YOGASCAPES IN JAPAN
  • Home
    • The Basic Idea
    • The Nerdy Overview of the Project
    • The Project's Origins
    • Yogascapes Conference 1.0 2018 >
      • Introduction
      • Podcast
      • Registration
      • Conference Payment Options
      • Location, Accommodation, and Transport
      • Conference Schedule and Information Booklet
      • Conference Feedback Form
    • About
    • Contact
    • Donate
    • Merchandise
  • Conference 2019 - CfP
    • LIVE Feed for Conference Events
    • Yoga Alliance QnA side events
    • Presenter Registration
    • Audience Registration
    • Venue Information, Location, Schedule, Visas, and Airports
    • More Information about the Theme
  • The Next Project #YiJ2
  • ARTICLES AND FILMS
    • Yoga in Japan Films
    • Yoga-related Articles
    • Academia
    • Medium
    • Urban Dictionary
    • Lectures >
      • RINDAS PRESENTATION >
        • RINDAS PRESENTATION LIVE FEED
      • Sun Salutations
      • AJJ Conference Presentation
    • Yoga and the Body, Past and Present: A Symposium
  • Side Projects
    • Imagining Sanskrit Land: Films & Articles
    • Autobiography of Bhogi
    • The Grammar of Yoga
    • Yoga Survey >
      • Survey - English
      • Survey - Japanese
    • Yoga Maps
    • Sanskrit Maps
    • Data and Statistics
    • Trans-Asian Buddhist Circuit Map
  • Interviews
    • Our New Yoga Buddies
  • Social Media
    • Yogascapes in Japan Blog
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • Photography and Videos
  • Other Yoga-related research projects
  • New Page
  • Home
    • The Basic Idea
    • The Nerdy Overview of the Project
    • The Project's Origins
    • Yogascapes Conference 1.0 2018 >
      • Introduction
      • Podcast
      • Registration
      • Conference Payment Options
      • Location, Accommodation, and Transport
      • Conference Schedule and Information Booklet
      • Conference Feedback Form
    • About
    • Contact
    • Donate
    • Merchandise
  • Conference 2019 - CfP
    • LIVE Feed for Conference Events
    • Yoga Alliance QnA side events
    • Presenter Registration
    • Audience Registration
    • Venue Information, Location, Schedule, Visas, and Airports
    • More Information about the Theme
  • The Next Project #YiJ2
  • ARTICLES AND FILMS
    • Yoga in Japan Films
    • Yoga-related Articles
    • Academia
    • Medium
    • Urban Dictionary
    • Lectures >
      • RINDAS PRESENTATION >
        • RINDAS PRESENTATION LIVE FEED
      • Sun Salutations
      • AJJ Conference Presentation
    • Yoga and the Body, Past and Present: A Symposium
  • Side Projects
    • Imagining Sanskrit Land: Films & Articles
    • Autobiography of Bhogi
    • The Grammar of Yoga
    • Yoga Survey >
      • Survey - English
      • Survey - Japanese
    • Yoga Maps
    • Sanskrit Maps
    • Data and Statistics
    • Trans-Asian Buddhist Circuit Map
  • Interviews
    • Our New Yoga Buddies
  • Social Media
    • Yogascapes in Japan Blog
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • Photography and Videos
  • Other Yoga-related research projects
  • New Page
Search by typing & pressing enter

YOUR CART

    日本のヨガスケープのブログ
​    Yogascapes in Japan Blog

RSS Feed

23/2/2018 0 Comments

寺ヨガ — tera 寺 yoga ヨガ = Temple Yoga in KYOTO

There is an interesting picture developing about temple yoga in Japan. Have a read of this short 6-min article I just published. 
0 Comments

23/2/2018 0 Comments

Naked Yoga in Kyoto: Perspectives on Postures, Pollution and Pilgrimage

Here are some thoughts of mine on moving to Japan, yoga and tourism that I just published on Medium (14 min read).
0 Comments

21/2/2018 0 Comments

sakura yoga festival, OSAKA, JAPAN

In late March, there is going to be a yoga festival amongst the cherry blossoms in Nishinomaru garden at Osaka Castle Park that surround the Osaka Castle. The event is run by a larger event management company (BOOST) that organises many types of sporting and cultural events. Here is the link to the website about the event, which is an all-women event. It is the first year it will be held, and the organisers tell me that they hope to get at least 500 people, but have a capacity of 1000. 
Picture
0 Comments

17/2/2018 0 Comments

Changing the narrative

How do any of the yoga poses in this article burn fat?


http://www.timesnownews.com/amp/health/article/weight-loss-five-best-yoga-poses-to-slim-down-your-thighs-and-tummy-how-to-to-these-asanas/199012


I wonder what we do here? We have the Indian media putting out unsupported health claims about the potential benefits of Bhujangasana, etc as ways to burn fat. This is not based on any science.

