Messages from Big Island, Hawaii, in Japanese and English
I have practiced tea ceremony long time ago in Japan.
I learnt from the teacher for Urasenke, one of the main schools of Japanese tea ceremony, a couple of hours every week. Students sat on tatami mats. The teacher was watching the performance of each student when she practiced. Each student performed preparing for making tea with elegant movements, including entering the room, carry tools, pour tea, fold and use hukusa (cloth), and serve tea to guests (the teacher and students in the lesson). There was a certain movement that we needed to learn and memorize. I was amazed how organized and refined those movements were. They were considered for us not to make any extra or meaningless movements. That was my understanding. One of the happy time was when we were served very tasty Japanese sweets and enjoy with the matcha green tea! I do not know how much those skills were still in me. However, I clearly remember that right after the lesson, maybe about half a day, I was really watching my movement and tried to move elegantly. Practicing Tea Ceremony might have helped me to observe my movement of my body from the 3rd person’s eye. Unconsciously, it might have been helping me to learn new things including driving as well. Comments are closed.
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An Interpreter for JCU Archives
April 2021
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