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Call for for SOA Board members
Nominations for SOA Board members are now open. A SOA Board member works with other board members and SOA officers to help fulfill the mission of supporting keiko and instructors in the US and Canada. What are some of the things a board members have done? A...
21 Days That Will Improve Your Life – hybrid Shintaido course with David Franklin
by David Franklin an online / offline Shintaido course that takes 15 minutes per day for 21 daysStarting Sunday April 25, 2021Details of the program and registration here Personally, I don’t like Zoom meetings much. Doing exercise through Zoom is slightly less bad...
Shintaido of America Logo Contest
Calling all creative designers – SOA is launching a LOGO contest. Why? Shintaido of America has a current logo of the “jumping man”. As part of our branding initiative, we want to consider creating additional logos. We invite you to be inspired by the theme “opening...
Shintaido of America has a new team member
Shintaido of America is very pleased and excited to announce that Tereza Soldatova has joined our social media team as the new Newsletter Content and Outreach Specialist. Tereza will be responsible for publishing Body Dialogue articles on our website and...
Logo Contest
Calling all creative designers – Shintaido of America (SOA) is launching a LOGO contest. Why? – SOA has a current logo of the “jumping man”. As SOA just completed a branding initiative, SOA is considering creating additional logos. We invite you to be inspired by...
May Zoom class with Master Instructor H. F. Ito
Building on the success of the April 4, Taimyo in a Time of Separation, Zoom event, Master Instructor H. F Ito will be teaching again May 30. Here are the class times in some major cities: 7am San Francisco10am New York3pm London4pm Paris11pm Tokyo Class will be...
Shintaido over Zoom
As we all remain home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are beginning to adapt our Shintaido practice to our separated lives. In California, Sandra Bengtsson, Connie Borden and Robert Gaston are teaching a free, weekly Sunday morning class at 9am PDT. Please contact...
Time, Space and Relationships in Shintaido
Master H. F. Ito shared his thoughts about how the Japanese word ningen - "human" - reflects much that we study in Shintaido: spacing, relationships, Ten-Chi-Jin-Ware-Ittai (Unification of Heaven, Earth, Self, and Society) and mutual respect. This talk was given...
Taimyo in a Time of Separation
From Master Instructor H. F. Ito: Dear Friends, I have been thinking about you in this dark time of pandemics. While it is good to know all of us are part of the Global Taimyo Network for Peace, it is even better to get together! I would like to invite you to a 45...
Biwako 2020 International
Every four years, the international Shintaido community gathers for a gasshuku. Registration is now open for this year's international, "Biwako 2020" to be held near Kyoto, Japan from November 5-8. The theme for the event is “和気藹々/Waki ai ai” describes an atmosphere...
2020 Membership Letter
Hello! Greetings from the board of Shintaido of America! This year, we are launching many new initiatives, and we would like you to be included! An online forum has been launched to assist graduates and assistants who are thinking about starting classes. The Teachers’...
SNE Kangeiko Cancelled
Unfortunately as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 virus, as a precaution, Shintaido North East has decided to cancel the gasshuku scheduled for this weekend.