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My Self Care Journey is about facilitating a space for you to find your own ways to communicate with your body.

Each session is uniquely tailored for you from various therapies and body works.

31/12/2025

THANK YOU

These are some of the co-creative artworks from this year.

I am grateful to everyone who joined me in the creative process.
I do have some memorable solo works, too. But making art together with you brought so much depth and richness to my practice.

Looking at each work, The Principle of Emergence is obvious - whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Every time we cleared a large artwork after an event, we got surprised how small the pile of materials was. 1+1≠2, sometimes.
I believe the same goes for human potentials as a collective.

I appreciate all the organisers who invited me to their communities and the funders who made possible for me to share my practice with wider audience this year. Thank you for your trust and support for my work.

My heartfelt gratitude goes to Frank Kane and the teachers from School of Consent for teaching me ways to hold a safe space for my workshop participants to explore their creativity. I have a long way to go as a facilitator, but I'm blessed to have shining examples I can look up to.

I wish you all a bright new year ahead and hope to create together some day.

28/12/2025

Ritual - Land Art Making Workshop

Date: 10th February 1 - 3pm
Venue: Sunshine Room, Ecovillage Findhorn - Events, Retreats & Education
Cost: £30
Enquiry: mayumi_nakabayashi@hotmail.com........................................................

I am delighted to announce that I will be leading another land art making workshop in Findhorn, Scotland next year.
At this workshop, we will be exploring land art from a perspective of creative ritual.

For the last couple of years, much of my work has been focused around introducing my practice as a way for individuals and groups to go into a threshold space. It is a short, pocket of time in your busy day to create with nature.
No premeditated designs, no right or wrong way. It is just you and natural objects.

As well as sharing simple techniques of land art making, the workshop will be based on my interest in geometry, health, sound & vibration, senses and the recent evaluation reports on my approach at research projects.

27/12/2025

Today's Land Art
Incomplete

He was determined.
I let him have it.

24/12/2025

Desiderata

Though I spend a lot of time alone in nature, I know what helps me grow as a human being is in my meetings with other humans.
Neither from a book nor at a pristine forest. I learn most in messy, inconvenient, heart wrenching and beautiful human relationships.

I believe humans are to be ‘polished’ by humans. Just like only a diamond can polish and shape another diamond’s facets to maximise its brilliance and sparkle.

Someone sent me ‘Desiderata’ earlier this year.
It is a precious gift which I have occasionally reflected on since, often at times of calibration.
The poem is by Max Ehrmann, originally distributed as Christmas card in 1933.
For the day that’s in it, I would like to share it with you.

Wishing you a peaceful Christmas.

21/12/2025

Today's Land Art

Winter Solstice Blessings to you.
It was wonderful to welcome this year's winter solstice point at The Parable Garden . The artwork was created in front of a 200 year old shell house. (more pics in the comment section)

Thanks to everyone who joined us.

Wishing you all a nourishing rest.

20/12/2025

Exploration of Marlhole in Wexford

As a part of my project funded by ArtLinks.ie and County Wexford Arts Office, I have been exploring marl/ yellow clay in County Wexford.
Here are some images of my creation made beside another marlhole - this one is in Kilmuckridge.

Around 1700s to 1800s, Marl/ yellow clay was used extensively in Wexford as a buiding material and also for the purpose of soil improvement. As a result, you find few 'marlholes' where the clay was dug out mostly around Ballygarrett and Kilmuckridge area.

After watching RTE TV series 'Hands' (1978-1989) which introduced the works of potter Paddy Murphy who used the marl from Enniscorthy, I began dreaming of making art with this unique clay - not ceramics but site-responsive land art at the location where the clay comes from.

This marlhole is located at Rag Tree Equine Assisted Learning . The owner, Denis has generously let me visit the space since last June.
It is hard to describe the feeling I get whenever I visit the space. Stepping into it feels like visiting a sacred chapel. Its peaceful sate and otherworldly atmosphere enchant me like no other place.

In June and July, the hole did not have water. But this time, the water was surrounding almost half of the edge of the space.
Being so close to the winter solstice, I felt the pond and the plants were asleep. So, I created the artwork which does not disturb too many sleeps, hopefully. I imagined the gateway to the pond - something returning into it or coming out of it.

The space is adorned by many lives. Birds, horses, cat and dog visited me while I was there. I imagined myself as a bird, collecting these smalls twigs from fallen branches after the recent storms.

I enjoyed listening to Denis's story about his connection to the land - the evolution of it since the time of his childhood. I also appreciated his ancestor's presence in the space. The urn with ashes was seated on a beautiful bench, overlooking the entire sanctuary. I felt at easy, as if I was minded whenever I was there.

