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Special Workshop - September 2006

September 30, 2006, Saturday 14:00-17:00

&

October 6, 2006, Friday, 19:00-21:00

Registration will begin at 1:30 pm so that we can start promptly at 2pm.

WORKSHOP:
Mindful Living - Applying everyday zen to intercultural training programs

LEADER:
Shougen Taishi (Horoiwa Naomi)

PLACE:

1. Sept. 30th - First Session
   Kokushikan University, Setagaya Campus (Daikodo)
2. October 6th - Follow-up Session
   Reitaku University Tokyo Kenkyu Center (Shinjuku i-Land Tower, 4th Floor)

This is a two-part workshop. We encourage participation in both sessions by offering a special price: Those who attend the first session are invited to the second session for free.

It is possible to attend only the 1st session; however, it is not possible to attend only the follow-up unless you attended the 2006 Conference workshop/special lecture of Shougen-taishi.

For participants eligible to attend only the second session:
Members: 1000yen / Nonmembers 2000yen

LANGUAGE:
Japanese with English explanations

FEE:
Members: 5,000 Yen
Non-members: 6,000 Yen
Student members: 1,000 Yen
Student non-members: 2,000 Yen
Graduate Student non-members: 4,000 Yen

Membership & benefits

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Zen tradition is full of practical advice that help expand our awareness to the global level.It is practiced thru simple daily activities such as eating and cleaning mindfully.
Each participant will design a lesson linked to an aspect of Five Precepts to be practiced for a week. In the follow up session, we will examine our application and challenges in taking the mindful practice to everyday life. Wide application to teaching English and intercultural training is possible. Body awareness lessons precede to create the experience of stillness, the home of mindful living.
1.Enhancing body awareness and the experience of stillness as a home of mindful living (soft movement lessons)
2.Introduction to the Five Precepts of Zen Buddhism as a guideline for mindful living and how they have been applied as Zen at Work (as opposed to Zen in no action)
3.Designing your personal mindful practice which can be tried out in one week time ? the results and the challenges to be brought back to the follow up session for further improvement and implementation in the work situations.

* This will be an active workshop, so please dress comfortably. Bring water, a towel, and your bare feet!

WORKSHOP LEADERS:
Shougen Horoiwa, Naomi was first co-chair of SIETAR Japan. She studied psychology at UCSC; cultural anthropology at Univ. of Tukuba; Expressive arts therapy at TAMALPA Institute, CA.; and today incorporates Shintaido (holistic body-mind movements derived from Japanese martial arts) and Zen practicalities when teaching intercultural communication at Daito Bunka Univ. and other institutes. She holds monthly class combining shintaido and mindful practice in tokyo. She is under the training of Harada Shodo Roshi, the Zen Master of Rinzai School, Sogenji; Okayama.

How to get there?:

1. Kokushikan University, Setagaya Campus: Take the local train on the Odakyu Line to Umegaoka, the eighth stop from Shinjuku. From the south exit, it is a 15-minute walk. Or take the Setagaya Line from Shimotakaido or from Sangenjaya to Shoinjinjamae. It is a 6 minute walk. Or take the bus to Setagaya kuminkaikan from bus stop #18 at Shibuya Station. It is a 2-minute walk. See the map. Click the “kochira” to see a more detailed map to the campus from Umegaoka station. Daikodo is the building marked “E” on the aerial photo map. It is a Japanese-style building in the center of the campus.
   
2. i-Land Tower can be accessed directly from Nishi-Shinjuku Station on the Marunouchi Line by following the underground path. From JR Shinjuku Station it is an approximately 10-minute walk. Once you get to the building, select an elevator that stops on the 4th floor. After you get off on the 4th floor, walk to the right until you get to the last door on your left.