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Japan is calling: will you listen?
Japan Is Calling Here’s Why the World Is Listening A charming alleyway in a Tokyo neighborhood, lined with traditional lanterns and...
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Aug 303 min read
Blowin' In The Wind
How many times must a woman say yes before there’s nothing more to give? How many times must she fall to defeat before she collapses in...
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Aug 22 min read
The Milkweed Answer: Faith, Stillness, and the Space Between
Milkweed seeds surrounded by their delicate, silky floss emerge unexpectedly, ready to be carried by the wind. Do you ever find yourself...
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Jul 265 min read
Can Faith Really Move Mountains?
I was happily minding my own business, dancing in the street, twirling and leaping, enjoying the music of my community and skipping along...
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Jul 174 min read
From Hurt to Healing: Compassion Over Expectation
“Through cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the suffering, joy for the virtuous, and equanimity...
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Jul 42 min read
Cherry Blossom Viewing: Sakura Hanami
Angel wrote in your journal: If the popping appearance of cherry blossoms into flower were music, you would wake up one day and hear...
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Mar 257 min read
Bluejays, Writing, and Music
Something has opened in me and I’m now ready, willing, and able to receive writing and music back into my life. It’s been too long since...
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Jul 21, 20242 min read
My Rock
My father was my rock. As a little girl, I loved the feel of my tiny hand being held by his big, strong, always warm grip. And when I sat...
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Jun 16, 20242 min read
My wish for 2024
Crisp. Cold. Clear. Bright sunshine permeates the air on New Year’s Day in Japan. Not once did I experience gloomy weather on the first...
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Jan 1, 20243 min read
An Invitation to Embrace the Stillness
The bare branches of the Maple Tree scrawled across the predawn sky, tilting, swaying, and cracking in the dark winds, stirring me into...
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Dec 31, 20231 min read
Rituals
Sunrise. Sunday morning. Hamamatsu, Japan. The metal-on-metal clamoring interrupts the morning stillness. The shop owner emerges from the...
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Oct 15, 20233 min read
The Breath of Soft Power
Did you ever put a seashell up to your ear and marvel at how it created the sound of the sea? It was one of those “perfect” days in my...
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Aug 20, 20233 min read
Just One Still Moment
Birds singing. Female cardinal at the front door. A solitary boat motor far away, paddles dipping, moving water, pausing to glide before...
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Jun 11, 20231 min read
NIA??
The Zokawa Studio in Muncie, Indiana is slated to be the only place in Indiana offering NIA! The “Integrated” in NIA refers to a fusion...
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May 28, 20231 min read
Hatha? Vinyasa? What’s the Difference?
There are so many kinds of yoga these days that it can be quite confusing to know what the terms mean and what to expect when you are...
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May 28, 20233 min read
My Experience with Covid:
For days, I’ve been sitting like a zombie in my chair. Mouth agape, eyes glazed, staring into space, I ponder … NOTHING. This NOTHING...
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Feb 11, 20232 min read
Nostalgia
Lately I’ve been feeling nostalgic. Images and memories and emotions from long ago in Japan swirl around in my head and my heart, tugging...
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Dec 30, 20223 min read
Embracing Change with Curiosity and Hope and Faith
I decided on Sunday that my focus for this week would be “CHANGE” and to embrace change with curiosity and hope in my heart with faith...
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Aug 29, 20223 min read
The position of transition
I know that summer’s not yet over, and I also know that it’s no longer really summer because we don’t have that sense of long days and...
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Aug 14, 20222 min read
What Could Pebbles Know
Have you ever felt like you were just too small to make a difference? ‘What could I possibly do to help that situation?’ These days when...
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Jul 8, 20221 min read
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