I have read and summarised one of Masahiro Oki’s articles titled “Practice ‘love with reverence’. That is human value.” It was written in his Japanese monthly magazine ‘Yoga’ issued in March 1968. Two native English-speakers, Michael Cullinworth and Hiroyuki Mori, assisted me by correcting and polishing up my English translation.… Read more
This is the final part of my summary of Masahiro Oki’s article ‘Principles for Living a Healthy Life’, which was written in his Japanese monthly magazine ‘Yoga’ issued in December 1967. Two native English-speakers, Junko Furugori and Hiroyuki Mori, assisted me by correcting and polishing up my English translation.… Read more
This is the second part of my summary of Masahiro Oki’s article ‘Principles for Living a Healthy Life’, which was written in his Japanese monthly magazine ‘Yoga’ issued in December 1967. Two native English-speakers, Junko Furugori and Hiroyuki Mori, assisted me by correcting and polishing up my English translation.… Read more
I have read and summarised one of Masahiro Oki’s articles titled ‘Principles for Living a Healthy Life’ which was written in his Japanese monthly magazine ‘Yoga’ issued in December 1967. As it is a long article, I will post it in three parts.… Read more
I read one of Masahiro Oki’s articles titled ‘Let’s Enhance Sensibility’ which had been written in his monthly magazine ‘Yoga’ issued in March 1968. He wrote about the different roles of sensibility and intelligence and that it is important for humans to enhance both.… Read more
On 8th November 2020 (Oki-sensei’s 101st birthday), at the site of Oki Yoga Shūdōjō, Mishima, Japan, was held a ceremony to unveil the stone monument. After that, a gathering party was held at Mishima Plaza Hotel. About 40-50 people attended both or either events.… Read more
Today is Oki-sensei’s birthday. At the site of his Dojo in Mishima, Japan, is now taking place a ceremony for unveiling the monumental natural stone. The site is transformed a small park. I will report about it soon. Not being able to join it from abroad, I am posting this to celebrate it.… Read more
Oki-sensei gave many lectures on meditation in Japanese. Listening to three of them (1982.05.16, 1983.05.01 and 1983.08.11), I have picked up the following 12 points and translated into English. These points, combined with other topics or examples, were talked in various orders in different lectures.… Read more
The building of Okido Yoga Dojo in Mishima, near Mt. Fuji, was demolished around 2010 due to deterioration. As the result of subsequent researches and discussions, it was decided to donate the land to Mishima City to make it a park, and to put a memorial stone (photo) at one spot of the park.… Read more
Many similar videos can be found on Youtube, but I just want you to look at this one below introduced in a course I attended – ‘Bones For Life’ founded by Ruthy Alon. Looking at this video, I would like to express some thoughts about Hara and the natural body, which can be approached from awareness of the body’s central axis.… Read more