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Yogini — Nov 2016 — Yoga lineage chart: Patrick connected to Dharma Mittra + Sharon Gannon/David Life

Created 2026-05-13
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Publication: Yogini Issue: Nov 2016 (filename 2016_11_Yogini_Article.pdf) Language: Japanese NAS path: 2016/2016_11_Yogini_Article.pdf Format: Yoga lineage chart / infographic feature

Summary

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A yoga lineage chart published in Yogini, mapping the transmission lines of notable yoga teachers. Patrick Oancia appears with lineage connections to:

  • Dharma Mittra — New York-based teacher, master of advanced asana and a key figure in 20th-century yoga transmission; known for the 908 Asanas poster
  • Sharon Gannon and David Life — founders of Jivamukti Yoga, New York

Patrick’s title in the chart includes:

「ヨガジャヤ・ベースワークス・ヨガパステル創始者」

(Founder of YogaJaya, Baseworks, and Yoga Pastel)

Key Facts

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  • Lineage: Dharma Mittra and Jivamukti (Gannon/Life) — confirms the two major New York-based lineage threads that shaped Patrick’s practice; neither had been explicitly named in prior archive articles
  • YogaJaya + Baseworks + Yoga Pastel — three institutions named together in Patrick’s title; this is the first archive mention of Yoga Pastel as a named entity connected to Patrick
  • 創始者 (Founder) across all three — consistent with J99’s title shift to founder rather than director
  • Last Yogini appearance in the archive — J100 is the final entry in the 2004–2017 archive
  • Lineage chart format — Yogini’s editorial decision to include Patrick in a lineage feature alongside internationally recognized teachers confirms his standing as a bridge figure between the New York yoga world and the Japanese yoga scene

Lineage Context

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The Dharma Mittra and Jivamukti connections explain elements of Patrick’s teaching that appear in earlier archive articles:

  • The emphasis on asana precision and the body as a vehicle for consciousness (Dharma Mittra thread)
  • The integration of yoga philosophy, ethics, and urban lifestyle (Jivamukti thread)
  • Both lineages are New York-rooted; Patrick studied there before establishing YogaJaya in Tokyo
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Full Text & Translation

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Transcribed from PDF scan at 150 DPI. Double-page spread infographic genealogy chart. Text within chart nodes is very small. The overall structure and major names are legible; individual node descriptions are not.

原文（日本語）

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〔見出し〕ヨガのパトンをつなぐ系譜 （亡くなった先生に受け継いだ、ヨガの系譜チャート）

〔系譜チャート — 上位レベル（主要名）〕

  • B.K.S. パタビジョイス（頂点）
  • T. クリシュナマチャリヤ[?]
  • B.K.S. アイアンガー
  • [各ブランチに日本人ヨガ教師名が多数記載 — 小文字で判読困難]

〔右側テキストコラム〕 [判読困難 — チャートの説明と補足]

〔チャート内の主要ラインから判読できる名前〕 阿部敬子、青木博美、押正章、国枝、Makaku[?]、清野悟[?]、藤野悟[?] B.K.S. クリパルヨガ、moka[?]

〔ページ番号〕Yogini 〔号数〕

English Translation

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[Heading] The Lineage That Connects Yoga’s Baton (A yoga lineage chart, inherited from teachers who have passed)

[Lineage chart — top-level names]

  • B.K.S. Pattabhi Jois (apex)
  • T. Krishnamacharya[?]
  • B.K.S. Iyengar
  • [Many Japanese yoga teacher names in individual branch nodes — too small to transcribe reliably]

[Right column text] [Illegible — chart explanation and supplementary notes]

[Legible names from major chart lines] Abe Keiko, Aoki Hiromi, Oshi Masaaki, Kunieda, Makaku[?], Seino Satoru[?], Fujino Satoru[?] Kripalu Yoga, moka[?]

[Page number] Yogini [issue number]