3 episodes
KIZUKI the Podcast Mae Yoshikawa
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KIZUKI the Podcast is a collection of inspiring stories that center around the Japanese concept of kizuki. The host, author and awarded yoga teacher Mae Yoshikawa defines kizuki as a moment of epiphany, an ‘aha’ of realization or insight which opens the knower to a new dimension of truth.
Diving into an up close and personal telling of the kizukis that have starkly shifted Mae’s perspective and transformed her life and mind, it is Mae’s hope that these episodes may serve as a catalyst to inspire and invite a similar unfolding of awareness in your life too.
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003 Decide To Be Present
Mae tells a fresh kizuki story from this past weekend. She enjoyed leading a Kizuki Journaling (kaku-meisou MAE Y method) class at this event. In the meantime, Mae had asked her sister to spend some time hanging out with her six year old son Ayden in a nearby park. The combination of her sister and her six year old son resulted in a beautiful chemistry that led to evidence of how a day can unfold if you just decide to be present.
Mae Yoshikawa
Mae is an author, yoga & meditation practitioner, teacher, and mother. In 2006, Mae became the first Japanese woman to be authorized by the founding school of Ashtanga Yoga in India. In 2016, Mae was awarded the “Yoga People’s Award” for her remarkable social impact in the wellness field. She is known as the face of adidas yoga as well as being the founder of MAE Y, a premier online community service. Her upcoming book, Kizuki: Realizations Beyond Time and Death encapsulates her life-changing journey of a metamorphosis of identity after the sudden loss of her husband in 2018.
Website: https://maey.live/
Instagram: @maeyoshikawa -
002 Borderline "Borderline"
Mae spent much of her twenties studying yoga and meditation in South India, and found solace, healing, and reconnection with her soul. Recounting a conversation with a local friend in India, she reclaims a kizuki from one particular sojourn—a clear understanding of why she visits the edge time and time again; yet she is not “Borderline.”
Mae Yoshikawa
Mae is an author, yoga & meditation practitioner, teacher, and mother. In 2006, Mae became the first Japanese woman to be authorized by the founding school of Ashtanga Yoga in India. In 2016, Mae was awarded the “Yoga People’s Award” for her remarkable social impact in the wellness field. She is known as the face of adidas yoga as well as being the founder of MAE Y, a premier online community service. Her upcoming book, Kizuki: Realizations Beyond Time and Death encapsulates her life-changing journey of a metamorphosis of identity after the sudden loss of her husband in 2018.
Website: https://maey.live/
Instagram: @maeyoshikawa -
001 Why/Not Why
In this opening episode, Mae recalls one of the most tumultuous times of her life. Her young mother fell ill to a rare neurological disease. The incessant mental cry of “Why?” infested her mind to a point where it made Mae sick. It was a slow and incremental kizuki; but as Mae began to transform her relationship to her mind through yoga and meditation, it opened her to one of the most important realizations of her life.
Mae Yoshikawa
Mae is an author, yoga & meditation practitioner, teacher, and mother. In 2006, Mae became the first Japanese woman to be authorized by the founding school of Ashtanga Yoga in India. In 2016, Mae was awarded the “Yoga People’s Award” for her remarkable social impact in the wellness field. She is known as the face of adidas yoga as well as being the founder of MAE Y, a premier online community service. Her upcoming book, Kizuki: Realizations Beyond Time and Death encapsulates her life-changing journey of a metamorphosis of identity after the sudden loss of her husband in 2018.
Website: https://maey.live/
Instagram: @maeyoshikawa