This article is a synthesis of the Yoga Anatman session of October 20, 2026 — a morning when sacred laughter swept through our bodies, when tears washed old memories clean, and when each of us allowed ourselves to become once more what we have always been.
Imagine for a moment. ✨ It is barely 7 a.m., and day is breaking over Rishikesh — or perhaps over your living room, it hardly matters. The Ganges is flowing somewhere inside you. A cup of chai is steaming in your hands. And a gentle voice invites you, once again, to surrender.
That morning, something unusual happened. 🦋 The cosmic clown walked into the room. Nobody had invited him, and yet he had been awaited for lifetimes. He slipped in between the postures, between the mantras, between the tears and the living silences.
And he swept everything away.
When Laughter Becomes a Doorway
There are mornings when yoga waits for you politely on the mat. 🌱 And then there are mornings like this one — when yoga grabs you, turns you upside down, and makes you weep with joy and laugh with gratitude, sometimes in the very same breath.
This morning, Alexandre Anatman offered something rare: to give ourselves permission. Permission to be wonderful. Permission to be irresistible. Permission to be already perfect, just as we are. 💫
How many times in your life have you granted yourself that permission? Not the lukewarm kind, the one you barely whisper. The other one. The kind that makes your lower back tremble and sets off cascades of liberating tears. 💞
The Morning’s Teaching
At the heart of the session, Alexandre offered a transmission that deserves to be unfolded slowly, the way you would unfold an old letter. 🕊️ It fits in a single sentence, repeated by a whole room in tears: “I have no need for an unconscious. I am conscious of everything.”
At first hearing, it may sound bold. The unconscious, we have been taught, is an impregnable fortress, a dark continent whose maps we spend a lifetime exploring. And here is Alexandre suggesting, with disarming gentleness, that we simply do without it.
His explanation is crystal clear: “It’s an alignment with the absolute. Because the absolute, of course, is conscious of everything. And it’s identification and identity — which is not a problem in the relative — that creates that blind spot, that shadow zone.” ✨
In other words: the unconscious does not exist as such. What we call the unconscious is the zone that identification with a little “me” refuses to see. The absolute, however, sees everything. And when you align with the absolute — through mantra, through breath, through surrender — that shadow zone dissolves.
This is where the morning elixir comes in — the chai. 🍵 Not as a mere hot drink, but as a vibrational medium. Each person places a sound into it, infuses it with mantras, then drinks it slowly. The elixir then becomes the physical vehicle of the intention: “I offer myself the very best in this life.”
And Alexandre continues with mantras that each give back a permission: “I am already loved just as I am. I am already perfect. I honor and celebrate my perfection. I fully own my genius.” 💫 Each of these sentences works like a reversed ho’oponopono — not to repair, but to recognize what is already there, intact, and always has been.
Then comes total forgiveness, addressed first to the physical body, then to oneself. The body is thanked, apologized to, forgiven. We start again from zero. 🌅 This is not a symbolic gesture: it is a vibrational renewal which, practiced regularly, clears away whole layers of cellular memory.
The teaching closes on the simplest and hardest injunction of Yoga Anatman: dare. “I dare to be what I am. I am wonderful. I am brilliant. I am irresistible.” To dare — not out of vanity, but because it is the only way to give back to being the place it should never have left. 💖
Realizations During Yoga Anatman
🎁 This 10-minute excerpt of the session’s realizations (in French) is offered to you by ANATMAN TV.
As always, the session opens with the sound of a bell that seeps into every cell. ✨ And then that first mantra, whispered, repeated, embodied: “I surrender to my inner yogi.” A handful of words that, spoken with awareness, already unlock something. Because to surrender is to dare to believe that within you lives a yogi infinitely wiser than your mind.
Then the hands rise. Slowly. The shoulder blades stretch, the neck unknots, the lower back lets out a sigh of gratitude. Alexandre slips in a sentence that resonates: “If you are not completely filled with bliss and pleasure, it means you haven’t done enough yoga.” 🌟 That says it all. Yoga is not an austere discipline — it is a rendezvous with your own bliss of being alive.
“In our yoga, what matters is: what does it do for me? That’s all it is, an experience between me and me.”
This sentence, dropped in the middle of the practice, changes everything. 🕊️ It frees the practitioner from all performance, from all comparison. There is only you and you. And between the two, infinity.
Then comes a suspended moment: blindfold over the eyes, thumbs hooked behind the back, the body gently tips forward. 🌿 Visual reality disappears. And in this chosen darkness, something else appears — a finer awareness, a listening to the body that daylight usually switches off.
Then comes grounding. A deep Hamsa into the feet, the legs imagined as roots plunging into the earth. Alexandre repeats: “Gratitude for having a territory.” 🌱 Because yes, before being light, you are also a body that occupies the ground, a relative identity that asserts itself, an embodied presence.
The Brazil surrender posture — arms outstretched in a cross, head tilted slightly back — becomes a declaration of cosmic love. “Life, I love you. I surrender to you.” 💖 And as the phrase is repeated, something cracks open in people’s chests. Tears rise. Alexandre welcomes them, always: “Let the tears come, I welcome every emotion.”
