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January 9th and 10th 2021_Kurobe-shi, Toyama-Host Town Initiative
Project for Tokyo 2020: Japan-India Cultural Relations through YOGA:
Combining TIAS Yoga Social Innovation Project with TYfA

2-DAY YOGA Workshop in Kurobe-shi (and Meeting for Host Town Initiative-India)
BACKGROUND
Note 1: Prof. Randeep Rakwal (TIAS) was instrumental in coordinating the cooperation between Kurobe-city and the Archery Federationof India and Sports Authority of India (SAI) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS, Government of India) upon the request of aTIAS student (4th Batch, and Deputy Director of SAI, Mr. Dhandapani Chokkaian) and resulted in the MoU between them for pre-Games inOctober 2019. This has resulted in planning programs between Kurobe-city and India, and which were almost halted in 2020 due to theCovid-19 pandemic, but finally could be held under various themes including with Embassy of India in Tokyo and Prof. Rakwal at TIAS,
University of Tsukuba involving YOGA for body and mind.

Note 2: YOGA WORKSHOPS and involvement of TIAS.
Kurobe City has been registered as a Host-Town for India for the Tokyo 2020 Games. So why not practice yoga that has been handed downfrom ancient times in India? Look at yourself, free yourself from stressful society, and discover a new self and a new life with yoga, such as
mental and physical health! We look forward to your participation.
東京 2020 オリンピックに向けて黒部市はインドのホストタウンに登録されました。そこでインドで古くから伝わるヨーガを実践してみませんか？自分をみつめ、ストレス社会からの開放、心と体の健康などヨーガで新しい自分と新しい生活を発見しましょう！ みなさんの参加をお待ちしております。
1st : December 2020 the 1st ONLINE YOGA WORKSHOPS were successfully conducted for residents of Kurobe, online streaming through
ZOOM from GSI building (TIAS), as part of 2020 planning for Japan-India relations before arrival of the Indian Archery Team for preGames training CAMP for Tokyo 2020.
2nd : January 2021- Yoga Workshops in Kurobe-city was held for residents in the Town Hall (both live and hybrid (zoom and YouTuberecordings) workshop due to unprecedented snowfall in West Japan); CONTACT person and Coordinator for Kurobe-city for thisproject: Haruna Terada –寺田 春菜 黒部市教育委員会事務局 スポーツ課 主任

WORKSHOP DAY 1: Jan 9th (afternoon session)
Title-

5 つのヨーガの基本を理解する
Understand the Basics of the Five Yogas= https://youtu.be/hWofQnY67Ow

WORKSHOP DAY 2: Jan 10th (morning session)
Title-

こんな時どうする。ヨーガを活かす
Leverage Yoga for Life= https://youtu.be/ri54MyKDijA

Despite the unprecedented weather and extreme snowfall conditions, the Yoga workshop was carried out atthe KUROBE CITY HALL as planned (few months before in the autumn of 2020 under the Host Town
Initiative). Coordinated by Prof. Rakwal on the TOPICS (as indicated above) to be covered and theprocess of the workshop, and the instructions was through Yoga Master (and also Guest Teacher at UTand TIAS Social Innovation projects) Genboku Takahashi, we started DAY 1 with the OPENING
LECTURE and PRACTICE of the BREATHING TECHNIQUES, ASANAS, and MEDITATION. A
Q & A session followed each workshop; the participating members asked question on various
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aspects of Yoga practice. On the spot/day modification in the process of the workshop was made dueto inability of many people not reaching the venue site at the city hall, due to heavy snowfall.
The presence of 3 participants from the city hall made up for the live audience (participants in theseminar room) and the ZOOM meeting function was utilized to perform an online version for theother participants. Additionally, the recordings were converted on the same day and the following
day and made into YouTube versions, as public videos and handed over to the Kurobe City
coordinator, for upload on the CITY HALL website and transfer to all participants. Thus, the 2 days
mission as successfully accomplished with the efforts of all concerned, especially Kurobe city SPORTS
DIVISION Staff.
Additionally, discussions were also held between Prof. Rakwal and Sports Division Hashimoto san, forfurther cooperation on Yoga and importantly on the rescheduling of the 2021 pre-Games training
camps and protocols for welcoming the Indian Athletes in the summer, and further cooperation withTIAS and TIAS 2.0 through University of Tsukuba, and importantly beyond Tokyo 2020.

Day 1 = Jan 9th : Kurobe-shi TOWN HALL (Large Seminar Room)
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Day 2 = Jan 10th : Kurobe-shi TOWN HALL (Large Seminar Room)Thank you KUROBE CITY, Toyama prefecture, city staffs (especially Hashimoto san who made sure
we were safely transported to the city hall and hotel from the station and back, for the 2 days; and Haruna
san and Nishimura san for preparing the workshop hall with proper precautions against Covid-19)
and Yoga Master Genboku Takahashi sensei; we continue the cooperation with continuous
engagement with Kurobe city and TIAS, TAIIKU and TIAS 2.0, University of Tsukuba. Thank you
TIAS, JSA and UT for the permission’s and funding for Prof. Rakwal.

2021.01.12
Dr. Randeep RAKWAL, Ph.D.
Professor,
Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences
TIAS - Global Sport Innovation Bldg., Room 403, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA,
1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8574, Japan
Email - plantproteomics@gmail.com - rakwal.randeep.fu@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (office)
Mobile – (+81) 090-1853-7875 / Office phone – (+81)029-853-2681
Website: http://tias.tsukuba.ac.jp / http://www.trios.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/researcher/0000003045
LINKS:
http://tias.tsukuba.ac.jp/
https://www.city.kurobe.toyama.jp.e.cd.hp.transer.com/top.aspx
https://www.city.kurobe.toyama.jp.e.cd.hp.transer.com/category/menu.aspx?ctgcd=219
https://www.instagram.com/hosttown_india_kurobe/?r=nametag
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