All Categories - 連翹奏 -Ren Gyo Soh-

Vol. 69 Flower Moon

6/26/2021

seeds inside of my body
floating on the surface of water
water in the green forest
between spring and summer
I am in between
between earth and sky
between water and air
I am in between
the moon gives light to the
seeds inside of my body
dance to come out
to germinate
to sprout
to grow
to reach...
Moon shines more
like a flower

Vol. 68 Unfolding

5/26/2021

It is coming
It is happening
during cold winter
something has been waiting
waiting to unfold
Yet, afraid to unfold
it has been folding for so long,
not sure how to unfold
there is gravity which has been accepting it to reside
there is levity which is now inviting it to coming up
surrender to levity
surrender to natural force
it is starting to unfold
to bloom

Vol. 67 Falling in love with Breathing

4/20/2021

Out... in... out...

observing breath and body movement

in... out...in...

expectation, nervous, unknown...mystery

like falling in love

every breathe is a new moment

a new moment of living.

I am living

right now. this very moment.

out... in...out...

I am falling love with breath.

Swans at Sylvan Water at Greenwood Cemetery (April, 2021)

Vol. 66 Exchange of Happiness

3/20/2021

You make me smile,
I smile back to you.

You smile back to me more;
I smile back to you more and more.

You smile back to me more and more and more;
I smile back to you more and more and more.

It is an infinite exchange.
exchange of smile; exchange of joy
exchange of love

exchange of happiness

Photo is from a production, En:2021 (March 8th, 2021)
Cast: Frankie Mulinix, Rachelle Dart, Jorge Luna, Annie, McCoy, Miles Butler, Zak Ma

Vol. 65 No One & Oblivion

2/20/2021

OBLIVION
When life ends,
Where do its memories go?
Must we look to History and Nature
To find them?
Or do they remain in our stead?

No One
Our bodies are tamed in this society.
We are forced to keep our spirits caged.
When we unleash
the deepest and most primal parts
of our true selves,
Do we get lost
in the destruction
Or do we find our way
To breathe in this world we live in now
as boundless no ones?

Concept by Yokko, Written by Alla Ilyasova

Vol. 64 Mu: empty

1/13/2021

Mu means empty,
but not really empty.

Mu means not nothing.
Mu is actually full and nothing.
empty means not empty.
empty is not nothing.
empty is full.
empty is possibility.
Mu is a full of possibility.

Vol. 63 Soul Desire

12/26/2020

What do I want? What do I want in my life?
What do I need? What do I need to survive?
What my soul is craving for?
What my soul is aspiring for?
What my soul is yearning for?
I know.
I know when my soul is shaken.
I know when my soul is vibrating.
I know what my soul needs. My soul can not breath without it.
I know.
I have been there.
I have witnessed the moment.
Is that what my soul was assigned?
Is that my soul purpose?
I do not know.
But,
I do know what my soul is living and dying for.
It is boiling from the bottom of my body.
It is NEED, It is Craving, It is Aspiring, It may be yearning.
I know.
What my soul desires.

Vol. 62 Words from Noguchi

11/24/2020

OVERDO IS OVERDO
IF WE DO NOT DO OVERDO,
WE CAN DO OVERDO.
-Michizo Noguchi

Lately, I have been obsessed by his words through Noguchi Movement Practice. I am trying to find right phrase for this riddle in English.
And here is another way of saying...
Impossible is Impossible.
If we do not do impossible thing,
we can do impossible thing.

I hope you get the philosophy behind of this :) My experience is... when I do a hamstrings stretch inspired by this, I actually can go further than I expect. Every time, it surprises me!

MR. NOGUCHI : the founder of Noguchi Taisoh.

Vol. 61 Body with Breath & Impulse

10/25/2020

Breath is going out,
There is a moment of nothing,
And then
New air is coming into body.
It flows inside of our bodies.

Breath releases our impulses:
Our natural desires.
Movement with breath supports to
Release unnecessary tensions:
Physically, mentally, emotionally,
Spiritually, and energetically

We meet new ourselves every time.
Revealing unknown ourselves.

Body starts breathing,
It starts living.

Vol. 60 Desire / Ego / Boundaries

9/25/2020

An egg is in my belly.
It has a desire to hatch.
It has a desire to be born.
It has a desire to break through.
What is coming out?
Is it a bird?
Who wants to fly?
Is it a monster?
Who wants to eat everything?
The bird turned into a monster?
Or this egg is courage, strength
which creates a shield from enemy.
A shield of protection.
Or this egg is a creation-
which produces a new life.
full of possibility.
This unknown egg is there
Sitting in the belly-
to be born.