Spring has sprung! After a few false starts, it feels pretty much like summer here in Southern California during the day. The season is only betrayed by still cold nights. I’m learning again how our human rituals, (even administrative ones!) relate to nature’s seasons. This wasn’t always apparent to me when I lived in the city, where productivity […]
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Less is More
Ohashi first presents the idea of less is more (my words, not his) in reference to the physicality of giving shiatsu treatments. He, being small and weak, adopted the principle of non-resistance from his Aikido practice. I am familiar with the idea. The most effective Hapkido techniques I know work best when the practitioner relaxes […]