Born in Yamanashi, Japan, in 1945, Yogmata Keiko Aikawa has devoted herself to the practice of yoga, meditation, and disciplines of health since her adolescence. In time, she rose to become a respected instructor of yoga, conducting classes at numerous cultural centers throughout Japan and guiding thousands of students in the practice of asana yoga.
At the age of thirty-eight, Yogmata’s life took a decisive turn when she encountered Pilot Babaji, an eminent master of yoga and meditation, who had journeyed to Japan for a television program. Recognizing in her a rare depth of dedication, he invited her to undertake training in the Himalayas. Yogmata thereupon travelled to the Himalayas, where she underwent authentic and rigorous yogic discipline upon the path to enlightenment, ultimately attaining Samadhi — the supreme and most exalted state of yoga and meditation.
Since 1991, in her devotion to the cause of world peace, Yogmata has performed Public Samadhi — long regarded as the most incontrovertible testament to enlightenment — on eighteen occasions across India, earning profound admiration and reverence throughout the nation.
Today, she travels throughout the world, sharing the practice of meditation and a way of life grounded in essential truth. In Japan, she also leads retreats dedicated to the realization of enlightenment, guiding the evolution of human consciousness.
Yogmata is likewise celebrated as an author, with her published works having sold in excess of 1,000,000 copies in total.
Attained after years of austere discipline in the Himalayas under her master Hari Babaji, and demonstrated in public eighteen times across India since 1991.
What is SamadhiYogmata was a child with an inquisitive mind, and began exploring various health regimens and natural foods when she was just sixteen.
In 1972 she developed a comprehensive yoga, “Aikawa Yoga”, and founded the Aikawa Keiko Holistic Yoga and Health Association. For over forty years she has held and supervised yoga classes at more than fifty culture centres across Japan, and also created “PraNadi Yoga” and “Yoga Dance”. She studied in India, Tibet and China to deepen her own training, travelling every year — in particular to India — to practise authentic yoga at various ashrams.
While still visiting India, Yogmata also pursued her study and research into various therapies and healing practices in America. Then, in November 1984, a television station invited Pilot Babaji to take part in a programme and asked Yogmata to support it. It was a life-changing encounter.
In 1984, Yogmata visited the Himalayas at Pilot Babaji’s invitation. This led her to her master Hari Babaji, the legendary Himalayan Great Saint. After undergoing years of austere spiritual training, she attained the supreme state of Samadhi — regarded as the equivalent of liberation and Nirvana within the Buddhist tradition.
Since 1992 she has journeyed across the globe, imparting the wisdom of meditation and a life aligned with one’s true nature. In Japan she conducts residential retreats devoted to the attainment of enlightenment, inspiring the awakening and evolution of human consciousness.
On 11 May 2019, Yogmata was awarded World Peace Mentor at the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards, the highest film awards in India, in recognition of her contribution to world peace.
As a guest of honour, Yogmata has delivered a speech and guided meditation as a world-leading yoga and meditation master five times at the United Nations HQ, broadcast worldwide on UN TV.
In June 2017, Yogmata was invited as a guest of honour by the Indian government to a ceremony for International Yoga Day, held at the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal.
At the International Day of Yoga ceremony held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in June 2023, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gratefully received the blessings bestowed by Yogmata.
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In August 2000, a delegation of twenty Indian Members of Parliament, including former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and the Speaker of Parliament, paid a courtesy visit to the Tokyo Ashram.
Begin with the Himalayan Siddha Meditation, or explore the retreats guided by Yogmata.