Back in Holland and it's a lot of fun. Of course it's fun seeing friends and family. But I really get a kick out of the Star Trek thing: I know all these places and faces but a lot of the little details are off. I feel like I've been trough a wormhole or a space time anomaly. And of course I'm the only one who notices anything. A shop that was never there before. All the milk cartons have changed. Some one suddenly does a completely different job and has two kids... A lot can happen in almost four years.
I must confess: what helps is that I forgot a lot of things. How very windy Holland is. Or where exactly a restaurant is and how exactly you get there. Also good for that Twilight Zone feeling: I am used to do a lot of stuff Asian style. Sometimes I struggle to express things in Dutch instead of English or Thai. I feel my countrymen are pushy or smelly or have no manners whatsoever. And although sometimes it brings some discomfort: it never ceases to amuse me. It's so weird. I've stared at a couple of times already with that 'what are you smiling about-look'.
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Hi there, i like your photographs. I am interested in learning the Bamboo Breathing technique, i have the book 'zen training' by Sekida. Initially i tried to learn the technique but met frustration and had to give up. I think one problem was trying to figure out how to oppose the diaphragm with my adominals. I'm wondering if you could possibly help me with the bamboo technique? my email is slagpile101@hotmail.com
The Bamboo technique is actually way less technical than you'd expect. All you have to do is make sure that you are breathing with your abdomen (and not chest breathing). Once you have that down, you can proceed to make that first out breath deep by a little bit of force. Don't over do it or over conceptualize and most importantly try to NOT force the other breaths. Let your body do what it naturally does and count those breaths (instead of you trying to match your breath to your counting or any kind of other rhythm). Good luck!
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