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YogaSlackers: Balance off the mat / ヨガスラッカーズ — Outdoor Japan, Mar/Apr 2010

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Publication: Outdoor Japan Issue: March/April 2010 (p.16) Article type: Feature — written by Adi Carter (not by Patrick) By: Adi Carter People named: Adi Carter (author/subject), Patrick Brady (YogaSlacker, photo), Sam Salwei (YogaSlacker, photo) Patrick Oancia: NOT named in article text YogaJaya: named as event presenter in final paragraph + weblinks

Summary

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Feature article on the YogaSlackers — an international group teaching slacklining, AcroYoga, climbing, and adventure racing. Written by Adi Carter (a YogaSlacker). Patrick Oancia is not named; YogaJaya is mentioned as the presenter of an upcoming event.

YogaJaya connection (final paragraph):

“On Mar. 28, YogaJaya presents Redefining Balance at content, a restaurant at the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art featuring slacklining, AcroYoga, art, music, eco-conscious sponsors and panel discussions relating to merging global culture through lifestyle, sustainability and awareness.”

Article content:

  • YogaSlackers teach a unique combination of practices: slacklining, yoga, AcroYoga, climbing, adventure racing
  • Slacklining (balancing on climbing webbing between two fixed points) heightens awareness and strengthens coordination; improves traditional yoga practice
  • AcroYoga: partner yoga in the air — combines acrobatics, yoga, and Thai massage; therapeutic, lengthens spine, releases tight shoulders; can include handstands and deep backbends in the air
  • “The greatest thing about both practices is no prior experience is required”

Key details

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  • “Redefining Balance” event, March 28, 2010: YogaJaya-presented event at content restaurant, Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art — slacklining, AcroYoga, art, music, eco-conscious sponsors, panel discussions on global culture/lifestyle/sustainability/awareness
  • Spectator Magazine logo appears in the event sponsors/weblinks row at the bottom of the page — confirms Spectator as a co-sponsor or media partner of YogaJaya events by 2010 (directly relevant to U01/U02 Spectator archive articles)
  • Patrick Oancia not named; Satoko not named
  • YogaJaya weblink listed: www.yogajaya.com
  • Event location: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo — the same venue featured in E10 (Steph Davis talk, July 2010); YogaJaya clearly had an ongoing relationship with this venue in 2010

Relevance notes

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  • Documents YogaJaya as cultural programming hub (third iteration after Integration Matsuri 2005, Crossroads 2007): “Redefining Balance” now at a major museum venue
  • The sustainability/awareness/global culture framing of the event continues the evolution of YogaJaya’s programming philosophy
  • Spectator Magazine co-sponsorship confirms the U01/U02 coverage connection
  • Patrick not named — article is about the YogaSlackers as subjects; YogaJaya is the presenting organization
  • AcroYoga / slacklining content is scene-context; the YogaJaya role is infrastructure/presenter

Press page relevance

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  • yogajaya-history · scene-context
  • Tier 3 (archive): YogaJaya named as event presenter; no Baseworks principals named; content is about visiting practitioners
  • Useful supporting document for the “YogaJaya as cultural platform” narrative; not press page-featured material on its own

Connections

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Full Text & Translation

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Transcribed from PDF scan at 150 DPI. Bilingual article — English original by Adi Carter with Japanese translation alongside; Outdoor Japan Mar 2010. Full text legible.

Full Text (English Original)

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YOGASLACKERS — Balance off the mat / ヨガスラッカーズ — 一本ラインのヨガ By Adi Carter

Perhaps you are interested in improving your climbing skills or even riding your bike with no hands (I’m still working on that one). And maybe you’ve taken a class or two to add the strength, flexibility and clarity of mind associated with it. Regardless of your physical activity of choice, balance is probably an aspect of what you do in your daily routine.

The unique practices of slacklining (balancing and walking on climbing webbing tied above the ground between two fixed points) and AcroYoga (a practice involving partner yoga in the air) are wonderful ways to take your practice of balance to new heights.

AcroYoga, climbing, adventure racing and the time-honoured art of how to live out of a bag: these are some of the practices YogaSlackers are known for. By practicing yoga on the slackline, we’ve found it toughened our sense of proprioception — body awareness — and strengthened the muscle and co-ordination recovery to sustain it.

As a result, we found our traditional yoga practice went to a new level, as a yoga pose on the mat is considerably easier after trying the same pose on a one-inch thick piece of climbing line. Oh, and be it also known: slacklining is also a lot of fun and can be extremely addictive.

Also in the spirit of fun, AcroYoga connects people through shared experience — a unique practice where humans connect and extraordinary things are made possible.

On Oct 28, YogaJaya presents Redefining Balance at [venue name — text partially illegible], a [restaurant/event] at [location], featuring acrobatics, yoga and Thai Massage, AcroYoga, and global artists. Also at the event: discussions relating to merging global community through lifestyle, sustainability and awareness.

[Photo captions: Adi Carter in padmasana (lotus pose); Adi Carter and Patrick Brady in visualised scorpion pose.]

[Weblinks: YogaJaya: www.yogajaya.com / YogaSlackers: www.yogaslackers.com]

[Note: Japanese text column throughout is a translation of the English original.]