Profile (Order of Appearance)

Masaru Emoto

Missionary of Water, President of Office Masaru Emoto

Born in 1943 in Yokohama. Graduated from the Yokohama City University. Currently, President of OFFICE MASARU EMOTO, Chairman of I.H.M. Co., Ltd., Chairman of the International HADO Membership, and Honorary President of the International Water for Life Foundation.

After the graduation from the University, he established I.H.M. Co., Ltd. in 1986. While visiting the US, he encountered a device called Magnetic Resonance Analyzer (MRA) and micro-clustered water, and decided to challenge the mystery of water as his life work. A pioneer in HADO technologies, he is the one who has been spreading the concept of HADO throughout the world.

In 1999, he self-published “Message from Water”, a first photograph collection of water crystals, and demonstrated that water can memorize and transmit a variety of information such as music, photographs, words, prayer and human consciousness. This message of peace from water created a resonance in people’s hearts and has been propagated to the whole world. Today, it has been translated into more than 45 different languages and the total sales of his books are more than three million copies. As a result, he has been invited by more than 75 countries in the past 10 years and given his lectures more than 1,000 times.

In 2005, he gave a keynote speech at the UN Headquarters in New York and declared to start the Emoto Peace Project in which 650 million copies of a children’ version of “Message from Water” will be delivered to all the children on this planet for free.

WEBSITE

http://www.masaru-emoto.net/
http://www.emotoproject.org/
http://www.hado.com/

CONTENT

Lecture: Water and World Peace

Gudni Gudnason

President of Modern Mystery School

Gudni Gudnason was born in Iceland 1958. As a young man he was bored with this life and spent his time in study of all things human: spirituality, religion, philosophy, history, psychology and more in order to understand humans better so that he could serve them. He mastered many things and later in life got a degree in both business and psychology as well as earning awards for painting, sculpture, poetry, martial arts where he holds several black belt degrees and he received the Business Man of the Year award in the US where he attended a White House Dinner with the President of the US.

Mr Gudnason studied rigorously the science of the mind in order to understand the core issues regarding pain and the process of healing. He travelled around the world and studied with great masters, and in time learned to harness the mind and help others to do the same. He excelled in an ancient system called the Mystery School and he has worked hard on spreading those teachings around the world. His school, the Modern Mystery School is now in 39 countries around the world with hundreds of thousands of students learning the ancients teachings of healing and empowerment.
He has also started a project called the Golden Pyramid of Peace where he promotes peace to the world. During this Forum, Gudni and his team will lead several rituals and meditations using the Pyramid.

WEBSITE

http://modernmysteryschool.com/
http://goldenpyramidofpeace.com/

CONTENT

Lecture: We Are All Water!

Noboru Tenjo

Musician, Bamboo Flute & Synthesizer

Born in Fukuoka Prefecture. Performed Piano and Vocal in different bands of rock and pops in the past. Then, he travelled in the US to practice his music. After coming back to Japan, he organized a band called “Bo Tree”, and continues to perform in the concerts and appear in the NHK TV, radio and BS programs. He made many CDs and wrote a number of books.

Currently, he is performing at the concerts, giving lectures and dedicating his music to the gods of many shrines.

WEBSITE

http://homepage3.nifty.com/TENJO/

CONTENT

Music: Fluit to Cleanse / Water is Life, etc.

Lisa Itakura

Actress, Dancer

Graduated from the Faculty of Literature at the Musashino Women's University. Starting modern ballet at the age of two and half, she has been performing as a main member in the Toho musicals featuring a famous actress Mao Daichi.

In 1990, she was awarded “Miss Prêt-a-Porter” at the Miss Japan Grand Prix contest. As a goodwill ambassador of beauty, she paid a courtesy visit to the prime minister’s official residence and embassies of many countries in Japan, and visited Australia as the representative of Miss Asia.

