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Aiko's Podcast
by Aiko
Welcome to Aiko's Podcast, the show that bridges theory and practice in our daily lives. I'm your host, and together we'll explore the transformative worlds of yoga philosophy and menstrual awareness. Join us as we uncover practical insights and techniques to live a mindful, balanced, and fulfilling life. Let's put theory into action and embark on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment.I'm Aiko Ota, and I'm thrilled to be your host on this podcast where we bring wisdom into our everyday lives. Together, let's embark on this transformative journey. Let's begin!
Episodes
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How Nutrition Influences Hormonal Health
Welcome to Aiko's Podcast, where we explore ways to put theory into practice. I'm Aiko, and today, I'm thrilled to chat with Emily Zorn, a registered dietitian (RD) and health coach from Palo Alto, California. Emily is the founder of Emily RD Nutrition Coaching, guiding people through nutrition...
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.28-31: Introducing Ashtanga Yoga and Yama
In this episode, we name the eight limbs of astanga-yoga and then focus on the first limb which is abstentions (yama). There are five abstentions: non-violence, truthfulness, refrainment from stealing, celibacy, and renunciation of unnecessary possessions. The yogi following the path of astanga…
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.21-27: The world is Your Classroom
In this episode, Syama and I discuss sutras 21 through 27 of the second chapter. This is the section leading up to the description of the eight limbs of yoga (astanga). In the previous section, we heard that the world of experience is there to provide experiences and liberation for the…
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Wearing Your Cycle w/Maria Begoña Lagaron
In this episode, I’m speaking with Maria Begoña Lagaron, an image consultant specialized in personal marketing and sustainability, about how we can wear the phases of our menstrual cycle by matching our clothing with our inner states. Before we get into this specific topic, Maria shares how she…
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.13-20: Root of the Obstacles
In the episode, we discuss sutras 13 to 20 of the second chapter of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. These sutras and their classical commentaries go deep into explaining the root of the obstacles to yogic enlightenment. This root is the mixing up of spirit and matter. Sutra 15 reflects the first noble...
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.1-12: Practical Yoga and Obstacles to Samadhi
In this episode, we discuss the first 12 sutras of the second chapter of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Here we are backing up a little bit from where we were in the first chapter. You could say that the climbing rope is extended from the same place but this time it’s extended further down so that more...
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 40-51: The Five Stages of Samadhi
In this episode, we discuss the last 12 sutras of the first chapter. Here the obstacles to samadhi are overcome, and there are five stages of samadhi, resting in one's own being, outlined. In the first two, the practitioner selects objects to meditate on, which could be anything from the entire...
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 30-39: Focuses of Meditation
In this episode, we first speak about the obstacles of the mind in the course of practicing yoga. Then we move on to discussing different things we can focus our mind on as alternatives to the Isvara-pranidhana of the previous section. The obstacles are physical illness, mental difficulties such…
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 23-29: An Alternative Path to Samadhi
In this episode, we talk about the fifth group of sutras, 23-29, where Patanjali offers an alternative to the arduous path of independently trying to stop the movements of the mind and attain samadhi, resting in the self. The alternative is to absorb oneself in Isvara, a special self. Isvara is a...
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 17-22: Levels of Absorption
In this episode, we discuss sutras 17 to 22. This section is about levels of absorption (samadhi) throughout one’s practice up until one’s final attainment. In the first level of absorption, one is mindfully aware of the physical environment. In the next stage one is absorbed in awareness of the...
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 12-16: Yoga as a Process
In this episode, we discuss sutras 12-16. Having defined the goal of yoga as the stilling of the movements of the mind and described what those movements are, Patanjali now moves on to tell us in broad strokes what yoga means practically. He answers the question that may come up by reading the...
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 5-11: Defining the Movements of the Mind
In this episode, we speak about the second section of the first chapter of the Yoga Sutras. As Yoga is defined in the first section as stilling the movements of the mind, the next section tells us with these movements are. The movements of the mind are divided into five categories: right…
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 1-4: Definition of Yoga
In this episode, Syama and I speak about the first four yoga-sutras of Patanjali. The first introduces the book, saying quite plainly: “Now, the study/self-discipline of yoga”. The “now” can be seen in different ways, but one particularly powerful way is to emphasize that yoga is something that…
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - intro w/ Syamananda
In this episode we give an introduction to our new podcast series on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. We touch on theories about the origins of yoga and its relationship with samkhya, an ancient science describing the material elements and their difference from consciousness. The better part of the...
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Bhagavad-gita 18th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda - Conclusion
This is the last episode of Syama and I speaking about the Bhagavad-Gita, at least for this series. We do a recap of each of the chapters from 1 to 17 and then wrap up with chapter 18. Again, setting the scene, the Bhagavad-Gita is a chapter of the Mahabharata and earlier in the story, there has...
