EP 28 - Finding Our Own Authority with Minami Takashima

Minami Takashima was a successful business woman in corporate Japan, and here she tells her story of stepping out of exploitation and corporate hierarchy and stepping into her own power. Minami and Rosalind talk about the role of Yoga in this journey and how it has inspired her to teach across different countries and languages. The key theme is finding the authority of our experience and power. Minami offers private sessions in person in Nelson, New Zealand, and over Zoom in English and Japanese. You can find her on Instagram here :  @yogawithminami

In this episode you will hear...

01.53 The Belly Of The Beast : Corporate Japan.

05.00 ''Being a woman you are second class...''

07.00 Getting free from the internal and external structure.

11.15 A little shoot of yoga into corporate life. Mother being the first Guru.

17.40 The process of Yoga learning, synchronicity and Bali.

21.15 Awareness of invisible hierarchies, breaking points and gratitude.

30.00 Stuck in Oz during the pandemic and finding the motivation to keep sharing.

37.00 Bringing teachings back to Japan and meeting Japanese culture and suppressed sexuality.

45.00 Tantra, sex and taboo.

50.45 Finding confidence in teaching, where it comes from and the power of one's own experience. Not needing approval.

54.50 Yoga texts and different relationships with knowledge. Being the authority of your own experience.

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