Next comes the energy healing for the lower back — hands placed there, spine stretching backward, one of the postures of the Five Tibetans. Conscious love sent to the area that carries so much of our silent weariness.
Then the frog: squatting, back straight, breath of fire. 🔥 Air in, air out. The belly pulses. Three minutes that feel like three centuries — and on coming out of it, the body glows.
The Elixir and the Mantra of Total Awareness
After the standing postures, the practice tips into its most intimate dimension: the elixir. 🍵 Everyone takes their cup of chai. Each places their own individual sound into it. The drink is infused with mantras. And there, in that living silence, Alexandre offers a deeply moving transmission.
A brand-new mantra moves through the room: “I have no need for an unconscious. I am conscious of everything.” 💫 And as it is repeated, tears burst out all around. Alexandre explains: “It’s an alignment with the absolute. Because the absolute, of course, is conscious of everything. And it’s identification and identity — which is not a problem in the relative — that creates that blind spot, that shadow zone.”
“I am already loved. Just as I am. For I am already perfect. I honor and celebrate my perfection. I fully own my genius.”
These sentences, spoken aloud, are gentle detonations. 🌅 They awaken places we had learned to lull to sleep. How often have we been led to believe that love must be earned? That perfection is won through effort? Alexandre turns it all upside down: you already are. There is nothing to conquer, only to realize.
Then comes the ho’oponopono addressed to the physical body: “To my physical body, I love you. I am sorry for everything that has happened. Forgive me, I forgive you everything, and I forgive myself everything, and I start again from zero.” 🙏 And then the same ritual, this time addressed to oneself, to everything one is. Total forgiveness. A complete renewal.
The Cosmic Clown Takes the Stage
Then comes the turning point of the session. 🦋 Lying on the floor, strap in hand, one leg rises to vertical. The back of the thigh stretches. And there, something unexpected arrives: laughter. Not polite laughter. Laughter rising from the belly, laughter that Alexandre tenderly calls the “torment of laughter”, the “cosmic clown”.
“I surrender so completely that I disappear, and maybe it will just laugh all by itself. If you do yoga every day, at some point the cosmic clown is going to show up.”
It is a revelation. 🌟 Yoga Anatman is not a discipline that manufactures spiritual seriousness — on the contrary, it sets free the inner child, the playful being, the sacred that delights in itself. Alexandre then invites everyone to repeat: “I associate bliss with stretching.” Two things we would never have thought to marry. And yet, in the body, it becomes blindingly obvious.
The mantras follow one after another, carried by the wave: “I fully own my sensuality. I fully own my voluptuousness. I fully own the sacred woman I am. I dare. I dare to be what I am. I am wonderful. I am brilliant. I am irresistible.” 💞 And each repeated phrase is a layer of conditioning falling away. A permission restored. A royalty reclaimed.
Conscious Walking and Chance Hugs
The session closes with an unusual practice: conscious walking, blindfolded. 🌿 The mats are put away in silence so as not to switch the mind back on. Each person goes to stand flat against a wall or a window — shoulder blades back, head high, suspended from the crown. Alexandre says: “I memorize this posture.” And this memorization becomes the gift: the more you practice, the more your spine straightens on its own — in daily life, at the supermarket checkout, on the subway, everywhere.
Then comes the invitation: “Walk.” A single word. And the body walks all by itself, forward, backward — Alexandre points out that walking backward creates incredible bliss. And if chance leads you to someone? A hug. A whispered “I love you”. Eyes blindfolded, no need to know who it is. Just heart to heart. 🤍
The Postures of the Session
🧘 Upward Stretch with Arms Raised — Urdhva Hastasana
The posture: Standing, feet parallel and firmly grounded, inhale slowly through the nose as the hands rise toward the sky, palms facing each other. The spine lengthens, the shoulder blades stretch, the head stays suspended from the crown.
Benefits for the body: Stretches the intercostal muscles, releases tension in the shoulders and upper back, opens the rib cage and makes for a fuller breath.
🧘 Rising onto the Toes — standing Padangusthasana
The posture: Arms still raised, rise gradually onto the balls of the feet. Calves, thighs, abs and glutes engage, the gaze fixed on a point ahead for balance.
Benefits for the body: Strengthens the calves, ankles and abdominal core, improves balance and proprioception, boosts venous circulation in the legs.
🧘 Backbend with Thumbs Hooked — variation of Ardha Chakrasana
The posture: Standing, hands behind the back, thumbs hooked, an inhalation that opens the chest and a gentle tilt of the head and upper back backward, without forcing.
Benefits for the body: Opens the shoulders and chest muscles, stretches the throat and the front of the body, relieves the fatigue of prolonged slouching.
🧘 Standing Forward Bend — Uttanasana
The posture: From upright, the hands rise and then the head slowly descends, torso toward the thighs, knees slightly bent at first. The hands reach for the floor, then the legs gradually straighten.
Benefits for the body: Deeply stretches the hamstrings, the calves and the entire posterior chain, decompresses the spine, soothes the nervous system.
