{"id":397,"date":"2018-03-11T22:04:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T05:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/?p=397"},"modified":"2018-03-13T22:55:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T05:55:23","slug":"aikido-at-the-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/index.php\/2018\/03\/11\/aikido-at-the-shrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Aikido at the shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I attend an aikido class a few times a week.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still very much a novice, but it gets me moving and I find it is frequently the only time during the week when I am truly &#8216;present&#8217; in my own body.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend a friend invited me to attend a class at a nearby shinto temple.\u00a0 It was a great experience &#8211; a different style of instruction with a different emphasis in techniques.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t think to bring my camera, but my daughter took some images.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing to me that something like this is so close.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-398\" style=\"width: 1038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-398 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kitsune.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1038\" height=\"1417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kitsune.jpg 1038w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kitsune-416x568.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kitsune-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kitsune-768x1048.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kitsune-750x1024.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/kitsune-400x546.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1038px) 100vw, 1038px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kitsune shrine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-399\" style=\"width: 1060px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-399 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/frog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1060\" height=\"1670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/frog.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/frog-416x655.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/frog-190x300.jpg 190w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/frog-768x1210.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/frog-650x1024.jpg 650w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/frog-400x630.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaeru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-400 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/handwashing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/handwashing.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/handwashing-416x234.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/handwashing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/handwashing-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/handwashing-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/handwashing-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">temizuya water pavillion with a dragon spout and underwater frog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402\" style=\"width: 1152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-402 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/outdoors.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/outdoors.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/outdoors-416x740.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/outdoors-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/outdoors-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/outdoors-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/outdoors-400x711.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the outdoor holy places. I love all the moss.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-403\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-403 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/interior.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/interior.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/interior-416x234.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/interior-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/interior-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/interior-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/interior-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the shrine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-404\" style=\"width: 1792px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-404 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/entry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1792\" height=\"1108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/entry.jpg 1792w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/entry-416x257.jpg 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/entry-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/entry-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/entry-1024x633.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/entry-400x247.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1792px) 100vw, 1792px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the torii gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I attend an aikido class a few times a week.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still very much a novice, but it gets me moving and I find it is frequently the only time during the week when I am truly &#8216;present&#8217; in my own body. 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