Cadavers

What makes the body alive? Fluidity and movement What makes each of us alive? Sensations, feelings and emotions All these details are lost in the dead bodies. Their expressions are acceptance and willingness to be looked at, touched, investigated and disturbed. The ultimate offering. But the souls are not there any longer. They are vacantContinue reading “Cadavers”

Contribution to an article on dying by Su Fox

My post Accompanying the dying process has been quoted in an article by Sue Fox ” Retirement and other endings – part 5″ on Fulcrum, Issue 76. Fulcrum is a triannual magazine issued by Craniosacral Therapy Association. Su’s article makes me realise the question of how we can support or be supported in the significant transition is notContinue reading “Contribution to an article on dying by Su Fox”

Accompanying the dying process

I hope you don’t mind me sharing here my experience of keeping a company with a person dying. My grandmother passed away on 4th June at the age of 93. She admitted to a hospital on the day I arrived in my hometown Tokyo 12 days before, after having stopped eating. During those days, IContinue reading “Accompanying the dying process”