003 Decide To Be Present
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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
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