Terra
A retrospective essay on how To-shin Do and the Earth element impacted my life.
"We enter this world with a gasp and leave it with a sigh." ~ RiKu Sensei
All roads in my life led to this dojo almost a year ago. I entered this foreign, yet somehow known, environment as an observer, an empty shell of a former self. At that time I was cautious and calculating, only to overcompensate with recklessness. A mind filled with doubts. My body, spirit and mind were out of sync for the greater part of the preceding two years.
I was already slowly moving towards the eye of this storm inside of me. But the struggles inside made this a slow ef