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Though I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in August, 1989, with numbness in the legs and hands, visual disturbances and extreme fatigue, I continued to work full time as a travel agent until 2004. After many emotional stresses at work, caused mainly by interpersonal struggles, I began to feel confused, foggy and had difficulty
Having gained insights into the nature of mindfulness, primarily through the engagement in specific craft activity, the author embarked upon a journey through Japan in order to further explore the subject of mindfulness in relation to both craft production and in its applications to health care practice. Relating these experiences to the Western interpretation of
From his book, You Can Never Speak Up Too Often For the Love of All Things, Onalaska, WA: Pariyatti 2004
To lifeOr deathNow do you cling;Why this life in limbo?Harken now, warbler singTo share with youThis bent bough.