08/20/2026
Nakamura Tempu Sensei was born in 1876. He served as a military intelligence agent in Manchuria and Mongolia during the Russo-Japanese War. Upon returning to Japan, he contracted pulmonary tuberculosis—then considered incurable. With his mind and body severely weakened, he began reflecting deeply on life and traveled through Europe and America in search of life's ultimate truth.
Though he met with leading philosophers and religious leaders, he couldn't find the answers he was looking for and decided to return to Japan in despair. On his way back, by a twist of fate, he crossed paths with a yoga master and studied under him at the foot of the Himalayas. By realizing the truth that “I am a powerful being connected to the energy of the universe,” he overcame his illness and took control of his own destiny.
After returning to Japan, he initially found success in the business world. However, in 1919, wanting to help those suffering from illness, mental anguish, and poverty, he drew on his own experiences to study the true nature of human life. He went on to create Shin-shin-toitsu-ho, the “Mind and Body Unification Method,” and began giving lectures.
Deeply moved by his message, influential leaders from politics and finance helped him establish a national network of schools. He spent the next fifty years sharing his philosophy.
A wide range of notable figures in Japanese society were influenced by him and applied Tempu Sensei’s philosophy to their personal lives and business ventures. And 25 years ago, with the publication of H. E. Davey’s Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation, his mind and body unification methodology started to spread outside of Japan.
He passed away in 1968 at the age of 92.
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