated at the pinnacle of the mountain (929 meters), and is accessible to the public only by climbing or cable car. The original Musashi-Mitake Shinto shrine was built 2100 years ago, and is one of the most spiritual sites that can be found in Kanto area.
Retreat and accommodation will be in a 180-year-old Japanese traditional thatched roof temple lodging that has been preserved by the Kubota family for 18 generations. Vegetarian meals will be provided.
YogaJaya founder and director Patrick Oancia will be leading daily pranayama and asana classes at the world renown Boom festival this summer.
Boom is an independent culture and artistic expression event. It crosses different art forms like music, paint, graffiti, multimedia, installations, land art, theatre, cinema, or videoart. Besides a huge line up based on arts, Boom has a cultural hub inside it, with conferences, workshops, fine arts gallery and presentations. Altogether there are about 400 artists in every edition of the Boom festival. Therefs a full multidisciplinary atmosphere within the venue.
Jason Birch & Jacqueline Hargreaves
Hatha Yoga: An Integrated Practice
Saturdays & Sundays, August 2008
This workshop aims to present the full scope of Hatha Yoga, as described in the ancient texts, laying the foundations with cleansing practices (kriyas) and postures (asana), and deepening the experience by introducing breathing techniques (pranayama) and meditation (dhyana). The material will culminate to form a complete practice, which may be varied according to individual needs and circumstances, to bring about profound transformation.
Yin Yoga Course with Jacqueline Hargreaves
Nourishing the Energetic Body
5 Sundays 12:50-14:20 - August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Enjoy the feelings of rejuvenation and steadiness that arise from a Yin Yoga practice. In this form of Hatha Yoga, the ancient teachings of India are integrated with the specific subtle body anatomy of the Chinese Meridian Theory. The aim is to actively nourish and harmonize the movement and distribution of chi (life force or prana) and alleviate ill health by eliciting the bodyfs natural healing response. It is a synthesis of eastern knowledge that aims at directly affecting the connective tissue (fascia, joints and ligaments) in the body, so that the health of the associated organs is improved.
Inversions Course with Jason Birch
Diamonds and Pearls of Yoga
4 Wednesdays 18:30-20:00 - August 6, 13, 20, 27
Turn yourself upside down and you turn around the aging process. There is no doubt that inverting the body is one of the most powerful mechanisms within Yoga; stand on your head and the breath becomes subtle, the body, warm and soft, the mind, clear and quiet... and all grey hairs disappear within six months!
Asami Koike
Nada Yoga: Introduction into the Yoga of Sound
July 19-20th, 2008
The voice is one of many mediums which we can use to harness a greater awareness and deeper understanding of ourselves. Our voice closely mirrors our state of being, and our mind frame will also affect the quality, strength and flexibility of our voice. By using the voice correctly, we can release emotions such as frustration, fear and anger. Resonating our voices together has been proven to have amazing healing qualities for stress, speech disorders and depression.
Special Hatha Yoga Basic Course
with YogaJaya Director Patrick Oancia.
5 Wednesdays 18:30-20:00
- July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
In this 5 week course, Patrick will introduce the fundamental aspects of the physical hatha yoga practice to promote well being. Classes will be 90 minutes in length.
Learn through simple but thorough instruction to build a comprehensive but tangible knowledge of the breathing, postures and dynamics.
Course open to complete beginners. Also be of interest to regular yoga enthusiasts as well.
Partcipants attending the course will build the foundations for attending level 1-3, and all level multi style classes at YogaJaya.
Teachings of Swami Sivananda (1887-1963), one of the sages of modern India has been spread across the world by Swami Vishnu Devananda (1927-1993). This pure and deep traditional yoga from India, still continues to be practiced by many to this day. In this workshop, we will go deep into the essence of Sivananda yoga that exceeds that of mere asana.
Geshe Michael Roach & Christie McNally
Japan Tour: Lecture The Yoga of Relationships
The Executive Yogi - How To Be Successful and Happy in the World
June 14th-15th
Geshe Michael Roach and Christie
McNally have written five books \
The Garden, The Diamond Cutter: the
Buddha on Managing Your Business
and Your Life, The Tibetan Book of
Yoga, Essential Yoga Sutra, and How Yoga
Works: Healing Yourself and Others through
Yoga\ with a sixth book soon to be released.
