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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...
Atsuko
Apr 26, 20243 min read
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Mastering the Art of Sleep: 7 Tips for a Restful Night
If you want to have a beautiful morning and start your day positively, you need to pay attention to your sleep. Beautiful mornings...
Atsuko
Apr 12, 20243 min read
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Writing Your Way to Clarity: 7 Tips for Journaling
Do you journal? Let's define what journaling is and what it involves. Journaling is keeping a written record of one or multiple elements...
Atsuko
Mar 22, 20243 min read
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Beyond Asanas: Nourishing Your Mind with Morning Yoga Bliss
I have been hosting online morning yoga classes every weekday since the first Covid lockdown, marking four years this month! Except for a...
Atsuko
Mar 8, 20242 min read
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Lighting the Path: Your Winter Guide to Circadian Harmony
As I feel low in winter, last year I invested in a simple light therapy box. There were so many to choose from Amazon, with a few...
Atsuko
Feb 23, 20242 min read
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Early Asanas, Lasting Impact: Embracing the Physical Perks of Morning Yoga
In 2020, during the lockdown, I unexpectedly launched my online morning yoga class. Initially, I had no plans to teach yoga online—partly...
Atsuko
Feb 9, 20243 min read
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The Morning Phone Trap : Reclaiming Your Sunrise Bliss
It's funny how habits sneak into our lives, isn't it? For the past few years, I've found myself reaching for my phone almost...
Atsuko
Jan 27, 20242 min read
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Harmony at Dawn : The Power of Morning Meditation
In my last post, I talked about hopping onto my yoga mat right after waking up. Following that, my routine seamlessly moves into a...
Atsuko
Jan 12, 20242 min read
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Sunrise Serenity: The Benefits of Starting Your Day with Yoga with Posture Suggestions
I'm not a morning person, so for a long time, I did my yoga in the evening. Evenings were great because my body felt more flexible, and I...
Atsuko
Dec 29, 20232 min read
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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...
Atsuko
Nov 10, 20233 min read
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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...
Atsuko
Feb 3, 20233 min read
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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...
Atsuko
Apr 21, 20213 min read
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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...
Atsuko
Apr 4, 20212 min read
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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...
Atsuko
Feb 28, 20213 min read
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The Practice of Being Now
My son was home from university during the Christmas holiday period. On the morning of the New Year ’s Eve, for some reason the...
Atsuko
Feb 17, 20212 min read
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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...
Atsuko
Jan 31, 20212 min read
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Zen and Tea Ceremony
Do you know what Zen is? How can we live Zen in our life and in our yoga practice?
Atsuko
Nov 20, 20202 min read
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Benefits of Online Yoga for me as a student
Since I left London in 1997 I have been practising yoga by myself or sometimes practised together with other Ashtanga Yoga enthusiasts....
Atsuko
Jul 25, 20202 min read
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Classical Yoga Texts
Today is the first rainy day since the lockdown started 37 days ago, and it looks like it will stay wet for the week. Yey! The garden is...
Atsuko
Apr 28, 20202 min read
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Karma Yoga
This coming Saturday the 25th of April was going to be my first Yoga Philosophy workshop. As it’s not going to happen, and I seem to have...
Atsuko
Apr 22, 20202 min read
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