The foundation of our journey begins with a Japanese Tea Welcoming Ceremony and orientation. Then we will travel to one of Kyoto’s best-kept-secret temples (and Kamau’s favorite), where we will immerse into nature to practice the fundamentals of energy awareness and meditative practice. This day will set the tone for our four days of experience.

Midday we will join a sacred ‘Goma Ritual’. The Goma ritual (護摩) is an esoteric Buddhist fire‐offering ceremony practiced chiefly in Japan’s Shingon and Tendai schools. During the rite, a priest chants mantras and sutras while consecrating a blazing hearth into which wooden sticks (goma‐gi), inscribed with participants’ prayers or intentions, are cast. As the flames consume the offerings, they symbolically burn away karmic impurities and obstacles, invoke wisdom deities (most notably Fudō Myōō), and bestow purification, protection, and spiritual blessings upon all present.

*Opening Ceremony

* Explore and Practice at Beautiful Esoteric Buddhist Temple

* Elemental Energy Arts Practice

* Goma Ritual Ceremony

Creativity is the language of the unseen to the seen. On this day, we enter the sacred dimension of Mystical Creativity, where expression becomes a bridge between spirit and form, between the silence within and the living landscape around us. Through written and spoken word, sacred movement and visual art, we will allow the expressions from our depth to rise to the surface.


* Esoteric Poetry workshop with Kamau at Anraku-ji Temple

* Sacred Movement with Nanaka

* Special Performance Presentation

On Day 3, we travel up and over Mt. Kurama mountain. At the apex, we will engage in a powerful Tuluvi energy arts practice at the refreshing and energetically charged location where Mikao Usui meditated for 21 days and brought forth the healing modality known as ‘Reiki’. Along the way, we will experience the grandeur of 800 year old trees and stop for meditation at Kurama Temple, as well as exploring other wonderful sites the mountain area offers.

* Sacred Mountain Hike

* Mountain Temple Visit

* Visit and Practice at the Birthplace of Reiki

* Evening Meditation

In Japan, the traditional life and cultural arts are honored and preserved in Kyoto. On our final Kyoto day, we will engage and experience the weaving of the old, the now, and the future. You will experience:

* Wearing a traditional kimono

* Japanese Tea Ceremony

*Traditional Maiko Dance Performance

* Japanese Dinner

Nara is where the breath of Japan's spiritual heritage still lingers in the morning mist.

Before Kyoto, there was Nara, the first capital of Japan and the birthplace of many of its most enduring sacred traditions. Here, the presence of the kami (spirit forces) and Buddhas is not a memory, but a living atmosphere woven into the towering cedars, the silent stone lanterns, and the watchful eyes of deer regarded as messengers of the divine.

On this day, we journey into the quiet soul of Japan.

* You will walk the same paths once trodden by monks, poets, and pilgrims.

* Visit one of Japan’s most beautiful temples and was the first temple to allow and welcome women into sacred grounds for worship.

* Engage in specific grounding practices to deepen our presence and attune to the subtle currents of energy that still pulse through this sacred terrain.

On Nov 2nd, we will take the bullet train for a scenic ride to the southern island of Kyushu and the prefecture called Kagoshima.

Saifuku-ji is a modern Shingon Buddhist temple outside Kagoshima that houses the18.5-metre wooden Great Benzaiten (Hindu - Saraswati), Japan’s largest statue of the goddess of water, music, creativity and abundance. On this day, we will attend the annual Benzaitan prosperity prayer ceremony and have a special private audience with the head priest Gosen Ikeguchi.

* Benzaitan Prosperity Prayer Ceremony

On our final day, we will explore the beautiful nature of Kagoshima for meditation and reflective writing time.

* Nature Exploration

* Reflective Writing

*Concluding Dinner