New-Clear: Being The Flow
ORIGIN COLUMNIST | Duncan Wong (uncut and unedited)
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rom being born into a late 60’s world of hustle and flow, and navigating youth during the ‘X’ generation of the 70’s and 80’s, to exploring the wave of yoga and wellness in California in
the 90’s, and the ‘Y’ generation that questioned how we fit into and transform the world; I was riding that wave between Mysore, India and New York City as a seeker and a sensei, while redefining the boundaries of what it meant for me to be a yogi star on planet earth; and how to shine without going supernova.
After reaching my zenith as a New York City yoga teacher and jet set yoga superstar trainer, I moved away from popular culture and, to a small extent, recreated it in Asia, which ten years ago was like landing on a parallel planet and watching a civilization reinvent the wheel that they originally created, which naturally afforded a quantum advantage, and has evolved into an amazing Zen Buddhist-Yoga fusion culture; the new ‘Z’ generation; for the dream of awakening has absolutely begun, and not a moment too soon. What is inspiring about any yoga culture is to observe and interact with the process of outgrowing religious and cultural restrictions, moving us into the freedom of our soul’s desire; where life becomes at once personal and universal; full of ponderous
insights that transform our understanding of the nature of our shared terrestrial experience.
I write this stream-of-thought from aboard a Shinkansen high-speed luxury train, eating my organic homemade eco-vegan bento lunch box of locally grown and hopefully non-radiated tofu, genmai and greens, and find myself lost in this South Japan island landscape of rice fields, temple homes and bamboo forested mountains blurring by. One thousand years ago this land was its own kingdom ruled by a fair queen, as I am told by the local obaachan grandmothers from the local vegetable stand. I am traveling to my sister’s KiDoKidsYoga course in Kyoto that educates people how to teach kids and their families inter- connectivity through yogic rhymes and movement, while channeling their creative energy. She is visiting and I am not; I actually live here. Fukushima to Fukuoka, where I live, is like traveling from Oslo to Rome; fairly far, and situated along a different coast-line, but cesium and plutonium and never far enough. Sourcing local spring water and organic produce in Hiragana script is a daily adventure. Life doesn’t always reveal what appears the obvious. The raw earth intel reports that the Japan air and oceanic currents collide along its Pacific North coast and move Eastwards towards California, mostly. Of course the Thermohaline Circulation will bring the residuals of humanity full circle within several seasons. So the question remains: where is safe? For me it is with my wife and kids in an environment where we can sustain an organic lifestyle within a conscious community. I foresee further southern movement on the event horizon.
Throughout this process, I have survived spiritual materialism, terrorism, earthquakes, tsunamis, and yes, a nuclear meltdown. Through all of this chaos and adventure, I have managed to arrive at potential midlife without a personal crisis, and with the privilege of discovering what it is to be a human being, a yogi, a husband, and a father.
After some time within the movement and stillness of nature, I have come to know that each moment is the completion of many lifetimes. Resting in this truth, we begin to see that everyone and everything flows together; that our movement supports everyone else’s movement; and that may actually be why we move. This communal experience of being the flow.
Duncan Wong, spiritual athlete, yogi, martial artist, bodyworker, husband and father, is a pioneer of the organic flow movement and creator of the Yogic Arts synthesis system, an interactive flow technology. Duncan is excited to encourage yogis to rediscover their true nature and find passion in their practice.
For more info about Duncan sensei visit
yogicarts.com or
yogicartsfamily.com.
September/October 2011
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