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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How Nutrition Influences Hormonal Health (00:31:59)
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, Ca...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.28-31: Introducing Ashtanga Yoga and Yama (00:21:21)
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...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.21-27: The world is Your Classroom (00:16:00)
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 hear...
Wearing Your Cycle w/Maria Begoña Lagaron (00:33:47)
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 o...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.13-20: Root of the Obstacles (00:22:29)
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 en...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 2.1-12: Practical Yoga and Obstacles to Samadhi (00:28:28)
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 cl...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 40-51: The Five Stages of Samadhi (00:22:01)
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 firs...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 30-39: Focuses of Meditation (00:19:03)
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-...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 23-29: An Alternative Path to Samadhi (00:15:46)
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,...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 17-22: Levels of Absorption (00:15:28)
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 mi...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 12-16: Yoga as a Process (00:23:43)
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 broa...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 5-11: Defining the Movements of the Mind (00:23:37)
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 wit...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 1-4: Definition of Yoga (00:15:52)
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...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - intro w/ Syamananda (00:15:45)
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 ...
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 t...
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 no...
Inner Seasons Chat w/ Reenee Khanna (00:31:32)
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 C...
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 per...
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...
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...
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 cha...
Intersecting Spirituality and Psychology w/ Dr Madeline Ofine (00:38:11)
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 re...
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-...
New website: aikoota.comIn 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 worl...
New website: aikoota.comIn 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 teac...
