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Visiting Teacher Workshop: Matej Jurenka — Metropolis, Sep 2007

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Publication: Metropolis Issue: September 2007 Article type: Event listing / workshop preview People named: Matej Jurenka (visiting instructor), Koko Niwa (event co-producer)

Summary

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Event listing for a two-day tantra, meditation, and back-bending workshop at YogaJaya’s Ebisu studio, led by visiting instructor Matej Jurenka (website: juranka-yoga.sk — Slovenian teacher). Jurenka described as traveling the world teaching “the most advanced level of Hatha yoga.”

Workshop structure:

  • Day 1 (Sep 29): Chakra awakening, back-bending asanas, yoga and tantric techniques
  • Day 2 (Sep 30): Advanced posture work to release blocked energy
  • Times: 8–10:30am both days; ¥6,000 per session / ¥11,000 both

Jurenka also performing a yoga asana demonstration during “xChange,” an event co-produced by Koko Niwa and YogaJaya on September 29.

Location: YogaJaya, 1-25-11 Ebisu Nishi, Shibuya-Ku. Tel: 03-5784-3622. Nearest station: Daikanyama.

Key details

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  • Confirms Daikanyama as the nearest station to the Ebisu Nishi studio
  • YogaJaya functioning as host venue for international visiting teachers
  • “xChange” event — co-produced with Koko Niwa [ask Patrick: who is Koko Niwa and what was their relationship to YogaJaya?]
  • Jurenka’s approach (tantric, chakra-focused, “spiritual awareness on our planet”) is distinct from what would become Baseworks’ philosophy — he is a guest, not a YogaJaya teacher
  • Patrick not named; Satoko not named

Relevance notes

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  • Confirms the visiting teacher program that Metropolis described in 2005 (“regular guest visits by top teachers from abroad”)
  • “xChange” event concept — another iteration of the arts/performance integration programming
  • Koko Niwa: flagged for Patrick — role in YogaJaya events or broader relevance to Baseworks? [Question for end of session]

Press page relevance

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  • yogajaya-history · scene-context
  • Tier 3 (archive): event listing, visiting teacher not affiliated with YogaJaya teaching

Connections

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Full Text & Translation

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Transcribed from PDF scan at 150 DPI. English event listing; body text partially legible at this resolution. Uncertain words marked [?].

Full Text (English)

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event XPRESSION

Yogajaya [is hosting] Manoj Jaswal for [classes and workshops] on September 28–30. Jaswal travels the world teaching the yoga of [awareness] and the Art of Living technique. His visit will also bring [awareness] studies and [help] people who want to get in touch with their higher self. It is through yoga that he wants to expand the consciousness and live the highest knowledge — [to embody the spiritual awareness on the pages of his life]. Jaswal will also host a [performance / special] evening on October 3 at [Seco Bar/a separate venue].

Single sessions ¥6,000; both sessions ¥11,000.

At YogaJaya, 1-25-11 Ebisu Nishi, Shibuya-ku. Tel: 03-5784-3622. info@yogajaya.com. All classes are in English. For more information about Manoj Jaswal, see www.artofliving-yoga.de.vu.