Japanese Ba and Feeling of Belonging

Masterclass with Emiko Tsuyuki

What gives us a sense of belonging? How do we create places where people feel they belong? This starts by realizing we are not just individual rational beings, but we are part of a shared context in which emotions play a role. If we can share what it is often difficult to express, we feel we can be as we are and we don’t need to adapt to fit in a group. We influence and need each other in this process. We are corporeal beings, in a physical environment, and are related to each other as well as to our history and culture. In this way an energy field (Ba) comes alive.