In January 2008, she was invited to India by the consulate general of Japan in Mumbai and the executive committee of the Mumbai Festival and made an opening speech and performed a dance at the Mumbai Festival 2008 as a representative of Japan. This scene has been chosen as a highlight of an Indian movie “Dance! Dance! Dance!”, which is now being directed by Akram Shaikh. Lisa is a leading actress of this movie.

Currently, she is teaching a class of “Lisa Tibetan Exercise” for the general public, which was originally self-training lessons for her own beauty and health compiled during her many years as a stage actress. Also, she is a seminar teacher for many companies.

WEBSITE

http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/lisaitakura/

CONTENT

Dance "Message from Water": The Blue Danube

Shoji Kubota

Director of Society for the Study of Water Design

Born in 1936 in Niigata Prefecture. Doctor of Science. Graduated from the Faculty of Science at the Tohoku University in 1960, and completed his master’s course of the Graduate School of Science at the Tohoku University in 1962. After working as a research assistant at the Tohoku University and a lecturer at the Faculty of Technology at the Shizuoka University, he joined Hitachi, Ltd. in 1970 as a chief researcher and retired in 1995.

He had been involved for 5 years since 1983 in a national water-related project at the Water Reuse Promotion Center, which is an extra-departmental organization of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. In 1994, he became a member of the Water Resource Reevaluation Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. He was a part-time instructor at the Faculty of Technology at the Ibaraki University from 1983 to 2003.

Currently, he is Director of the Society for the Study of Water Design, President of the Water Design Institute, Adviser of the Subtle Energy Association of Japan, Director of The PSI Science Institute of Japan, and Chairman of the board of directors of the Specified Nonprofit Corporation Association of Functional Ions in Japan.

He is the author and editor of more than 20 books on water science including several encyclopedias on water.

WEBSITE

http://www.waterdesign-wd.co.jp/

CONTENT

Lecture: What is Water?

Konstantin Korotkov

Physicist, Russia

Konstantin Korotkov is the inventor of the EPI (ElectroPhotonic Imaging)/GDV (Gas Discharge Visualization) technology. He has published over 200 papers in physics and biology, and holds 15 patents on biophysics inventions. Professor of Physics at the St. Petersburg State Technical University in Russia, and President of the International Union of Medical and Applied Bioelectrography.

Since its first appearance in 1995, the EPI/GDV technology has always drawn people’s interest. This application of EPI/GDV technology is a radical innovation beyond the original focus on the energy of psychological and physiological states.

During the Congress in Brazil 2009, President of the Academia Sul-Americana de Medicina Integrada, Dr. Roberto Cezar Leite honored Konstantin with a special award of the Academia for outstanding achievement in the developing of new instrumentation and many years of scientific research in the field of Integrative Medicine. In Russia, Dr. Korotkov is awarded with a medal under the name of Chigevsky – the honorable award of Russian Academy of Medico-Technical Science.

Dr. Korotkov will give us a live demonstration of energy measurement of water on the stage during his lectures at this Forum.

WEBSITE

http://www.korotkov.org/

CONTENT

Lecture: Does Water Listen to Music?
Lecture: Does Consciousness Change Water?

Aika

Sound Therapist

Aika is a stage name taken from a prayer of “May the words of love (AI in Japanese) reach the Heaven through my song (KA in Japanese)”.
Born in Takarazuka City of Hyogo Prefecture on October 2. Graduated from the Department of Opera Studies at the Osaka College of Music Graduate School. She made a debut as Michaela in the Nikikai Opera “Carmen” and played various parts in the stage of the Opera Musicals. She studied in Milan and New York and trained herself as a stage performer. She has given her concerts with a theme of “For the Future of Children and the Environment of Earth” in German, Australia and Mongolia.
Currently, she has been giving sound therapy concerts all over Japan, cherishing inner voice and words and sending gratitude to all the living beings. Also, she has been performing “Imagination Stage” to revive the Japanese traditional beauty in Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, the UK and Italy, and receiving a high valuation.

