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Tomoko and I are now in Bangkok and getting ready to wrap up our vacation. It has really been a great month! After the 7-day fast Koh Samui, we took a boat to the nearby island of Koh Tao. This is a famous scuba diving island with a lot of good coral for both snorkeling […]

Well, we’ve come a long way since our first day of the fast. We didn’t really know much about fasting and the fasting system before starting, but in the last few days we have really LEARNED A LOT! It’s interesting how energy levels go up and down during the fast. Most days we had energy […]

Tomoko and I are now on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand. We are at a small health spa and have just begun a new experience for us: it’s called a ‘cleansing fast’ and it lasts for seven days. I have to be honest here … it was all TOMOKO’s IDEA!! What is a […]

Well, it’s hard to believe that two weeks have passed so quickly … and I think we’ve experienced a lot in this short time. I wrote before that Tomoko and I took a 5-day Reiki course in Dharamsala. That was really educational and inspirational. In fact, I found a good Reiki book yesterday and bought […]

Hey, our newest lesson, number 36, is now available on our podcast page. This lesson is an interview with my Tibetan friends Jampa and Sonam Nyima. I think they’re very interesting and I hope you also find it interesting and educational. Enjoy and learn.

Wow, there’s so much to learn … Tomoko and I are now studying REIKI. What is REIKI?? I don’t really know much about it right now, except that it’s a natural healing treatment. Reiki practitioners can ‘channel’ healing energy into a patient. It’s very powerful and the basic principles seem easy to learn and use. […]

NAMASTE!! Hello everyone!! Tomoko and I are now in Dharamsala, north India and we are visiting our friends. I lived here for about seven years and then I went to Japan. This is my return visit after an absence of two and a half years. Ah, it feels good to be back!! I will write […]

Well, everyone, you might have noticed that our website was down for a couple of days, and looks a little … ah, well … incomplete, maybe strange. It’s not completely back to normal, and you’ll probably find that some things are missing. WHY?? Yes, our webserver was HACKED and the website was completely wiped out! […]