{"id":1375,"date":"2026-02-07T23:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nehan.life\/en\/?post_type=interview&#038;p=1375"},"modified":"2026-02-07T23:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:27:33","slug":"akemisano_en","status":"publish","type":"interview","link":"https:\/\/nehan.life\/en\/stories\/akemisano_en\/","title":{"rendered":"What She Finally Arrived At Was the Realization That She&#8217;s Glad to Be Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At nehan retreats, rather than receiving something from outside, we cherish <strong>the time to quietly notice the changes happening within yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the timing of moving to a new place,<br>\u201cI want to take a fresh look at myself\u201d<br>With such thoughts, Akemi Sano joined our 2-night, 3-day retreat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What she gained there was not an answer given by someone else, but <strong>a solid sense she discovered through her own power.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u30ea\u30c8\u30ea\u30fc\u30c8\u4f53\u9a13\u8ac7\u3011\u4f50\u91ce\u660e\u7f8e\u3055\u3093\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HhrijLIH21k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three Days of Facing Yourself Completely<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During the three days of retreat, you <strong>spend time in a way completely different from everyday life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"interviewer_content\">\n<div class=\"left_content\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nehan.life\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/\u8a71\u8005\u753b\u50cf-\u4f50\u91ce\u660e\u7f8e\u3055\u3093.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/>\n<p class=\"name\">Sano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right_content\">\n<p>For three days I wasn&#8217;t allowed to touch my phone, couldn&#8217;t talk to anyone, and just faced myself completely. That time was so precious.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>There is no contact with smartphones or computers at all, and conversation with others is kept to a minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As external stimulation decreases, awareness naturally turns inward,<\/strong> and sensations and emotions you&#8217;ve overlooked until now gradually begin to surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suppressed Emotions Naturally Emerged<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At nehan, we combine specialized neurosensory music that shifts brainwave patterns with our unique Theta Breathing technique to naturally guide participants into meditative states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that state, without forcing yourself to remember anything, emotions and memories that had sunk into the unconscious <strong>can naturally rise to the surface.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"interviewer_content\">\n<div class=\"left_content\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nehan.life\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/\u8a71\u8005\u753b\u50cf-\u4f50\u91ce\u660e\u7f8e\u3055\u3093.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/>\n<p class=\"name\">Sano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right_content\">\n<p>Through various practices while facing myself, emotions I had suppressed came out naturally, even though I wasn&#8217;t trying to bring them up.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>When suppressed emotions surface, it&#8217;s not just about remembering painful events.<br>It might be said that the time has finally come to reconnect with feelings you&#8217;ve kept stored deep in your heart for so long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you fully feel sadness or anger as they are, mysteriously your breathing deepens and your mind begins to settle.<br>And afterward, you may <strong>touch upon your &#8220;true feelings&#8221; that even you weren&#8217;t aware of.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;I&#8217;m Truly Glad to Be Alive&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At nehan, we don&#8217;t forcibly turn emotions into something positive or push them down.<br><strong>We value simply feeling and accepting them as they are<\/strong> above all else.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"interviewer_content\">\n<div class=\"left_content\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nehan.life\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/\u8a71\u8005\u753b\u50cf-\u4f50\u91ce\u660e\u7f8e\u3055\u3093.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/>\n<p class=\"name\">Sano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right_content\">\n<p>Through everyone&#8217;s support, I learned that I have the power to accept those suppressed emotions and move through them.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Facilitators and staff are not there to give answers, but are <strong>companions who support you so you can look at what&#8217;s inside yourself, by yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond the release of suppressed emotions, what Ms. Sano arrived at was\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"interviewer_content\">\n<div class=\"left_content\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nehan.life\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/\u8a71\u8005\u753b\u50cf-\u4f50\u91ce\u660e\u7f8e\u3055\u3093.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/>\n<p class=\"name\">Sano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right_content\">\n<p>I could truly feel from the bottom of my heart that I&#8217;m glad to be alive.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What You Find Yourself Won&#8217;t Waver<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What mattered most to Ms. Sano in this experience was not &#8220;what she felt,&#8221; but &#8220;how she arrived there.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"interviewer_content\">\n<div class=\"left_content\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nehan.life\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/\u8a71\u8005\u753b\u50cf-\u4f50\u91ce\u660e\u7f8e\u3055\u3093.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/>\n<p class=\"name\">Sano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right_content\">\n<p>This wasn&#8217;t something taught or guided from outside, but something I moved toward and arrived at myself\u2014I think there&#8217;s tremendous meaning in that.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"interviewer_content\">\n<div class=\"left_content\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nehan.life\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/\u8a71\u8005\u753b\u50cf-\u4f50\u91ce\u660e\u7f8e\u3055\u3093.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/>\n<p class=\"name\">Sano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"right_content\">\n<p>What I grasped through my own power\u2014even though life will bring various things and I might forget at times\u2014I have this conviction that it will remain within me, unwavering.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Not someone&#8217;s words, not a correct answer given from outside, but <strong>finding the answers within yourself, through your own power.<\/strong> That sensation quietly continues to remain, even as time passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nehan.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hiader\u56de\u96c6\u5408\u5199\u771f\u4fee\u6b63-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1214\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Answer Is Always Within<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At nehan, we believe in the power that exists within everyone.<br>We never forcibly draw anything out, nor do we guide with expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether to speak or express emotions\u2014everything happens at each person&#8217;s own pace.<br>What facilitators and staff can do is <strong>gently accompany that process and offer a hand when needed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no need to force emotions out, nor to try to create special &#8220;insights&#8221; 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