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Dr. Motoyama was the inspiration for Paul Grilley, and later Sarah Powers, to delve deeper into the mysterious
connection of the physical movements in yoga and the movement of energy through the subtle body. Sarah has
described Dr. Motoyama as a yoga adept. He was born of a mother who was an accomplished yogini with advanced
psychic abilities. Early in his life Motoyama was also taken under the wing of his mother's teacher who
adopted the young Motoyama. Her name was Kinue Motoyama [1]
and she was the founder of the Tamamistsu Jinja religious organization.
Tidbits of Dr. Motoyama's life are sprinkled throughout his books. Curious readers can find more details
in the book Awakening of the Chakras and Emancipation. Here we learn about the rigor of Motoyama's early
training and the awakening of his many vibhutis, or powers: his ability to see the energy fields, his
ability to influence and correct faulty energy, to heal both those close to him and those in need far
away.
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Dr. Motoyama's brilliance is not limited to his psychic abilities. He holds two PhD degrees. He is also a
Shinto priest, one highly respected in Japan. His ability to move freely between the worlds of the
spirit and of the physical allowed him to investigate his own abilities using the rigors of Western
science and medicine. With the aim of making the subtle measurable, he created instruments that he
and others have learned to use to verify the flow of energy through the subtle body.
To further his research and spread his findings, Dr. Motoyama created institutes both in Japan and
in the USA. It was during his travels that Paul Grilley came across him. Paul, as noted earlier, was
inspired by what Dr. Motoyama revealed and went back with him to Japan. Later Paul introduced Sarah
and others to Motoyama and they too embraced the teacher.
Even though he is in his eighties, Dr. Motoyama still travels and teaches. He often comes to Encinitas,
California, where he established the California Institute of Human Science
(CIHS). His formal biography
is available from this Web site.
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1 -- She was also called Myoko no Kamisama.
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