2015年10月09日20:32
Tuesday, October ６
Many leaves are fluttering down from the cherry tree in front of the “hondo”(the main building of the temple). Now, it is autumn, the season of falling leaves. For us living in the temple it means the beginning of the time to sweep a lot of fallen leaves almost every day.
Last Thursday, I swept up a lot of fallen leaves and cut down the thick branches which grew over the hedge with electric chainsaw.
So, feeling a bit of fatigue and drowsiness, I attend the Laughter Yoga Session in Hokoji last weekend. Hokoji is the head temple of our Linzai Zen branch, sitting at the foot of the mountain. It was a fine day, a fresh breeze was blowing from the woods into our room. The teacher of the Session was Mr. Hirano, called by the nickname, “Ossama” which means Buddhist monk “Osyo”, because he has a buzz-cut. He is a main member of our Zen school on every Wednesday morning, and a cute guy with a nice smile.
Our 2-day Laughter Yoga Session was fulfilling and joyful for us 15 participants.
Laughter Yoga has the same following features as Zen practices.
First, abdominal breathing. We can naturally breathe from the abdomen with a rhythmic laughing motion. The practice of “zazen” is also based on abdominal breathing.
Second, motion creates emotion and feeling. For example, the form of motion of Zen practice “gassyou” (hands in prayer) creates a feeling of gratitude. In the same way, a motion of laughing creates an emotion of happiness, even if we are not in mood to laugh or don’t have any reason to laugh.
Really, at the end of the session, we all could laugh naturally and became feel happy.
Laughter Yoga Session≫
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Tuesday, October ６
Many leaves are fluttering down from the cherry tree in front of the “hondo”(the main building of the temple). Now, it is autumn, the season of falling leaves. For us living in the temple it means the beginning of the time to sweep a lot of fallen leaves almost every day.
Last Thursday, I swept up a lot of fallen leaves and cut down the thick branches which grew over the hedge with electric chainsaw.
So, feeling a bit of fatigue and drowsiness, I attend the Laughter Yoga Session in Hokoji last weekend. Hokoji is the head temple of our Linzai Zen branch, sitting at the foot of the mountain. It was a fine day, a fresh breeze was blowing from the woods into our room. The teacher of the Session was Mr. Hirano, called by the nickname, “Ossama” which means Buddhist monk “Osyo”, because he has a buzz-cut. He is a main member of our Zen school on every Wednesday morning, and a cute guy with a nice smile.
Our 2-day Laughter Yoga Session was fulfilling and joyful for us 15 participants.
Laughter Yoga has the same following features as Zen practices.
First, abdominal breathing. We can naturally breathe from the abdomen with a rhythmic laughing motion. The practice of “zazen” is also based on abdominal breathing.
Second, motion creates emotion and feeling. For example, the form of motion of Zen practice “gassyou” (hands in prayer) creates a feeling of gratitude. In the same way, a motion of laughing creates an emotion of happiness, even if we are not in mood to laugh or don’t have any reason to laugh.
Really, at the end of the session, we all could laugh naturally and became feel happy.
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