We explore our connection to Nature in the Japanese Yoga according to the Seasons course. In Japanese and Chinese Traditional Medicine the transformation of seasons and elements plays an important role....

I received my certificate for 6th kyu, green belt on the 9th of January, This means I grew from a minarai 見習い - an observer/beginner - to a practitioner of Shorinji Kempo.    One of my...

Because January is all about silence, peace, and emptiness, we work with the Zen Buddhist concept 空 'Kuu': emptiness. Emptiness is an important concept in all forms of Buddhism. Indian yogis, for example,...

This kanji combination comes from Zen Buddhism. 諸行 'shogyō' can be translated as 'all worldly phenomena; meritorious deeds leading to enlightenment”無常 'mujō' means 'impermanence' or 'mutability'. Nobuo...

Within this Dō-In course, we work with the Taoist philosophy of life, in which Yin and Yang are two important concepts. More than 3,500 years ago, this complex relational concept emerged in China to...

According to the Taoist calendar, from September 7 to October 6 we move from late Summer to Autumn. The time of external growth is slowly coming to an end; it is time to slow down. Last month we worked...