by isaokato | Sep 30, 2013 | Post
The toughest thing about meditating is that the act of concentrate is already a big part of my thought, thus the harder I try to “meditate,” the more difficult it becomes to stay in the moment. My mind is covered by layers of thoughts and images and music. When I...
by isaokato | Sep 29, 2013 | Post
The renounced psychologist Stephen Pinker is asking the humanities world to stop seeing science as en enemy and start embracing it more in order to enrich its own world. One would think that writers in the humanities would be delighted and energized by the...
by isaokato | Sep 27, 2013 | Post
My quest for physical therapy continues. (A tiny voice says the therapy I truly need is a cure for therapy addiction.) A dear friend of mine, Jim Lehman, invited me to try his pilates session in his gorgeous new studio overlooking the Xindian valley in Southern...
by isaokato | Sep 26, 2013 | Post
This short video made by IKEA Spain captures the brilliant power of stepping out of our comfort zone. Well, reality doesn’t work this smoothly but it certainly shows the possibility. http://youtu.be/r4L3yGCGLQk Everybody, regardless of their age bracket, might agree...
by isaokato | Sep 25, 2013 | Post
I took the first rolfing session in my life. I had heard about it (trivia: the Japanese novelist Yoshimoto Banana’s husband is a rolfer) but never tried it, because…here I am in Taiwan, the home of Chinese medicine and qigong, and the idea of trying a Western practice...
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