My blog must feel neglected

So it's been a while, alas. I forgot to write this week due to lots of studying, which I feel paid off on the big exam. Jennysan and I got together a couple of times (also Dougsan from one of Noguchisensei's sections) over break to benkyoshimasu.

Anyway I didn't really encounter any Japanese people which seems to be the impetus for my writing in my blog. I am gearing up for another intensive yoga weekend, where I'm sure to encounter at least one. I know because I actually emailed her. I've started researching ANOTHER grant propsal because I want to get some money to go to Japan after I graduate to study and teach yoga. I heard that yoga is getting really big there, but that in Japan the interest is in studying yoga from the United States, not from India. So you have this kind of roundabout way in which an Eastern tradition moves to the United States, becomes very Westernized, and then people in Japan get turned onto it and it moves back to the East. Whoa! So how does that all work out? That's the crux of my research question, although there's some other questions involved, too. If anyone knows anyone who practices or teaches yoga in Japan I'd really like to get in touch with them.

Okay I guess that's all for now.