Yogmata Keiko Aikawa, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the International Day of Yoga at the UN headquarters in New York, 2023. Credit: Yogmata Keiko Aikawa
June 21 is International Day of Yoga. Keiko Aikawa received the honourific title of “yogmata”, meaning “mother of yoga”, from the Indian government. Ms Aikawa has also given speeches at the United Nations and is greatly respected in India and other countries as the first woman to reach the ultimate state of enlightenment, samadhi.
June 21 is International Day of Yoga. Keiko Aikawa received the honourific title of “yogmata”, meaning “mother of yoga”, from the Indian government. Ms Aikawa has also given speeches at the United Nations and is greatly respected in India and other countries as the first woman to reach the ultimate state of enlightenment, samadhi.
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