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Bhagavad-gita 17th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
In this episode, I speak with Syama about the seventeenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This chapter is called “The Yoga of Discerning Threefold Faith”. This threefold faith refers to faith that is not illuminated by wisdom coming from outside of the three modes of nature: sativa, rajas, and…
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Inner Seasons Chat w/ Reenee Khanna
In this episode, I speak with Reenee Khanna about the four inner seasons of the menstrual cycle. You will be familiar with these four seasons if you have taken my course Yoga Following the Menstrual Cycle or seen any of my presentations on the subject. If not, this is a great introduction. Reenee...
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Bhagavad-gita 16th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
In this episode, I speak with Syama about chapter 16 of the Bhagavad-Gita. This chapter is about good and bad character traits with regard to spiritual practice. The previous chapter was about the personal aspect of our all-pervading consciousness source. This chapter speaks about the qualities…
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Bhagavad-gita 15th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
In this episode, I speak with Syama about the fifteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, called The Yoga of the Highest Person. The last chapter was about the three gunas, the qualities that permeate all of material nature. The chapter ended with Sri Krishna explaining that since he is the source of...
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Bhagavad-gita 14th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
In this episode, my husband Syama and I speak about the fourteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. This chapter deals with something very interesting called “the gunas”. Guna literally means “rope”, and here it refers to the ropes binding the spiritual self to the psycho-physical world of subtle…
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Bhagavad-gita 13th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
In this epsiode, I speak with Syama about Chapter 13 of the Bhagavad Gita. This chapter marks the beginning of the third and last block of six chapters. As we have mentioned earlier, the first six chapters are mainly about the self, about us, whereas the middle six chapters focus more on our...
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Intersecting Spirituality and Psychology w/ Dr Madeline Ofine
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Madeline Ofina about intersecting spirituality and psychology. It is up to us to heal ourselves, but this does not mean we are left to ourselves. It is up to us to receive and accept all the help we can get. In the conversation with Madeline, I open up and talk...
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Bhagavad-gita 12th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
New website aikoota.com In this episode, I speak with Syama about the 12th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita called the Yoga of Devotion. Arjuna asks the beginning whether it’s best to meditate on the all-pervading unseen spirit or to meditate on God’s personal form. Krishna answers that either method...
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Bhagavad-gita 11th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
New website: aikoota.com In this episode, I speak with Syama about the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. Having heard Krishna speak about himself as permeating the universe as the soul of the world, Arjuna is inspired to ask Krishna to show himself directly in his universal form, the…
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Bhagavad-gita 10th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
New website: aikoota.com In this episode, I speak with Syama about the tenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. In this chapter, called the Yoga of Divine Manifestation, Krishna reaches the peak of his teaching, and then he starts going down to earth again to ground the knowledge in everyday…
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Bhagavad-gita 9th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
New website: aikoota.com In this episode, I speak with Syama about the ninth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. The chapter is called The Yoga of Hidden Treasure, and Krishna starts off by telling Arjuna that he is qualified to hear this secret because he is free of envy. Does this mean that we have…
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Your Inner Summer & Your Inner Autumn
New website: aikoota.com Superwoman! The ‘glamourous' component of the power process is the inner summer. In our culture, the part of the power is most known, cherished, and recognized. It is power. After the high energy of summer, you'll start to feel like settling down in the first half of…
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Bhagavad-gita 8th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
New website: aikoota.com In this episode, I speak with Syamananda about the eighth chapter of the Bhagavad-gita. What kind of lifestyle will allow you to have a peaceful mind at the time of death? This chapter gives a few wakeup calls about how short life is and, as ironic as it may sound, that…
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Bhagavad-gita 7th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
New website: aikoota.com In this episode, I speak with Syama about the seventh chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, dealing with the yoga of knowledge and realization. In this chapter, Krishna speaks more confidentially with Arjuna than he has done so far. He says that out of a thousand people, maybe…
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Your Inner Spring
New website: aikoota.com Your inner spring is a space where things change. You're negotiating your way out of your inner winter's deep inwardness and into the full manifestation of yourself in your inner summer. You're solidifying your sense of self, becoming more at ease with the sacred art of...
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Bhagavad-gita 6th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
New website: aikoota.com In this episode, I speak with Syama about the sixth chapter of the Bhagavad-gita. In this chapter, Krishna explains to Arjuna about rigorous meditation practice. Arjuna doubts that he will be able to engage in such meditation and says that the mind is more difficult to...
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Bhagavad-gita 5th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
New website: aikoota.com In this episode, Syama and I speak about the yoga of action without material ambition, niskama-karma-yoga. Here the seeds of wisdom planted by Krishna in chapter 3 are beginning to bear fruit. This is where things start to happen. In the basic yoga of action, one still…
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Your Inner Winter
New website: aikoota.com Your menstrual cycle moves through an inner winter, spring, summer, and fall, and then back to winter again, just like the seasons of the year. Each phase introduces a unique collection of tools and psychological challenges to help you develop and embody your power. The...
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Bhagavad-gita 4th Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
New website: aikoota.com "Knowledge is learning something every day, and wisdom is letting go of something every day." I really can't remember where I heard this quote, but it definitely stuck with me. In this podcast episode, I'm talking with Syama about the 4th chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, the...
