Japan’s rainy season has ended and days of overwhelming heat and humidity have arrived. Due to climate change, the Japanese summer is growing longer, hotter, and more hazardous.
To escape the scorching heat and torrential rains, we must retreat to air-conditioned rooms and avoid going outside.
We can, however, still go on travels of the heart even in our indoor isolation.
This month we offer “summer waterscapes.”
While bathing your eyes and ears in their coolness, try synchronizing your breathing with the waves of motion produced by water and light.
Beyond the coolness, you will feel the rhythms of life that unite all things in the universe.
Travels of the heart via the power of water can refresh bodies and minds exhausted by heat and revive memories of the spirit.
Namrata
2026.07.24
Through cooling sight and soothing sound,
A gentle sanctuary was found.
Your summer waterscapes took flight,
In waves of sparkling, dancing light.
Though summer’s heat burns fierce and high,
I traveled beneath a cooler sky-
Attuned my breath to streams so clear,
And found the heart of nature near.
My tired mind has been restored,
As soul and water flowed in chord.
Thank you for this gift of grace,
A quiet, refreshing, peaceful place.
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Wishing everyone well in the hot summer season.
Japan’s rainy season has ended and days of overwhelming heat and humidity have arrived. Due to climate change, the Japanese summer is growing longer, hotter, and more hazardous.
To escape the scorching heat and torrential rains, we must retreat to air-conditioned rooms and avoid going outside.
We can, however, still go on travels of the heart even in our indoor isolation.
This month we offer “summer waterscapes.”
While bathing your eyes and ears in their coolness, try synchronizing your breathing with the waves of motion produced by water and light.
Beyond the coolness, you will feel the rhythms of life that unite all things in the universe.
Travels of the heart via the power of water can refresh bodies and minds exhausted by heat and revive memories of the spirit.
Through cooling sight and soothing sound,
A gentle sanctuary was found.
Your summer waterscapes took flight,
In waves of sparkling, dancing light.
Though summer’s heat burns fierce and high,
I traveled beneath a cooler sky-
Attuned my breath to streams so clear,
And found the heart of nature near.
My tired mind has been restored,
As soul and water flowed in chord.
Thank you for this gift of grace,
A quiet, refreshing, peaceful place.
-Namu, Kathmandu Nepal