Present-Mindful Poetry: Origins
<p>My first exposure to the practice of present-moment mindfulness dates back more than two decades ago, when I started the efficient but elaborate (and time-consuming!) commute from a suburban gaijin house to my new job in west-end Tokyo. E-books and audiobooks became more than just my constant travel companions but tools to help me make the most of my overseas adventures.</p>
<p>20+ years later, I’m still commuting, if in more comfortable circumstances, but still three hours a day round-trip :-)</p>
<p>My mindfulness practice, enhanced by a lay study in Buddhist philosophy, has deepened to the level that I have become a certified teacher of mindfulness to young people and a facilitator for adults, such as the other staff and faculty at my school and the parents of our students.</p>
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