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Nature is Kind

Been busy, as you can imagine, reliving again in Japan. Many messages have gone out - not all posted here. However I am posting tomorrow's message to those on our list in Japan. I slowly evolving my own understanding of the work, and how it can be used to support people undoing the stress they give themselves over the events of the last few weeks... *** Once upon a time a lone lady in a kimono waited by the edge of a river. She needed to cross the river, but could not get her self wet. Not long after, two monks came along, so she pleaded to be carried across the river. The tall monk agreed, and carried her across the river on his back. The shorter monk was shocked by his companion's action, and silently fumed for one hour after the woman had left. Finally, he could contain himself no longer: "You were wrong" he blurted out to the taller monk "It is forbidden to touch a woman, but you did even more! You carried her across the river!!" The taller monk smiled c

Living in Truth - Japan #2

Continuing to post to my blog the messages I am sending out in Japan to the 3,000 on our list. Since yesterday, it has been posted on several blogs, shared in Mixi (Japan's FaceBook) or retweeded more widely. We are getting a positive response - it is good to feel these ideas are supporting people in this crisis. *** This is Jeremy, BodyChance Education Director. My guess is that you are thinking about your life deeply at the moment? I know I am. So many questions come to my mind. So many unanswerable questions… What will happen in Tokyo? Will I still be able to live here? Should I leave Tokyo? Should I leave Japan? Do I carry on as normal? Do I stay at home and wait? What is the best thing for me to do? Who can I talk to about this? There are all questions I have thought about. I am guessing you must be thinking about the same. Soon you realize there are no answers to be found. You don't know what to do… This is what feels so frustrating, yes? You want to know what will happen

The Undoing Way - Japan #1

I will start posting messages I am sending out to our Japanese list and visitors to our website... *** Hi, I am Jeremy from BodyChance, and I am writing to you from the Gold Coast in Australia. I sometimes wonder why I left Japan the day before the earthquake hit - is there any meaning in that for me? And the only meaning I can take right now is my determination to come back. It has tested my will, as a foreigner, to know if Japan is really a home for me. I discovered that it is. I plan to return on March 24th and do what I can to support you through this terrible crisis. I don't mind if my life is shortened as a result – I am only afraid to waste my life. I am afraid to go to my grave without being able to say "I did what I could." I've just come off a conference call with the members of BodyChance's full-time staff, and I ended our conversation with tears in my eyes. I had not felt nor understood till that moment what a crisis of confidence is happening for you