Welcome to Episode #69 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! My conversation with Sachiko Kawabata, a yoga teacher from Japan, was so inspiring as she shared with us her unique perspective on and understanding of yoga. I hope that this conversation made you curious about the relationship between yoga and Taoism, and the yoga synchronicities that happened all over the world in history. If you’re looking to tune into a podcast episode that is all about yoga for the spirit then this is the conversation for you. Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/wildyogatribe Tell me more about Sachiko Kawabata Sachiko Kawabata is a yoga teacher from Japan who practices Balinese massage, aromatherapy, macrobiotic nutrition, Chinese medicine, and yoga. She used to have her own studio as a therapist and supported women in search of a new lifestyle based on women’s health and beauty – all rooted in ancient wisdom. Sachiko feels that the roots of her soul are in the Asian culture. She leads Yin Yoga Japan across all of Japan as a Yin Yoga and Qigong teacher. Her approach is a challenging teaching style that combines both ancient Chinese wisdom and the latest Fascia research from Sports Science. She is convinced that the way we create, use, and store energy with Yin Yoga offers many answers to the questions that she has long been searching for. She has been teaching yoga for over 15 years. For the skimmers - What’s in the yoga in Japan episode? The relationship between Taoism and Yoga Yoga synchronicities all over the world Chi is energy, similar to Prana and meridians similar to nadis Yoga is for the spirit Yoga can’t get rid of all ego, but you can get to know the ego inside you Favorite Quote From Sachiko Kawabata “Taoism has a surprising amount in common with Hatha yoga. In fact, as a Japanese person, I can easily understand Chinese philosophy, which is based on a common culture and Indian philosophy. I think many people believe that yoga happened only in India. Yoga did not originate only in India. Around the time yoga was born, synchronicities were happening all over the world at the same. Especially in China, there are many common items such as chi. Chi is energy, by the way. So Chi is similar to prana, meridians are similar to nadis.” Connect with Sachiko Kawabata https://www.yinyogajapan.com https://www.facebook.com/yinyogajapan/ https://www.instagram.com/yinyogajapan https://vimeo.com/yinyogajapan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbOvCM4TZoKSpaMY1Iw8O0w/featured Want more? Head on over to my website https://wildyogatribe.com/thepodcast/ Everything you need is just one click away! Check out all the resources here: https://linktr.ee/wildyogatribe Questions? Comments? Let's get social! https://www.instagram.com/wildyogatribe/ https://www.tiktok.com/@wildyogatribe https://www.facebook.com/wildyogatribe https://twitter.com/wildyogatribe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wildyogatribe/message