Is this just the anti-national leftist media making post truth claims? Is it the right wing media creating some imagined narrative? Is it the fault of western values and media that has polluted values around the idea of traditional yoga as a body focused regime, which is a commercial and cultural imposition from the new-colonial powers?

I guess the question goes beyond blaming someone.

Instead, we should be focusing on how to change this absurd narrative.
0 Comments

16/2/2018 0 Comments

Yoshiaki Takemuta, prof of cultural anthropology.

Today, we got to meet Yoshiaki Takemuta, prof of cultural anthropology and yoga teacher. We met him at his office at Minpaku, which is the national museum of ethnology. After a lengthy chat about all the things, we ended taking the chat to a cozy bar, where the conversation about yoga, India, Japan, Cambodia, Australia, and the anthropology and politics of everything in between, could have gone on into the wee hours. However, the 60 min train trip back to kyoto cut short our nomikai. Look forward to next time.
Picture
0 Comments

16/2/2018 0 Comments

Enroute to osaka

We are currently heading to osaka today to meet some yoga teachers, first stop is spirit yoga http://www.spirityogastudio.com/

0 Comments

16/2/2018 0 Comments

bilingual website

i've added a Japanese introduction to the #yogascapesinjapan website - the plan is to have as much of the website in Japanese as well, and not have visitors rely on google translate to mess it up - u might want to turn off auto-translate.
0 Comments

14/2/2018 0 Comments

where is the yoga journal japan ?

Picture
It's interesting what space yoga holds in japan - for instance - in the 7-11 in the inner north of kyoto i stepped into to get a can of highball for the ride home after a Tri Yoga class at Tamisa Yoga - while its just 1 magazine amongst many - the spatial relationship and context is worth taking note of - what is its position within the constellation of popular culture? It's not next to the manga and heteropatriarchal porn section - but it is closer to the men's section than the sports section. Basically, the Yoga Journal Japan is located amongst women's fashion and lifestyle mags.

What is also interesting is that this magazine is not found at every 7-11 store. I'm starting to keep a log of where I find it. As it's presence would suggest that there are yogis lurking in these neighbourhoods. 


If you see one stacked on a shelf. Be sure to take a photo and screen shot of the location. You can upload it to Yogascapes in Japan Facebook page. 
Picture
0 Comments

12/2/2018 0 Comments

yoga conference online 16-18 feb 2018

You might like to consider signing up to this free online yoga course that is happening this weekend - 

Join 12 Celebrated Scholars & Teachers in 3 Days of Workshops
as they explore the latest research into the origins of hatha yoga and the implications for contemporary practice.
http://embodiedphilosophy.courses/yogareconsidered or https://www.facebook.com/events/672248729830660/
0 Comments

9/2/2018 0 Comments

Aum + sarin

The other day, I was fumbling my way through the hallway of an unfamiliar building at Kyodai, a kind man stopped to ask me where I was trying to go. We had a quick chat, exchanged meishi, and decided to stay in contact. I was just looking on Iseda san's website, and found this article - "Japanese society and a religious cult -- the case of the poison gas attack in Tokyo subways" Oct. 1996. - It is about religion and cults in Japan - this is interesting, because the aum shrinrikyo cult members who were found guilty of the 1995 sarin Tokyo attack, are about to start being executed - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/21/national/crime-legal/aum-trials-asahara-accomplices-can-finally-hanged/#.Wn1InpP1VTY - this apparently had a big impact on the nation's acceptance and perception of yoga, and there was a 'new age of yoga' around 2005, according to some of the yoga teachers I've spoken with recently. 
0 Comments
<<Previous

    Categories

    All

    Archives

    November 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.