WEBSITE

http://aika.tv/

CONTENT

Song: Amazing Grace / Ave Maria, etc.

Ryushin Ohmasa

President of Japan Techno Co., Ltd.

Born on March 4, 1939. Received a doctoral degree in technology from the Graduate School of Nagoya Institute of Technology. Currently, he is President of Japan Techno Co., Ltd.

He developed a new mixing device, which has a vibrating motor with some fin oscillators on a pair of shafts. The vibration of the fins causes a turbulent discharge flow from the fin tips like a jet flow, which establishes high mixing performance in the equipment.

By electrolysing water which was vibrated by the use of this new mixing equipment, Ohmasa produced microbubbles of oxygen and hydrogen. He found very unique properties in this mixture of oxygen and hydrogen produced by this system. One of them is that this special mixture of oxygen and hydrogen is very safe and can be used as a new fuel, although it is usually dangerous to mix oxygen and hydrogen.

He was awarded twice by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, and received a Medal with Yellow Ribbon from the Prime Minister's Office.

WEBSITE

http://www.jptechno.co.jp/
http://www.ktpc.or.jp/kp/101600/

CONTENT

Lecture: A New Fuel Born from Water to Save the Earth

Masaharu Takao

President of “Philosophy, Science and Technology/TAKAO”

Born on June 24, 1943 in Fukuoka Prefecture. Doctor of Technology (Kyushu University), Honorary Doctor of Philosophy (IOND University). Reaching the retiring age, he retired from the Kyushu University in March 2007. Currently, President of “Philosophy, Science and Technology/TAKAO”, Director of the Japan-Medical Science Institute of Silicon.
Since he started to work for the Kyushu University, he has been engaged in the study of his special field, chemical engineering. Simultaneously, he organized “Association to Search for an Appropriate View of Nature and Society”, and proposed a novel, philosophical view of the world to integrate matter and mind, called “Dialectical Monism of Matter and God”. Based on this philosophy, he systemized “Theory of Quantum Water”, which can explain scientifically the spontaneous atomic conversion.

WEBSITE

http://www1.odn.ne.jp/shishakamo/under-index.htm

CONTENT

Lecture: Theory of Quantum Water and Technology to Improve Water

Ryusuke & Hanayo Seto

Musician

Graduated from the Keio University. Organizing “EAST” in the US, he sold an album “EAST” from the Capitol Record, which ranked in the top 10 on Billboard, an brilliant achievement. After the group was broken up, he started solo activities. Currently, he owns his music studio near Mt. Fuji. He is energetically giving concerts as Aman Ryusuke Seto and as an expert to enjoy life work with his daughter Hanayo, and delivering love through music.
He composed “Water Song” as a theme song of “The 1st Water for Life Festival”, which was held in Tokyo 2004 following the declaration of “Water for Life – The International Decade” by the United Nations. He also composed “Ho'oponopono Song”. “Ho'oponopono” is teaching us that the four expressions - “I am sorry”, “Please forgive me”, “Thank you” and “I love you” - purify our mind.

WEBSITE

http://www.galaxymusic.net/
http://hanayo.info/

CONTENT

Song: Water Song / Ho'oponopono Song, etc.

Mayana

Singer, Holland

Mayana is a singer who uses the voice and frequencies for healing, author of 3 books, founder of the Heart healing method and Zhen Chi, seminar leader and personal “heart coach”.

WEBSITE

http://www.mayana.nl/

CONTENT

Song: Feel the Rhythm of Your Heartbeat / Like Water, etc.

Katsuhito Funai

President of Funai Head Office, Co., Ltd.

Born in 1964 in Osaka. Entered Funai General Institute Co., Ltd. in 1988. In 1998, he became an executive director of the company and a representative director of Funai Capital Co., Ltd. and Funai Information Systems Co., Ltd., that are the subsidiary companies in the area of finance and information technology, respectively, of Funai General Institute, and exert himself to develop peripheral fields in consulting. In 2008, he took the position of the president of Funai Head Office Co., Ltd.

