Ever find yourself appalled with your own ignorance? While shocking at first, Mae reflects that this is a state that is essential for the yoga and meditation practitioner, or anyone who's on the journey of expanding awareness. While it can feel like a wipeout, it might just work more like a humbling ego-check on the road to greater consciousness.

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

Meditation teaches us to observe our thoughts, and therefore, to begin to dis-identify with them. But what about the thoughts that we believe make who we are? "I am a mother." "I am a woman." "I am so-and-so years old." In this episode, Mae shares an interesting journal prompt that flips these thoughts around.

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

Mae dives into the highly charged topic of male chauvinism, reflecting on how triggered she was with the gender bias she witnessed at her nephew's graduation ceremony at a Japanese high school. Where does chauvinism spring from? Mae inquiries into the history and culture that have colored our collective experience.

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