Body Dialogue Newsletter
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Remembering James Cumming
by Stephen Billias On May 1st, 2023, after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease, James Cumming took the MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) medicine, which is legal in the state of Vermont where he lived. He passed away peacefully with his wife Evangelina “Vangie”...
Make the best of the Shintaido of America YouTube channel
by Sarah Baker Cheers and standing ovations to all. The Shintaido of America YouTube Channel has 167 Subscribers by the end of April 2023!! Have you visited the Shintaido of America YouTube channel? Here is what one person said: I never subscribed to any channel. But...
Maya Meets Shintaido
by Stephen Billias General Instructor Jim Sterling asked me and Bela to submit an article to Shintaido of America’s Body Dialogue newsletter, using excerpts from our recently published novel Pilgrim Maya that reflect our background as longtime Shintaido practitioners....
Michael Thompson Sensei – Lifetime Achievement Award
by Jim Sterling On February 5, 2021, Shintaido of America (SOA) held a celebration via Zoom to honor Michael Thompson, Doshu, with a Lifetime Achievement Award. During this event over 40 of his students and colleagues spoke about the impact he had on their lives...
Shintaido Northeast Kangeiko
by Eva ThaddeusIn the Northeast, our coldest cold spell this winter came in February. It was down to zero where I live just north of NYC, and windy as well. In an otherwise mostly mild winter, it suddenly felt dangerous just to be outside. My chickens, who...
Pacific Shintaido Kangeiko 2023
By Derk Richardson It had been three years since Pacific Shintaido was able to host its annual Kangeiko gathering in person. But, after two years of surprisingly successful virtual workshops, with participants from all over North America and Europe interacting via...
Reflections on Sai-Zan. “Breaking through mountains” — Kokyu when retreating
By “Next Steps” Connie* I wrote a recent article on grief, death and loss; I now have some reflections on the benefit of practicing Taimyo Part I — specifically the movement 碎山/Sai-Zan “breaking through mountains”— using kokyu in relation to the individual practice of...
Poetry in Motion
by Robert Gaston About the authorMany of you may have been fortunate to have had a chance to do keiko with Robert Gaston. He is a Senior Instructor of Shintaido and has practiced and studied for almost 40 years. He is a member of the International...
A Revealed Dream – The Treasures Within
by Heather KuhnHeather Kuhn has practiced Shintaido for 23 years with the Shintaido North East (SNE) group. Also, she is a somatic psychotherapist who provides individual therapy focused on early life trauma.As you will read, she is launching a new group Good Enough...
An interview of Master MINAGAWA
Master Minagawa answers to questions prepared by Jean-Louis de Gandt for a conference held during the yearly Kangeiko of Ile-de-France Shintaido at Fort Mahon on January 25, 2020. Master Minagawa Shintaido has many disciplines, Open hand, Bojutsu,...
Coming under one roof – Gasshuku in Quebec City, Canada
September 2022by Connie Borden From 16 September to 18 September 2022, fourteen of us gathered in Quebec City, Canada for a Gasshuku. Now that it has ended, we have returned home with a sense of enrichment. Here are some impressions and remembrances. First...
Feelings of Grief
by Connie Borden, 9 March 2022 en français ci-dessous / 以下日本語で IntroductionTomi Nagai-Rothe and Connie Borden, both Shintaido Instructors, are also active with HF Ito, Sarah Baker, Rob Gaston and many others in the Global Taimyo Community (GTC). GTC formed after...
Re-Connecting What is broken
by Tomi Nagai-Rothe en français ci-dessous / 以下日本語で IntroductionTomi Nagai-Rothe and Connie Borden, both Shintaido Instructors, are also active with HF Ito, Sarah Baker, Rob Gaston and many others in the Global Taimyo Community (GTC). GTC formed after September 11 in...
“Connections in Nature” – Shintaido of America Bojutsu Workshop (July 2022)
by Connie Borden Rob Gaston, Senior Instructor, ranked Sandan in Shintaido bojutsu had an inspiration to hold a Shintaido of America boh workshop in 2022. Post COVID, it would be an in-person gathering in the San Francisco Bay Area open to all Shintaido bojutsu...
British Shintaido – Same art, new country…
by Nancy BilliasI just got back from the British Shintaido daienshu, their summer gasshuku. It was delightful. The theme was “Genryu: Return to the Source”. The event was led by Masashi Minagawa, ably assisted by two general instructors (Charles Burns and Ula...
Tenshingoso – Impressions, Video and Podcast
by Jane Muromoto Yung Jane Muromoto Yung began her studies of Shintaido in the late 1970’s. Tenshingoso was her favorite movement. In this article, Jane shares her impressions following a ZOOM keiko with Ito Sensei. Ten years before I started playing with...
Gashuku Report
by Lee Ordeman Pacific Shintaido 2022 Kangeiko: “Cultivating Compassion”Held January 15-16 via ZoomDirector of Instruction: Shin AokiInstructors: Shin Aoki and Ula ChambersGasshuku Managers: Derk Richardson and Cheryl WilliamsZoom Manager: Sarah BakerCommunications:...
Shintaido teaching at Zenbrush – A Collaboration
by Connie Borden I was extremely fortunate to teach Shintaido exercises during the week-long calligraphy course presented by Zenbrush at the Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA from March 8th through March 12th. Fifteen people, along with Sensei Kaz Tanahashi participated...
“Good is bad, bad is good!”
by H. F. Ito Previously I sent a post about “Good is bad, bad is good.” This is my most recent follow-up (February 2022). Unfortunately, the legal non-profit entity based in France known as International Shintaido Project was dissolved in June 2021. (Thank you...
Mind the Gap
by David Franklin Shintaido of America's new podcast has recently launched (find it at http://www.shintaido.org/podcast/), and as readers may know, the first season is an audio book: a reading of Shintaido: the body is a message of the universe by the founder of...
The Body is a Message of the Universe – how are we receiving the message?
British Shintaido Annual LectureGuest speaker Margaret Guay February 20th 2022For US participants: 12.00 noon PST 3.00 pm ESTUK and European participants: 8.00 pm UK, 9.00 pm Europe Online Via ZOOM Margaret Guay is a Shintaido Instructor on the East Coast of the US...
Shintaido of America is releasing the first-ever podcast dedicated to Shintaido
Releasing on January 5, 2022 - join our release party on January 4, 2022! Our motivation to start a podcast When Shintaido of America was founded in 1976, we set a few goals that we wanted to achieve. From supporting local groups, providing a high-quality educational...
How Deep is Your Community?
Reflections on the Global Taimyo Community Workshop, August 2021by Tomi Nagai-Rothe Over the past year I helped plan and organize – with a team of three others – a virtual international workshop marking the 20th anniversary of H.F. Ito’s founding of the Global...
Quebec Canada Gasshuku – Impressions
From September, 2021 A few words from Sarah Covid-19 made its effects felt around the world in 2020 with most gatherings being cancelled, including Shintaido events. As vaccines became available and more adults were able to get vaccinated, small slits began to open in...
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