KEN HARAKUMA is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance, which acknowledges the completion of a yoga teacher training with a Registered Yoga School (RYS).
Certifications.
Nippon University - Bachelor of Social Sciences in Sociology
Thai Massage -Wat Po Temple, Bangkok, Thailand
Iyengar yoga certification with BKS Iyenger.
Ashtanga Yoga certifidation with Sri K Pattabhi Jois
Biography
Ten years of annual trips to Mysore, India to study directly with Pattabhi Jois, from 1998. The learning trips were for 2- 3 months each time. Ken is listed in the Ashtanga.com website: http://ashtanga.com/html/asia.html Ken Harakuma Ashtanga Yoga Japan (International Yoga Center) 5-47-3 Jingumae Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 Japan
ken@ashtanga.jp
www.ashtanga.jp
Ken is the first Japanese teacher authorized by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois to teach the Ashtanga Vinyasa method. He supervised the translation (into Japanese) of Surya Namaskar, Yoga Mala by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Ashtanga Yoga by Lino Miele and wrote “The Spirit of Ashtanga Yoga” (in Japanese).
Educational Categories
Techniques, Training and Practice (TTP), Teaching Methodology (TM), Anatomy & Physiology (AP), Yoga Philosophy/LifeStyle Ethics (YPLE), Practicum