Self-Introduction: A Half-and-Half Senior Girl Raised by Japanese and European Witches

It has been a month since I landed in the world of note. It is time for me to talk a little about what makes up this 'senior girl'.

My life is like a rich, half-and-half beer, blended with the essence of a 'Japanese and European witch'.

The spirit words of the wind taught to me by my great-grandmother and the nature magic bestowed upon me by my European mentor. By pouring in plenty of color psychology and ancient Mayan wisdom, I have become who I am today.

In 2023, I encountered a great storm in the form of a cerebral hemorrhage, and though I once sank to the depths of despair, I have now been 'brought back' toward the light.

There are views I can see only now that a wheelchair has become my partner. The sound of the waterfall and the 'invisible play' my great-grandmother taught me.

Tracing the beginning leads me to memories of my childhood.
My great-grandmother was someone who could channel the voices of those who had passed on to the other side.

When my great-grandmother went to stand under the waterfall, I often followed behind her.
What I learned there were the voices of plants and trees, and the spirit words of the wind.
I had naturally absorbed into my body from a young age
how to 'play' with things that cannot be seen.

Thinking back, those days might have been the beginning of everything.

The 'translation of the heart' taught to me by colors and scribbles

In 1998, I met a mentor in art therapy,

and began to learn how to read the voices of the heart through colors and scribbles.

Colors gently translate feelings that cannot be put into words.

Captivated by that sensation, from around 2005, I began working

as an instructor under my mentor.

2011, meeting a 'real witch,' a descendant of the Celts

And then, 2011. An encounter that would greatly shift my life arrived.

An encounter with a 'real witch,' a descendant of the Celtic Cross tribe.

While looking up to that person as my mentor, I held workshops on witchcraft and continued to learn myself.
What I was taught was 'to feel,' 'to connect with nature,'
'to trust the invisible flow.'

I learned that magic is something that exists within everyday life.

Studying abroad in America, and the calendar revealed by a Mexican shaman

In 2016, I moved to the United States to study abroad. Then, in 2017, I went to Mexico.

There, I met a shaman who showed me a calendar.

It was the wisdom of the Maya, passed down in Guatemala.

Even though I couldn't explain it in words, I felt a sense of 'knowing' it somewhere deep inside. That encounter led me to start learning the Mayan calendar. And now, it has become my life's work.

The world of Otodama (spirit of sound) and stone therapy that has healed 200 bodies

After returning to Japan, connections led me to work alongside Shinto priests. During that training, I encountered what would become the prototype for 'Himiko Karuta.' I was naturally guided into the world of 'Otodama'—the power held by sounds and words.

Around the same time, another path took shape: therapy using natural stones.

Touching the stones, listening to their voices, and aligning the flow of body and mind.

I have provided that therapy to hundreds of people so far.

2023: At the depths of despair, I was 'brought back to the path of living'

However, in 2023, I suddenly experienced a cerebral hemorrhage.

My body would not move as I wanted, and I faced the reality of hemiplegia.

From then on, a wheelchair became my partner.

'How will I live from here on?' I asked myself this over and over again.

And to be honest, what lay beyond that was despair.

There have been many times when I thought, 'That's enough.'

And yet—the casual conversations with my son and daughter. The words of the friends who supported me.

Each one of those things barely managed to keep me tethered to this world.

It's not so much that I decided to live,

but rather that I was 'brought back to the side of living.' That feeling might be closer to the truth.

At the time of integration. As a 'senior girl' in a wheelchair,

now as a 'senior girl' whose partner is a wheelchair,

I spend my days as if confirming each and every thing.

Looking back, colors, witches, the Mayan calendar, sounds, stones—

things that seemed unrelated at first glance were all connected to the same place.

That is to feel the invisible and convey it to someone else.

Now, I am writing it all down here as words, as if to integrate everything.

If this writing touches something within you,

it surely means that the same 'sense' exists within you as well.

I will continue to write, listening closely to that voice.

Thank you for staying with me this far.

I would be happy if I could continue to be connected with you,

so I would be very, very happy if you could give me a 'like' or a follow.

[Bonus: Today's Sound Spirit]
Thank you so much for reading my self-introduction to the end.
In addition to the energy of the calendar, here is one more small piece of magic from me.

The magic held by the sound spirit 'Sa'

Since ancient times, it has been believed that every Japanese word harbors a sacred power. This is the 'Sound Spirit' (Otodama). Among them, the sound 'Sa' is very special and possesses great power.

Its meaning is 'to open,' 'to spread,' and 'the joy of harmony'.

'Sa'——.

May a spring breeze blow through your heart.