As our time to look at the computer screen increases, we are advised to take our eyes off the screen and look into the distance regularly. Similarly, while we work at the desk for a long time in the same position, our body needs exercises to balance the way we use our body.… Read more
Category Archives: Practice
Six sets of acupoints for the eyes
‘Daily Life Yoga’, one of Masahiro Oki’s Japanese books, is being translated for future publication. Here is a part of it, which introduces acupressure to six sets of acupoints for the eyes. It can be easily done wherever.
Muscles around our eyes become tense and tired when we look at a fixed object long.… Read more
‘Yogic Diet’ described by Masahiro Oki – 3
This continues from ‘Yogic Diet’ described by Masahiro Oki – 2, being a part of translation of one of Masahiro Oki’s Japanese books, which introduces ‘Daily Life Yoga‘. This part is in the fifth chapter ‘Yoga in Your Home‘.… Read more
‘Yogic Diet’ described by Masahiro Oki – 2
This continues from ‘Yogic Diet’ described by Masahiro Oki – 1, being a part of translation of one of Masahiro Oki’s Japanese books, which introduces ‘Daily Life Yoga‘. This part is in the first chapter ‘How to Control Our Mind and Body through Yoga‘.… Read more
‘Yogic Diet’ described by Masahiro Oki – 1
It has been 10 months since the last blog article was posted. I was busy with translation of one of Masahiro Oki’s Japanese books, being assisted by Junko Furugori, Michael Cullingworth and Hiroyuki Mori. The book introduces ‘Daily Life Yoga‘.… Read more
A Way to Self-Control
I posted ‘What is a ‘Religious’ Way of Life? – Part1 of 3‘ on 2021.06.16. Item 11 in there says as follows: In order to have a human mind and body and live a human life, we must be aware of our special ability and cultivate it.… Read more
Training Hara, Centre of Gravity
Approaching from the vertical central axis
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
Bearing Points when you practise 20-minute exercises on floor
How effective these exercises are is not measured by appearance; that somebody bends a lot and another looks stiff. Some people are naturally suppler than others. However, in a supple person, suppleness could be only in the partial body, not in the whole.… Read more
Effects of Online Lessons
So far I have been receiving very good feedbacks, and so I think the attendees have been receiving benefits on physical aspects. Readers, please put your comments as you wish. Here in this post, I describe my own feedback about ‘Effects in mind occurring through Online Lessons’.… Read more
Change Your Perspectives
I have picked up some more words from Oki-sensei’s Japanese lecture given on 1978.9.29, as follow:
“ I think that all methods to lead us to saving, enlightening, restoring health or making wishes true are concluded only as one way. It is that we search, devise and make efforts to practise a way of living to make our innate life force happy.… Read more