26/08/2026
The deeper we explore the Way, the more sensitive we become to the clues it leaves before us.
Sometimes the hardest things to observe are those hidden in plain sight.
Before we practise, we dress ourselves in our uniform and perform the simple ritual of tying our hakama. An ordinary act, repeated countless times, often without a second thought.
Yet within this seemingly simple ritual lies a rich tapestry of symbolism waiting to be discovered.
The hakama can be contemplated as symbolic of the human form itself - standing between Heaven and Earth, at the meeting place of the two.
Perhaps the things we repeat most often are also the things we eventually stop seeing.
Swipe to look again - and perhaps never see the hakama in quite the same way.
