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Meditative Story

My grandfather the Aikido master, by Kino MacGregor

Meditative Story

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Mental Health, Society & Culture, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Meditation, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Stories, Health & Fitness, Storytelling, Society And Culture

4.63.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Growing up half-Japanese in South Florida, Kino MacGregor spends a lot of time feeling uncomfortable in her own body. But her Japanese grandfather is always there for her, and they spend joyful hours together every day, playing hide-and-seek, cooking and eating, practicing aikido. Behind his joy, she learns only later, hides a profound grief — one that carries down the generations. In Kino’s Ashtanga yoga practice, she finds the tools to process this grief and sadness she’s unknowingly carried.

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's Rohan. Have you ever felt stuck? Like you'd really like to make a change in your career

0:05.8

or your personal life, but you just couldn't move. Most of us feel stuck at one point or another.

0:11.6

And here's the interesting part. We actually already have the ability to get on stuck.

0:16.4

So why don't we do it? Our coaching partner better up, suggest that because we fear change,

0:22.4

we talk ourselves out of it. Maybe even overthink or overcomplicate the steps we need to take

0:28.0

to keep ourselves from taking action. Our internal antibodies to change, that is to say fear,

0:33.7

takes over. As a quick reminder, we're collaborating with Better Up by using meditative story

0:39.3

and the episode themes to coach you through challenges like getting stuck. If you're feeling stuck,

0:45.0

Better Up can help because here's what their coaches know. We like to think of ourselves as

0:49.9

rational beings, but what really motivates us is positively charged emotions that act as feedback

0:56.3

loops when we need to act. After today's meditative story, I'll share a brief exercise from Better Up

1:02.6

to kickstart the change you'd like to make in your life.

1:12.2

My grandfather's body is a contradiction. He's small and thin, but also very strong in agile.

1:33.6

Moments before this, he put me on his back and we cruise around the house together. He's this

1:42.8

kinetic bundle of energy, but his presence is like an anchor for me. Something to keep me grounded

1:52.4

and comfortable. For Kino Magrega, growing up half Japanese in southern Florida wasn't always easy,

2:07.5

and often made her feel uncomfortable in her own body. As an author and highly regarded

2:14.3

Ash Danga Yoga teacher, she now has the tools to process these feelings through a physical practice.

2:20.4

In this episode, Kino shares have spending time with her Japanese grandfather,

2:26.5

taught her to be aware of her body, recognize what it needs, and understand the impact of generational trauma.

2:37.2

In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories, breathtaking music, and mindfulness

2:41.9

pumps so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories, and that can

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