He resonated with the idea of his father Yukio Funai that it is his divine mission to create a new society where there are no competitions, tricks nor cheatings, and determined to support his father by becoming the president of that company. In 2003, he wrote a book entitled “Definitive Method to Earn Profits in the IT Age for Small and Medium Businesses” (Business-Sha 2003).

WEBSITE

http://www.funaiyukio.com/

CONTENT

Lecture: Peace Imagined/Created by People with A Strong Will

Lin Hsien-Tsung

President of Jing-Guan Spirit-Mind Mentalism Science Research Institution, Taiwan

Lin Hsien-Tsung was born in Taiwan in 1957. Founder of Jing-Guan Spirit-Mind Mentalism Science Research Institution. Lin has been doing research extensively on Buddhism over several decades and making effort to make scientific proof of Buddhism. Lin has been to Australia and the United States to study quantum physics, mind science and techniques.
Mr. Lin developed Deep Consciousness Communication technique and successfully guided and helped several ten thousand people to clear the deep-seated obstacles and blockage within inner self through present and past life in Taiwan, Singapore, China and Malaysia. Meanwhile, he is also committed in disaster relief activities in China and Taiwan.

WEBSITE

http://www.uok.com.tw/

CONTENT

Lecture: Genetic Mind Transformation

Hikaru Deguchi

President of Mekiki-No-Kai

Born on January 14, 1955 in Kyoto. Ph.D. Graduated from the Faculty of Literature at the Keio University (Experimental Psychology). He studied applied behavior analysis at the Department of Human Development at the University of Kansas and received Ph.D. After teaching for 4 years at the Keio University and Myojo University, he entered the business world and became a representative director of Taka-Q Co., Ltd. He founded “Samurai Social Network” as a world-wide social foundation which connects people through their divine mission and vocation.

Currently, President of Mekiki-No-Kai, President of Mekiki Co., Ltd. A part-time teacher at the Tama Art University. A third dan at judo.

WEBSITE

http://www.mekiki.ne.jp/

CONTENT

Lecture: The 4th Wave - Advent of the Era of Water

Ingeborg

Singer, Belgium

Ingeborg is a singer, TV host, and author from Belgium. From 1990 till 2006, she presented 13 different TV shows, made 4 full CDs and 4 theatre programs. The spiritual TV program “Wondrous World”, which was broadcast in 1999, was produced from her own interest in self-realization.

Since 1998 Ingeborg has been trained in a variety of disciplines. She has followed a 4-year training to become a Dru yoga docent. She also trained as a healer at school of Roland Verschaeve. Furthermore, she is a Master Instructor in Integrated Energy Therapy and Oneness blessing giver graduated in Andhra Pradesh, India. Since June 2008 Ingeborg has her own school ‘The Evolution’. ‘The Evolution’ is a centre for meditation, self development and Dru Yoga.

From an enormous enthusiasm Ingeborg made a CD named ‘Beyond Religion’ in association with Masaru Emoto. This CD with several mantras from various religions makes the underlying power of peace, love and gratitude melt into one resonating experience.

WEBSITE

http://www.ingeborg.ws/

CONTENT

Song: Shalom Shalom / Now I Walk in Beauty, etc..

Teruo Higa

Professor Emeritus of University of the Ryukyus, Professor of Meio University

Born on December 28, 1941 in Okinawa Prefecture. Following his graduation from the Department of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, he took his doctorate from the Agricultural Research Department of Kyushu University Graduate School, eventually returning to join the teaching staff of the University of the Ryukyus as lecturer in 1970, becoming Assistant Professor two years later. He became Professor of Horticulture in 1982 and Professor Emeritus of The University of the Ryukyus in 2007. Since April 2007, he has been Professor of Meio University and head of the International Institute for EM Technology.
He developed EM (Effective Microorganisms) Technology, and it has been applied in a wide variety of fields such as agriculture, stockbreeding, environment, construction, industrial use, health and medicine and introduced into more than 150 countries.
He holds a pivotal position within a number of organizations including that of Chairman of the Executive Committee for the International Spreading of Nature Farming, President of the Asia-Pacific Natural Agriculture Network, Chief Director of the Foundation for Earth Environment, Technology Adviser for the Japan Flower Association, Director of the International Nature Farming Research Center and Science Adviser for the Association for the Cleaning of Japan's Water.

