About
About TOHWA
Yoga as a practice that connects body, breath, mind, nature and culture.
Our philosophy
TOHWA approaches yoga not as something to be good at, but as a practice that accompanies how we live. Across styles and countries, and with respect for each tradition, our role is to offer accurate knowledge and quiet, lived experience.
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Respect
Honour traditions and sources; separate fact from interpretation.
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Stillness
Communicate with space and breath, not information overload.
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Openness
The same entrance for first-timers and researchers alike.
The number 108
108 recurs throughout Asian religions and cultures. Hindu and Buddhist malas are commonly made of 108 beads, and in Japan temple bells are struck 108 times on New Year’s Eve. In Buddhism, 108 is widely explained as the number of worldly desires (kleshas), though there are several ways of counting them. Mathematical and astronomical readings exist too — for example, the ratio of the Sun’s and Moon’s distances from Earth to their diameters is roughly 108. TOHWA uses the number not as a symbol of completion, but of the path of exploration.
There are several accounts of the meaning of 108; we introduce the most common here.
Our vision
From 2026 to 2030, we will grow a library of 108 practices and ideas, and develop into a media platform where yoga practitioners, teachers and researchers from around the world come together.
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2026
Launch. The foundation of Explore 108, in Japanese, English and Finnish.
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2027–2028
Teacher interviews and video content. Editorial review by researchers.
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2029–2030
Complete all 108 entries and grow an international network of practitioners and researchers.
Origins
TOHWA grew from a small first sketch called “TOWA yoga” — towa meaning lasting, returning like a circle. That wish remains, quietly, in the small ring of our logo.