My heartfelt gratitude goes to Denis Rag Tree Equine Assisted Learning and Michael Fortune folklore.ie for his transmission about marlholes in Wexford and introducing me to Denis.

19/12/2025

I am grateful that I get to spend another Winter Solstice at this special place - The Parable Garden

15/12/2025

Today's Flower Mandala

It was my father's birthday yesterday.
I made this one with the flowers gifted by a friend of mine on his passing.

14/12/2025

Christmas Gathering
at Tramore Coastguard Cultural Centre 🎄

Wild day outside! 🌊
But I had a fun and cosy afternoon, making nature art with many young artists. Thank you for joining me. What a lovely community you are!

No, that is not a turtle on the second pic. 🐢 That’s a man with six packs!

09/12/2025

Living Arts Project

For the last couple of months, I have been having a great fun as an assistant artist to wonderful Laura Flood for Living Arts Project.

Following The Permaculture Principles, we have been drawing with 'magic ink', designing a compost and planting seeds with Senior Infants and 4th class students. It's been so much fun and learning in many levels.

Last week, I had a chance to lead my own workshop based on a Permaculture Principle 'Obtain A Yield' from a perspective of my land art practice. The pupils had learned the same principle with Laura a week before. So, my intention was to share a variety of takes on the universal idea.

I think that the images below speak a lot about how it went. The artwork looks somewhat different from many of my group works.
Knowing that I have much support from Laura and teachers and that pupils have known me, I felt at ease in letting go of certain control I usually have in the creative process. When it is a one-off workshop, in which I only get to meet and create with pupils once, there is a part me that I would like the aesthetic of the creation to be impressive.
But at this workshop, I allowed myself to take time to follow, change strategies if necessary and let go. It was a valuable learning opportunity for me.

I like the quote - "If your peace depends on everything going right, that's not peace, that's control. Learning to be steady in uncertainty - that's real growth."

And I like our artwork very much.

The artwork has been left at the space since. It has been welcoming evolutions by being transformed by the elements and new materials to be added by inspired pupils and adults. I look forward to going back to see it this week.

05/12/2025

Exploration of Wexford Marl/ Yellow Clay

Here is a glimpse of my ongoing research project funded by ArtLinks.ie and County Wexford Arts Office .

Between 1700s to 1800s, Marl/ yellow clay was used extensively in Wexford as a buiding material and also for the purpose of soil improvement. As a result, you find few 'marlholes' where the clay was dug out mostly around Ballygarrett and Kilmuckridge area.

After watching RTE TV series 'Hands' (1978-1989) which introduced the works of potter Paddy Murphy who used the marl from Enniscorthy, I began dreaming of making art with this unique clay - not ceramics but site-responsive land art at the location where the clay comes from.

Thanks to Michael Fortune folklore.ie, I was able to meet a land owner who generously let me create by one of his ponds. It was truly special to learn about his ancestral connection to the land and the pond by listening to his story and looking at old hand drawn maps and a photograph. The story inspired me and gave me the direction to work towards.

The pond is a home of many wild life. I have waited until all the ducklings have grown up and some other creatures have departed from the pond. In the cold wind of December, the month I feel Ireland is most beautiful with its low piercing light and warm shadow, it felt the right time to create this piece. "Ancestral Connection'

The artwork will be left on site to be transformed by the elements and potential interactions with wild life until it slowly return to the land, just like we humans do. I will be documenting the process.

My heartfelt gratitude to Jim, Michael, ArtLinks.ie and County Wexford Arts Office for your help and ongoing support.

26/11/2025

Rural Connections Project
with Rosslare Community

Some images from our final workshop last month and the presentation day last week.

It has been a joy to create with the vibrant, creative and friendly community in Rosslare for the last few weeks.
As I got to know people, the location and the history, I wished I had had more time to explore together. It was inspiring to hear about their wide interests in creative activities and also about specific materials associated with the place such as the pieces of ceramics being washed up on the beach. I can see so many potential themes to explore, which are unique to the community.

I also enjoyed the presentation day when all the participating communities came together to share their creative journeys. It was a great opportunity to connect and get inspired!
At our final workshop and also on the presentation evening, we created nature art accompanied with singing led by wonderful musician, Laura Hyland. The singing was there to keep the rhythm of creative flow and our movements.

My heartfelt gratitude to all the participants and the co-facilitator Laura Hyland.
The project was funded and supported by Wexford County Council through Creative Ireland programme.

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