WEBSITE

http://www.emro.co.jp/

CONTENT

Lecture: Purification of River and Lakes by EM Technology

Lynne McTaggart

Journalist, Author of “The Field”

Lynne McTaggart is one of the preeminent spokespersons on consciousness, the new physics and the science of spirituality.

She is the award-winning journalist and author of five books, including the worldwide bestsellers “The Field” and “The Intention Experiment”, both considered seminal books of the New Age.

Lynne is also the architect of the Intention Experiments, a web-based ‘global laboratory’, involving an international consortium of prestigious scientists and thousands of people in countries around the world to test the power of intention to heal the world. Tens of thousands of participants around the world get involved in her web-based experiments, making it the largest mind-over-matter study in history.

Both “The Field” and “The Intention Experiment” have sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide and continue to be bestsellers (The Field has remained a top seller on Amazon for all of its seven years). The Intention Experiment was chosen as an Amazon top 100 favorite for 2007.

Lynne has spoken before many diverse audiences around the world and is regular on television and radio in many countries. She lives in London with her husband and business partner Bryan Hubbard and their two daughters.

WEBSITE

http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/

CONTENT

Lecture + Live Experiment: The Intention Experiment

Kenji Williams

NASA Earth Image Artist presents BELLA GAIA: A Poetic Vision of Earth from Space with Dancer Lale Sayoko

Creative Director and Composer, Kenji Williams is an award winning filmmaker, music producer, theatrical show director, and classically-trained violinist. A world bridger of music, visual arts, science and unique storytelling, Williams has collaborated with international DJ John Digweed, evolutionary philosopher Ken Wilber, world famous painter Alex Grey, the Gates Planetarium (Denver Museum of Nature & Science), and is exposing his solo work from big music festivals around the world, to mainstream television, and film soundtracks. His current live multimedia show, “BELLA GAIA”, involves collaborating with institutions such as NASA and The Smithsonian. In addition to public and critical acclaim, Pioneer, Panasonic, and Sony corporations have sponsored Williams with technology to support his artistic vision. Combining unique skills in film and music, Williams has earned international film awards from the CSC to Sundance and has been featured in the media from European publications and BBC radio, to mainstream Japanese press, to NPR, Tricycle, XM Radio, AV Revolution, XLR8R, and Apple.com.

Composer and producer of 6 music albums, Director of 15 films and music videos, 3 feature length projects, and 3 multimedia theatrical live shows, Kenji Williams is respected as pushing the boundaries of audio visual art and theatrical performance.

WEBSITE

http://www.bellagaia.com/

CONTENT

NASA Image + Live Music by Kenji Williams + Live Dance by Lale Sayoko

Hiroshi Deguchi

President of Suiohsha Co., Ltd.

Completed his doctor course of the Graduate School at the Kwansei Gakuin University. His special field is modern literature in Japan. Hosting a digital preparatory school S.P.S. Lecturer at the Toshin Eisei Preparatory School.

He is well known in his writing many reference books for preparatory school students and as a teacher of modern literature. On the other hand, he has written many books on Japanese literature. Considering that language is the most important base, he developed “Logical Engine”, which is a novel program to nurture the power of logic. More than 200 private high schools have adopted this program officially.

Currentlyl, he is managing a publishing company Suiohsha Co., Ltd. As a volunteer, he has also been involved in bringing up seeing-eye dogs.