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Chart Your Menstrual Cycle
New website: aikoota.com Today I was angry at my husband... and guess what? It's my 27th day, yes, as usual. After realizing that, I could just smile at myself. In today's episode, I'm talking about how to chart your menstrual cycle and how important it is to do so. I guess by now you're familiar...
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Different Levels of Nourishment w/ Open Bay
In this episode, I chat with Open Bay about nourishing body, mind, and soul and how these are related to each other. She shares her journey from the age of 15 when she started realizing how hardship on the mind translates into physical hardship. A few years later, she started experimenting with...
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Cool Your Fire With Yoga
New website: aikoota.com In this episode, I speak about balancing out the heat of the summer with cooling yoga and diet. Here in Europe, it’s very hot right now. Of course, our bodies will automatically work to adjust to the weather, but we can also help the transition by practicing certain…
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Bhagavad-gita 3rd Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda
New website: aikoota.com In this episode, my husband and I chat about the third chapter of Bhagavad-Gita that deals with karma yoga, the yoga of action. It’s the recommended yoga for the stage when we are identified with temporary circumstances and prone to act on that identification. In the...
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Carl Jung On Yoga In the West w/ Tim Kenty
In this episode, I speak again with Tim Kenty, whom you may remember from the episode about spiritual bypassing. This time, we discuss an intriguing quote from Carl Jung about the practice of yoga in the western world. It may sound controversial to western yogis, but Carl Jung was not someone…
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Bhagavad-gita 2nd Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda das
New website: aikoota.com In this episode, my husband and I continue where we left off in our previous Bhagavad-gita chat. Arjuna has presented his arguments not to fight in the war and now, we will hear what Krishna has to say in response. Krishna elevates the conversation from worldly matters to...
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Many Practices, One Goal w/ Mark Hosak & Eileen Wiesmann
See links at the buttom In this episode, I speak with Mark and Eileen about putting spiritual theory into sustainable practice. Mark was featured in the second episode of this show, which greatly appreciated by myself and the audience. So I wanted to do another interview with him and also with…
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The Healing Power of Henna w/ Saci-sundari
See links below. In this episode, I speak with Saci-sundari, a teacher by profession and henna artist by passion, about the healing art of body painting with henna. Henna is a healing herb that regulates female hormones. Body painting with henna is a healing art in African, Middle Eastern, as…
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Bhagavad-gita 1st Chapter Glimpse w/ Syamananda das
New website: aikoota.com In this episode, I sit down for a quick chat with my husband Syama (Syamananda) about the first chapter of the Bhagavad-gita, which I would say is a must-read for yogis and yoginis who feel that their time has come to go deeper into the treasure of yoga. This chapter…
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Karma Yoga w/ Ambika di Maria
See links at the bottom. In this episode, yoga teacher and blogger, Ambika di Maria, speaks about karma yoga, the art of dedicating your sense of agency in this world for a higher purpose and letting go of the outcome. We will first get to hear the interesting story of how Ambika came in touch…
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Spiritual Bypassing w/ Tim Kenty
In this episode, Tim Kenty, spiritual coach and healer, speaks about spiritual bypassing, which is when we use spirituality as an excuse not to deal with things we need to deal with. It may seem scary to face our issues, but developing integrity will not only become its own reward. It will also...
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Transcending Disability w/ Krisangi
See links at the bottom. In this episode, Krisangi, co-founder of award-winning yoga magazine Ananda, speaks about how yoga came into her life. Krisangi was born with a serious foot deformation and later chose to have her feet amputated. During her childhood, she used to be angry at God for what...
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Ancient Yoga Texts w/ Måns Broo
See links at the bottom. In this episode, special guest Måns Broo, professor of religion, Sanskrit scholar, yoga practitioner, and philosophy teacher, talks on the definitions of yoga in ancient Indian scriptures. His main argument, and the main takeaway from this episode, is that although yoga…
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The Five Principles of Reiki w/ Mark Hosak
See links at the bottom. In this episode, special guest Mark Hosak, Reiki master and author of best-selling books on the subject, reveals the connection between Yoga and Reiki by looking at the history of Buddhism which is the bridge between these two practices. He elaborates on the five…
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The Three First Yamas of Astanga-Yoga w/ Swami Padmanabha
See links at the bottom. In this episode, special guest Swami Padmanabha, traveling monk, and yoga philosophy teacher for 20 years speaks on the first three restraints of astanga-yoga: non-violence, truthfulness, and non-stealing. Astanga-yoga means the eight-limbed path of yoga. Swami Padmanabha...
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Welcome to Aiko's Podcast, the show that bridges theory and practice in our daily lives. I'm your host, and together we'll explore the transformative worlds of yoga philosophy and menstrual awareness. Join us as we uncover practical insights and techniques to live a mindful, balanced, and fulfilling life. Let's put theory into action and embark on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment.I'm Aiko Ota, and I'm thrilled to be your host on this podcast where we bring wisdom into our everyday lives. Together, let's embark on this transformative journey. Let's begin!
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