“Love and Hope, Japan”
Amy Choi (Hong Kong, China)
6 April, 2011
Not long after the earthquake in Japan in mid-March, I left Hong Kong to teach Touch for Health and Double Doodle Play in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia. When I was there, Conrad my husband had been sending me SMS messages every day about the earthquake and nuclear crisis in Japan, because he knew that I had planned to teach Double Doodle Play and Five Animal Play Balances there in two weeks. He suggested me to consider cancelling the trip as things in Japan turned from bad to worse.
When I was in KL reading the negative news from newspapers and SMS messages from home, I became a bit worried. At the same time, however, I wished that the earthquake at the northeast would not affect my sponsor and the participants in Osaka in the central part of Japan – so that the courses could be held as usual. I was still hoping that we could Double Doodle cherry blossoms in early April.
When I was still in doubt, I got a strong “go-ahead!” message from the universe. At the end of the 2-day Double Doodle Play workshop in KL, on Sunday, 20th March, 2011, 19 participants and I drew a Double Doodle Mural on the wall. Each one of us just did it by our intuition and feelings, and we all drew patches here and there on the large drawing surface without talking to each other.
It may be the collective consciousness of the universe! The theme of the drawing finally came out to be “Love and Hope, Japan”! After we all felt that the drawing was completed, one participant said out loud, “Why, is that our next destination?” Without even thinking about it, I said to one of the participants, “that’s my next destination!”. Then, I knew the universe was telling me that despite what was happening, it was the highest good for me to go there to teach as planned!
When I went back home from KL, I received a message from my Japanese sponsor Kenichi Ishimaru that although a few people cancelled their enrollments, the workshops would still go ahead as planned.
At the end of March, I flew to Japan with curiosity and anticipation. The atmosphere in the airport was quieter and a bit more cautious than usual. In Osaka, a few items at the supermarket like drinking water were in shortage of supply, though other things in the city appeared to be quite normal.
The courses went well. The participants were happy. It was an interesting journey to me, and I believe that I had done my best to give support and love to my friends in Japan.
30-minute lecture and demonstration on Double Doodle Play by Amy Choi, April 1, 2011. (English/Japanese)
30-minute lecture and demonstration on Five Animal Play Balances by Amy Choi, April 2, 2011. (English/Japanese)