WEBSITE

http://www.suiohsha.jp/

CONTENT

Lecture: World Crisis and Onisaburo Deguchi

Hibiki Ayano

Singer

Born in Tokyo. Familiar with songs since her childhood, she started to take voice lessons at the age of 10. She has been engaged in a wide variety of music activities such as pops, nursery songs, lullabies, musicals, chansons, arias. Her singing method with beautiful Japanese words and her voice with clearness and warmth enjoy a good reputation. She has a lot of fans in Japan beyond ages and genres.

She made a debut with her original song “Goddess of Word-Spirit” in November 2003. In July 2005, she covered “A Thousand Winds”, which was composed by Man Arai and soon became a topic. At the same time, she created a love song “Wind of Eternity” connecting this world with another world, which gently asks us how we should live after we lost our dearest person. It is regarded as an answering song to “A Thousand Winds”.

She has been actively involved in writing lyrics, direction, composition, scenario writing and production of stage performance. She has been also dedicating herself to grass-root concert activities at medical facilities all over Japan.

WEBSITE

http://www.ayano-hibiki.com/

CONTENT

Song: Ave Maria (Schubert) / A Thousand Winds, etc.

Eric Pearl

Healer, Author of “The Reconnection”

Internationally recognized healer Eric Pearl has appeared on countless television programs in the US and around the world, spoken by invitation at the United Nations, presented to a full house at Madison Square Garden and his seminars have been featured in various publications including The New York Times.

His patients’ healings have been documented in six books to date, including Eric’s own international bestseller, “The Reconnection: Heal Others, Heal Yourself”, soon in its 30th language.

Based in Los Angeles, Eric and Reconnective Healing elicit great interest from top doctors and medical researchers at hospitals and universities worldwide. These include Jackson Memorial Hospital, UCLA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the VA Hospital, University of Minnesota, University of Miami Medical School and the University of Arizona – where he addressed physicians at the request of Dr.. Andrew Weil. New research programs are presently underway at multiple facilities under the guidance of such renowned research scientists as Gary Schwartz, PhD., William Tiller, PhD., Konstantin Korotkov, PhD. and others.

Eric travels the globe extensively throughout the year bringing the light and information of Reconnective Healing onto the planet. To date, he has taught this new level of healing to more than 45,000 people in more than 60 countries, bringing about a spontaneous generation of healers worldwide.

WEBSITE

http://www.thereconnection.com/

CONTENT

Lecture + Live Demonstration: The Essence of Healing

(Lett: Elisabeth Samnøy, Right: Princess Märtha Louise)

Märtha Louise & Elisabeth Samnøy

Princess of Norway and Co-Founder of Astarte Education

Princess Märtha Louise

I have always been interested in alternative therapies. This is probably because even from an early age I have been able to pick up on how people are feeling, in the sense that I have been able to sense the aura of people I meet.

In particular, I remember an occasion as a little girl when I met a woman whom I did not know. I went over to her and told her that she didn’t need to be distressed about her husband, and that everything would be all right between them. The woman was astonished and wondered who had told me this. This caused a great fuss, and some concern among many of the grown-ups, because no-one wanted her to think that it was they who had been gossiping.

I am trained as a physiotherapist and as a Rosen Method Practitioner. I attended a course with Elisabeth, where I learned to organise my sensory impressions in order to read others. It was through horses that I learned to communicate with animals at a deeper level, and it was while I worked with horses that I came in contact with the angels. I have since come to understand the value of this great gift and am eager to share it with others – perhaps with you?

Elisabeth Samnøy

Since I was a little girl I have always known that there was more to the world around me than I was able to actually see. I have had many experiences which cannot logically be explained, often accompanied by a feeling of loneliness, many unanswered questions and doubt.

I started as an assistant marine mechanic, but quickly discovered that this was not my destiny in life.

The light dawned on me when I discovered reincarnation. The Universe opened and revealed itself as a resource of communication, help and support through the angels and other divine energies.

