Yesterday was the final yoga class I will be teaching in Fukuoka, Kyushu Island.

It was fully booked and was a very fun class, with a barbeque and drinks on the rooftop afterwards!

I have had so much fun in Fukuoka, but tomorrow we will be leaving here to stay at a 600 year old Zen Buddhist temple in Ojuki village, near Oita for 1 week.

I am very excited to get to experience the authentic Zen lifestyle and although I have stayed on similar Zen retreats etc before, this sounds fairly relaxed in comparison. The schedule of the day will be as follows : 

5:30 – Wake up & chanting in main hall.
6:00 – “Zazen” meditation in main hall, 60 minutes.
7:00 – Tea time and/or personal time. No breakfast is strongly encouraged. See details below…
8:00 – Yoga, fitness practice, or early “samu”.
9:00 – “Samu” or service to the temple. Help out around the retreat, learn something new.
11:00 – Lunch preparation.
11:30 – Lunch time.
12:30 – Activities and outings of your choice.
17:00 – Dinner preparation.
17:30 – Dinner time.
18:30 – Evenings are flexible, relaxed and social.
21:00 – Quiet time.

Due to this, we will be unable to work over the next week (from 6th - 11th October) but we have opened our schedules up again from the 12th October. 

Thank you all for your continued support. 

I will be posting up pictures once we have stable internet again.

Take care and have a lovely week everyone!

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I am a highly experienced professional English teacher, Yoga Instructor, Nutrition Consultant and Personal Trainer from London, UK. I recently left London to work and travel around Japan on a Working Holiday Visa with my girlfriend Ashley (who is also a teacher on Cafetalk). We love sharing adventures travelling, teaching, exploring and understanding new cultures and we hope to speak with you soon!

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