Here’s a very practical thing that the people of Ohara have told me they really need. There are lots of different levels on which this project supports the area. If you are interested, it will cost one sponsor ¥26,000 (that’s about $250 or about £170) and I’m looking for 20 sponsors. You can sponsor in [...]

A few months ago I received an email from a British woman called Sophie, who wanted to join me on Oshika and help out for a week or so. I was initially quite reluctant about the idea — I didn’t feel that I was able to take care of other non-locals, I was beginning to [...]

I gave a talk last month at FEW, where I finally met someone with whom I had only ever had a telephone and email relationship, and even then we had lost touch in recent years. Dana Levy, who runs Furla Yoga, was one of the women in the audience listening to my 30-minute talk about [...]

My last stay on Oshika was the longest stay so far, and possibly the most exhausting. Two months is a long time to be sleeping in basic conditions, to be living in such a sensitive environment, to be working with such intensity, and of course to be away from the man I totally adore. But [...]