I have two qualifications in Reiki healing, which were wonderful, but where I failed to understand what was really happening. This I learned at a course which focused on using our inner eye. Märtha also attended this course. Since then I have been part of a process in which the angels and their frequency made contact with the divine in my heart.

When you first make contact with the Universe, you discover that it is a wonderful and infinite source where we can find everything we need.

(quoted from the website of Astarte Education)

WEBSITE

http://www.astarte-education.com/

CONTENT

Lecture: TBA (On Spirituality)

Itsuo Ikushima

Chief Priest of Chikubushima Shrine

Since October 1988, he has been the 5th-generation Chief Priest of Chikubushima Shrine, which is located on the Chikubushima Island in the northern part of Lake Biwa.
Enshrined Deities of the Shrine are Ichikishimahime-no-mikoto (Saraswati), Ugafukujin, Asaihime-no-mikoto and Ryujin (dragon god). Ichikishimahime-no-mikoto (a.k.a. Saraswati and Munakata Okami), the first water deity appearing in the myth of Japan, is a child of Amaterasu Omikami. According to the Kojiki (the oldest extant chronicle in Japan), she is a goddess who opened roads on the land and sea, and she is in charge of traffic safety and good-luck. Saraswati gives you compassion, prosperity and peace of mind. Ugafukujin is a deity of bumper crop and thriving business.

WEBSITE

http://www.chikubusima.or.jp/

CONTENT

Prayer for Water

Genshin Fujinami

Ajari, Tendai Buddhism, Mt. Hiei

Born in Mie Prefecture in 1959. Great Ajari of Hokurei sect. At the age of 17, he became a monk at the Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Temple. Next year, after entering the Eizan Gakuin College, he moved to the Imuro valley where his mentor Yusai Sakai Ajari is living, and started to accompany Yusai Sakai Ajari's Sennichi-Kaiho-Gyo (one-thousand-day circumambulations-of-the-mountain practice). Graduated from the College, he accompanied the Bishamondo Monzeki in Kyoto. In 1984, he completed the first 100 days of his own Sennichi-Kaiho-Gyo. Then, he once gave up being a monk, left Mt. Hiei and worked for a company as a businessman.

In 1993, giving rise to the desire to save all sentient beings, he started his 12-year practice of shutting himself inside the premise of the Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Temple based on the Sange-Gakusho-Shiki, which was also the resumption of his Sennichi-Kaiho-Gyo. On September 18, 2003, he accomplished his Sennichi-Kaiho-Gyo., and on October 19, he performed a prayer ceremony in the Kyoto Imperial Palace. In 2005, he completed the 12-year practice successfully.

Currently, living at the Matsuzen-in in the Imuro valley at the foot of Mt. Hiei, he is giving a Buddhist rite of cedar-stick burning and performing incantations and prayers at 1 pm every day. With a famous medical doctor Ryoichi Obitsu, he wrote a book entitled "Power of Life", which was published by Keizaikai in 2007.

WEBSITE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL08yGxXHgY

CONTENT

Prayer for Water

Sara Shivani

Yoga Instructor

Born in Sydney, she learned International Relations, Law and Japanese literature at The University of Queensland, Australia, and then moved to Japan in 2001. Currently, she lives in Kamakura, Japan.
She is a certified yoga and qigong instructor, relaxation body-worker, musical theater performer for children, television actress and MC.

Shivani travels around Japan and the world and leads various workshops and retreats. She specializes in female holistic health and is known in Japan for her innovative health programs, Living Shizen and Venus Yoga, that present eastern modalities of health and fitness and are designed to holistically empower women.

Her approach to yoga and living a healthy life have been featured in numerous media formats, including the Japan Times and Metropolis (Japan's No 1 English magazine). Since April of 2009, she has been appearing in "Eigo Rookie Gabby" of NHK educational TV.
She will be MC for this 3-day Forum speaking both English and Japanese.

WEBSITE

http://www.livingshizen.com

CONTENT

Main MC for the Forum