with Alice Whieldon. Hosted by Alexandra Gelny’s Ichinyo. Assistant Teacher and Translation, Alexandra Gelny

What is the kokoro?
I can feel the sound of the wind through a pine tree on the calligraphy.
It cannot be visible, it can only be felt.
Betto Matsumoto

Kokoro is usually translated from Japanese as “heart” or sometimes also as “spirit” or a combination of both. This may not help us understand kokoro very well. We can only grasp Kokoro by experiencing and feeling it.

To practice Sei-ki we must learn how to take no notice of our thoughts, to slip around them so that we can “see” with “Kokoro eyes” and recognize a person’s life situation. In this Sei-Ki workshop, Alice Whieldon will deepen on the aspect of kokoro.