They have translated
dozens of ancient Sanskrit
and Tibetan texts on Buddhism and Yoga
Philosophy, usually working
directly from antique
folios newly discovered in
libraries hidden in the
heart of Asia.
Ashtanga Introduction Course with Noriyuki Tomiyama
4 Wednesdays 18:30-20:00 - June 4, 11, 18, 25
Classes will be 90 minutes in length. The Ashtanga Primary series (half series - led) will be used to explore the techniques and theory discussed in the class. Students are recommended to attend all 4 classes, as the subjects are interconnected and the theory will be built upon week-by-week.
Glenn Ceresoli
Yogamind Iyengar Workshops in Tokyo
Friday 30th May - Sunday 1st June 2008
These Workshops will define essential considerations in the process of practicing Yoga. The workshops will focus on techniques that harness the forces of the body and the mind, which are the means by which we cultivate skill and depth of understanding.
Emil Wendel
Pranayama and Beyond
2008 Tokyo Workshops & Retreat
April 26- May 11, 2008
Emil was born in Switzerland and has been living in Asia since the mid-seventies, studying Sanskrit and Indian Dharma on the Subcontinent, as well as Chinese Philosophy and Taoism in East Asia. He is presently conducting courses for teacher training programs of Yoga Arts of Australia and Purple Valley of India in pranayama, guided meditation and yoga philosophy, the latter a series of lectures encompassing the known history, the different disciplines and traditions, and the personalities and masters of Yoga.
When not in Nepal and India practicing, teaching, and researching, Emil is holding his own workshops and retreats in Europe, as well as in Bali, Singapore, Thailand, Australia and Japan. Emil E. Wendel teaches a merging of asanas (physical yoga), pranayama (breathing techniques) and dhyana (meditation), to develop and deepen yoga practice.
Emil Wendel Mountain Retreat April 26-30, 2008 Unwind and relax with Emil Wendel in this 5 day intensive yoga retreat!
Emil Wendel Morning Pranayama/Meditation May 3-9, 2008 Every morning 07:00-08:30 Intensive Pranayama & Guided Meditation every morning!
Emil Wendel Weekend Workshop May 10-11, 2008 Both days 07:00-16:30 Intensive weekend workshop on Pranayama, Meditation, Asana and Kriya
YogaJaya International Intensive Teacher Training
(Yoga Alliance 200hr) February 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 23, 24,
March 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16.
October 12, 13, 18, 19, 25, 26,
November 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, 16
The YogaJaya TT has outsourced sections to various recognized yoga facilitators experienced in self-inquiry, self-analysis, yoga philosophy, and contemporary cross-cultural ethics.
YogaJaya believes that to become a good teacher, it is most important to study oneself and allow flexibility in welcoming change through a compassionate approach. The YogaJaya TT is set up to be an ideal platform for this transformation.
Key Topics
In-depth Study Of Multiple Modern Hatha Yoga Traditions Classical and Modern Yoga Philosophy/Ethics and Lifestyle Body Movement (Techniques, Teaching, Methodology, Practical Application) Self Inquiry Anatomy and Physiology Foundation principles of Ayurveda Sustainable Ethics (Study of ecological and social issues which relate to the world and how to integrate our knowledge) Yoga and Career
Training Faculty
Patrick Oancia (YogaJaya) / Edward Clark (Tripsichore)/ Yuiko Yasuda (Namaste Yoga Shala Shanghai) / Iva Drtina-Hall (YogaJaya) / Chris Kummer (Yoga Arts/Kindayoga) / Koko (Junko) Niwa (Japangreen.tv) / Dave Dobson (Hikari) / Lisa Booth (YogaJaya)
Edward Clark
Tripsichore Choreographic Workshops in Tokyo: FINDING THE BEAUTY IN POSTURES
Tuesday 11th March - Thursday 13th March 2008
Tripsichore's Artistic Director, Edward Clark will share some of the secrets of their technique at this Tokyo workshop. Sequestered in their studio in London, the company has worked daily for the past 15 years to devise and refine yoga techniques of asana, pranayama, pratayahara, dharana, and dhyana.making excursions out to perform their creations to audiences worldwide. Until now, their techniques have only been taught to a very few.
