Atsuko
The Healing Journey: How Yoga Teaches Us to Work with Injuries
In April 2023, I picked up a knee injury. There wasn’t any specific incident that caused it, but I believe it developed over a couple of...
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Atsuko
Jun 283 min read
From Fear to Freedom: Headstand As a Path to Inner Strength
Is headstand part of your practice? Have you tried it? Or do you think you will never achieve this? In his book Light on Yoga, B.K.S....
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Atsuko
Apr 263 min read
The Magic of Morning Affirmations: Simple Practices for a Positive Mindset
Do you know what an affirmation is? It's any statement you make. Too often, our minds are filled with negative affirmations. Do you wake...
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Atsuko
Nov 10, 20233 min read
Reunion with a long lost yoga buddy!
I had a truly wonderful surprise the other day. I was on the train back from a day trip to London, casually browsing through my phone...
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Atsuko
Feb 3, 20233 min read
So Am I the Divine Shakti?
5 years ago I wrote this post in my blog about my late mother who died in 2016. In this I quoted a discourse from Sathya Sai Baba. ‘The...
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Atsuko
Apr 21, 20213 min read
You Are Not Your Mind
I used to watch many Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev’s videos, and do one of his meditations, in which you repeat to yourself, ‘I am not my...
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Atsuko
Apr 4, 20212 min read
You Can Heal Your Life
Needless to say, I think yoga is one of the most beneficial things one can do to his/her mental and physical wellbeing. But actually...
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Atsuko
Feb 28, 20213 min read
Yoga Beyond the Mat
The other day my daughter was working in a Covid Vaccine clinic and she messaged me at break saying how tiring it was. So I messaged back...
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Atsuko
Jan 31, 20212 min read
Living with my Ghost
Recently I watched a film where the main character suffered schizophrenia. (I’m not naming the title of the film because it would be a...
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Atsuko
Mar 8, 20202 min read
Yoga is Boring
The other day I took part in an event where many of my yoga students also participated. I was talking to a person who had come to my yoga...
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Atsuko
Feb 15, 20202 min read
Yoga Playlist
In the mid-1990’s when I used to go to many many yoga classes and retreats, I had never attended even a single class with background...
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Atsuko
Feb 1, 20202 min read
'Stressful Meditation'
Have you ever fallen asleep in savasana, corps pose? I have. Most of us have. Although you are not meant to, I don’t think it’s a bad...
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Atsuko
Apr 10, 20192 min read
Yoga Trend??
As a part of my Yoga Philosophy course at Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, I wrote an essay on authenticity of contemporary yoga. My...
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Atsuko
Mar 4, 20182 min read
Embrace your Pain and Sorrow
(Thought from the recent meditation retreat) On the first day of the retreat, my mind was surprisingly cooporative. I managed to watch my...
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Atsuko
Feb 25, 20182 min read
Finding Peace in the Imperfect World
Finding Peace in the Imperfect World. This was the theme of the meditation retreat I recently attended. Nice title. I didn’t give it much...
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