🧘 Standing Side Bend — standing Parsva Konasana
The posture: One arm raised, a side bend drawing the spine toward the opposite side, the inner foot lifting slightly, then the elbow rises and massages the back of the neck.
Benefits for the body: Stretches the sides of the body, the obliques and the quadratus lumborum, makes the ribs more supple, releases neck tension.
🧘 Head and Chin Circles — Anatman cervical movement
The posture: Head tilted back to the left, then wide, generous circles with the chin, the whole body following the movement.
Benefits for the body: Mobilizes the seven cervical vertebrae, loosens the trapezius muscles, releases tension in the neck and upper shoulders, promotes drainage.
🧘 Energy Healing for the Lower Back — Five Tibetans variation
The posture: Standing, hands pressed against the lower back, spine gently stretching backward, deep breathing, an intention of love sent to the lumbar area.
Benefits for the body: Decompresses the lumbar spine, loosens the lower back, stimulates the energy of the vital center, eases stiffness from prolonged sitting.
🧘 Pelvic Circles — Anatman pelvic movement
The posture: Standing, feet grounded, hands free, wide, generous circles of the pelvis in one direction and then the other, three rotations per cycle.
Benefits for the body: Loosens the hips and sacrum, releases blockages in the pelvis, improves lumbar mobility, stimulates circulation in the lower pelvis.
🧘 Squatting Frog — Malasana
The posture: Squatting, heels on the floor if possible, back and head nice and straight, gaze forward, practiced here with the breath of fire (Kapalabhati).
Benefits for the body: Deeply opens the hips, makes the ankles more supple, strengthens the pelvic floor; Kapalabhati tones the diaphragm and clears the airways.
🧘 Push-ups on the Floor — Chaturanga variation
The posture: Lying on the belly, hands under the shoulders, push through the arms to lift the body in one line, then lower with control.
Benefits for the body: Strengthens the arms, chest, shoulders and abdominal core, tones overall posture.
🧘 Resting on the Belly — Makrasana
The posture: Lying on the belly, head resting on the mat, arms relaxed alongside the body, slow, deep breathing.
Benefits for the body: Fully rests the back and shoulders, calms the nervous system, aids digestion.
🧘 Leg with a Strap — Supta Padangusthasana
The posture: Lying on the back, lower back pressed firmly to the floor, a strap around the sole of the foot, the leg rises to vertical at a right angle. The forearms pull on the strap, the neck stays relaxed.
Benefits for the body: Intensely stretches the hamstrings, the calves and the sciatic nerve, loosens the hips, relieves lower-back tension.
🧘 Knees to Chest — Apanasana
The posture: Lying on the back, knees drawn in toward the chest, hands holding the feet, back rounded on the floor, the back of the neck resting well.
Benefits for the body: Massages the abdominal organs, decompresses the lumbar spine, relieves bloating, soothes the back after the stretches.
🧘 Standing Against a Wall — supported Tadasana
The posture: Standing, back and shoulder blades pressed against a wall or a window, head held high, suspended from the crown, feet firmly grounded.
Benefits for the body: Retrains posture, corrects imbalances in the spine, strengthens awareness of alignment, imprints verticality into the body’s memory.
🧘 Blindfolded Conscious Walking — Anatman movement
The posture: Standing, blindfolded, awareness in the arches of the feet, slow walking forward or backward, hugs whenever chance encounters happen.
Benefits for the body: Develops proprioception and balance, refines awareness of how you bear your weight, loosens the posterior chain (walking backward), releases emotions.
If you are not completely filled with bliss and pleasure, it means you haven’t done enough yoga.
I have no need for an unconscious. I am conscious of everything.
I dare to be what I am. I am wonderful, I am brilliant, I am irresistible.
Voices from the We
Hearts Greeting One Another
From the very first minutes, hearts showed up for the gathering. The chat turned into a tender vigil, a circle of luminous greetings.
- “Hi tribe, I love you ❤️” — Shakti Anne
- “Such amazing guidance” — Shakti Anne
- “Hi ❤️🔥” — Préma
- “Hi 💜🙏” — Sandrine
- “Hello💞 🙏 Welcome” — MaHA
Presence from Afar
Even separated by miles, some found a way to be there. Valérie, writing from Rennes, sent a message that touched the whole tribe — a presence proving that this yoga knows no borders.
“Hello everyone, sending you all my love. I’m in Rennes on a 30-minute break, have a lovely day and a good yoga session, big hugs, I love you ❤️” — Valérie
“Thank you again for this beautiful retreat” — Valérie
Closing Gratitude
At the end of the practice, simple words were enough. Nothing to add — just gratitude flowing around.
- “Have a wonderful day” — Rafaël
- “Have a beautiful, gentle day! Dear tribe, I love you ❤️” — Shakti Anne
- “❤️🔥🥰” — Préma
- “Thank you” — francis
- “Have a good day…” — Rafaël
Themes: surrender · cosmic clown · elixir · forgiveness · awareness · permission · sacred laughter · gratitude
This article was originally written in French: Yoga Anatman : S’autoriser à rire, à aimer, à être soi
