{"id":409,"date":"2021-08-24T16:34:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T07:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2021-08-24T16:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T07:34:28","slug":"a-new-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/24\/a-new-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"A new beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About 15 years ago, I decided it was time for me to become a divemaster and scuba instructor. I loved the ocean and had grown up watching Jacques-Yves Cousteau roaming the oceans aboard the Calypso. After coming back from Nepal I was diagnosed with asthma. I went to see a doctor specialized in diving who told me that even if I was able to dive, I should not risk the lives of people I would have to accompany. My condition being borderline I recently went to see another specialist who confirmed the risks to myself and others.<\/p>\n

At around the same time, I was entertaining the idea of becoming a yoga teacher. I had undergone some training in Nepal, my father had been a yoga teacher, and it fitted my interest in helping others. Both my father and mother had been Red-Cross instructors and my father, a nurse in the army. I was also a volunteer first responder in my teenage years and loved anything having to do with medical care.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, my essential tremor got worse and I decided that teaching yoga with shaking hands might send the wrong message. That was dream two I thought I would have to give up.<\/p>\n

Last month, I joined a support group for people with disorder movements. ET, Parkinson’s, old age, trauma, there are a number of ways you can loose your balance or steadiness. Two major things happened: I found out that many members had it much worse than me. It put things in perspective. How could I feel sorry about myself? This renewed my determination of finding ways to help others. The other was a chance meeting with Jacob, a yoga teacher living in South-East Asia. He helped me realize that my own experience with ET would be a bonus if I chose to teach yoga. He himself has ET. The week after, I registered for a 200 hours yoga teacher training and certificate in addition to a 200 hours meditation teacher course, chair yoga teacher and restorative yoga teacher training. I should have finished my training and projects and more by the end of Spring in 2022.<\/p>\n

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I will specialize in helping people with movements disorders, the elderly and those who a traumatic experience. No “slimming yoga” for me!<\/p>\n

I think moving to Toride and being closer to nature played a role in my decision along with the understanding that comes with age that life time is not to be wasted in search of material wealth. I had also the chance to start Zen meditation with a French monk. This experience opened new windows. Last but not least, I need to mention a great friend’s positive influence. Without it, I would not have been able to challenge myself so drastically, to discover and accept other ways of thinking and to regain part of the power of curiosity and positiveness I had as a child.<\/p>\n

I will post more about this journey in the months to come. I feel grateful for the life and opportunities I am given. As my teacher says, you cannot give from an empty cup. I think my cup has started to fill up with a cocktail of love, happiness and peace of mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About 15 years ago, I decided it was time for me to become a divemaster and scuba instructor. I loved the ocean and had grown up watching Jacques-Yves Cousteau roaming the oceans aboard the Calypso. After coming back from Nepal I was diagnosed with asthma. I went to see a doctor specialized in diving who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,12,1],"tags":[44,43,42],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-outdoor-and-fitness","category-uncategorized","tag-meditation","tag-work","tag-yoga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mylifeinjapan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}