[Body] Tomomi Ishimura's Zero-Training Yoga x Pelvic Diagnosis: Tips for Reclaiming Yourself with Open-Air Yoga

Moving my body is my greatest joy right now

Lately, I find my own body absolutely fascinating.

Yoga. Pilates. I've decided to commit to three months out of the year. Every year, from May to July. For three years, I've lived a life obsessed with those two things. Pelvis, pelvis, and more pelvis. The word spins around in my head as if it were a mantra.

I never imagined that moving my body would be such a "continuous series of discoveries." To be honest, a little while ago, I couldn't have imagined a time when I would be this interested in my own inner self.

But now, this is definitely that time. I've decided to simply accept that this is the wave I'm riding.

I signed up almost entirely on intuition.

It all started with Voicy, which I listen to often.

I heard an announcement that Natsuko Shiraki's jewelry brand, HASUNA, would be hosting an event in a wonderful location in Yokosuka City. It was a packed schedule over the weekend, including talk events, drawing classes, and yoga.

It was an event featuring many Voicy personalities, and honestly, all of them were appealing. But after much deliberation, I chose the yoga class with pelvic diagnosis by Tomomi Ishimura, who is famous for Zero-Training.

"For me right now, it has to be my body."

Once I thought that, it was enough. Intuition is something that, surprisingly, often makes you realize later that it was the "right answer."

A time when my body's voice was listened to with care.

Ms. Ishimura was exactly as she sounded on her broadcasts. She was genuine, carefree, and the phrase "please ask me anything" spread through the room with that same natural atmosphere.

There were about 15 or 16 participants. I signed up alone, and there were moments where we had to pair up and take photos of each other, so I felt a little lonely at first. Even so, strangely, I didn't feel uncomfortable. If anything, the atmosphere of people who had come because they also wanted to face their bodies was quiet and pleasant.

What left an impression on me during the lesson was the "posture photo" taken using the iPhone's ruler function. Drawing a vertical line to objectively check the body's alignment. That simple task showed me both the "reality I didn't want to see" and "something I wanted to notice" at the same time.

It seems I have a hunched-back type, and my hips are pushed outward. My natural home position is with my hips tucked further in and my stomach pulled up firmly. "Close your anus and pull your stomach up smoothly from your pubic bone." The moment she said that, I thought, "Oh, this connects to what I was told in Pilates before."

The moment when scattered dots connect into a single line.
The real thrill of learning about the body is surely found here.

Another eye-opening realization was the sensation that "the arms grow from the center of the shoulder blades."
Instead of moving your arms from your shoulders, you move them starting from the center of your back.
With that awareness, if you rotate your wrists outward and squeeze your shoulder blades together, your chest opens up effortlessly.

The phrase I heard in Pilates, "the legs grow from the solar plexus," resonated with me once again here.
Perhaps both our arms and legs extend from much deeper within our body's center than we realize.

Whether I can actually do it is another story.
But the feeling of "I understand" is slowly taking root within my body.

I want you to try going here on a day like this

It took me two and a half hours to get to Miura Beach. Some might think that's far.
But as I walked home after it was over, all I could think was, "I'm glad I came."

When talking about the body, I am reminded once again that being there in person is truly the best.
Thinking "I see" while reading a book and actually experiencing it with your own body and having it click are two completely different things.

I really want this to reach those who are currently interested in looking inward.
Whether you participate alone or come with someone, there is surely a way for each person to recover.

Facing your body is about reclaiming yourself.
And it was a much quieter and gentler time than I had imagined.

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