Atsuko
Why My 2025 Resolution Is Still a Free Handstand
For over 25 years, I’ve had the same New Year’s resolution year after year: to learn to do a free handstand. Around the time I learned...
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Atsuko
Nov 212 min read
Flexibility Without Strength? Here’s Why That’s a Problem
Many people think yoga is all about being flexible. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people say, “I can’t do yoga because I...
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Oct 252 min read
Finding Strength Within: Physical Confidence Through Yoga
As I mentioned in my last blog post, I was a sickly child and wasn’t allowed to participate in PE or other physical activities in primary...
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Oct 113 min read
I Was a Sick Child: A Childhood of Health Struggles
People who know me now are often surprised when they find out that I was a sick child. Because of the job I do, many assume I’ve always...
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Aug 302 min read
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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Aug 162 min read
Commit to Yoga: The Importance of Consistency on the Mat
Commit to your yoga
practice and reap the benefits!
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Aug 22 min read
Is My New Teacher Wrong?
“Let’s start the class with mountain pose. Stand with your feet together….” You might be thinking, “Hang on! I was taught to keep my feet...
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Jul 192 min read
Yoga Sangha : Why Being Early to Yoga Class Matters
What is the hidden benefit of getting to your class on time and hanging around afterwards?
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May 102 min read
Yoga Beyond Walls: Embracing Nature in Your Practice
I have been a yoga teacher and practitioner for nearly three decades, but only last year I discovered the joy of yoga outside. The reason...
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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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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
Nov 20, 20202 min read
Zen and Tea Ceremony
Do you know what Zen is? How can we live Zen in our life and in our yoga practice?
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Apr 15, 20203 min read
Online Yoga
I didn’t take it very well when the lockdown was coming our way. Like many people who are self-employed, I get zero penny if I don’t go...
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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
Jan 1, 20182 min read
Finish Your Practice with Appetite for More
A few years ago I bought a dark red woolly jumper from a high street shop. I really liked it and wore a lot, but last year I noticed it...
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Atsuko
Nov 4, 20172 min read
Morning Practice
I used to surprised some of the students when I said I didn’t practice in the morning. I had always been a night person. I still am given...
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Atsuko
Oct 13, 20171 min read
I’m Still New!
I was at a one day yoga workshop last weekend with my old teacher Andrea. During the discussion, we talked about the age and elderly...
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Sep 18, 20171 min read
This Is Where I Meditate
The idea to start this blog came to me to share a little bit of my personal life. I was a little hesitant to start with because I already...
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