about YURUMOJI

I am Kazunori Kawashima, the representative of the International Yuruyaka Association.
In my daily life, I run a company whose main job is to take care of people’s minds and bodies.
I can’t forget March 2011 when the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred.
At that time, images of the damage that made us want to cover our eyes were broadcasted on TV every day, leaving a deep impact.
I live in Shiga, so it was the disaster in a faraway area, but most of the clients of our salon experienced an accident.

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More than 90% of people’s “pain” and “physical condition” worsened.
Probably…
I felt tyhat they were exacerbated by watching scenes on TV that made them want to cover their eyes day after day, and hearing stories about the disaster. This is because they tend to have negative emotions such as “anxiety, fear, and sadness,” so I judged that their bodies were affected by their minds. I couldn’t explain it any other way.
I think that this was not good, I decided to create “three booklets” not only for physical care but also for mental care, hoping to relax people’s minds even just a little bit. After work was done every day, I started creating booklets by hand and began the activity of distributing them.
That became the trigger for me. The characters that bring relaxation to the mind and body, abbreviated as “YURUMOJI,” have started being shared with society. At that time, the word “YURUMOJI” did not exist in the world. The history of “YURUMOJI” began from there.

As I continued distributing the booklets, I began to receive many heartwarming comments such as the following.

It’s a moment when I can feel that I’m “helping” by healing their mind and body a little bit.

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One day…
A woman approached me and asked, “Could you teach me this calligraphy?“.
I told her that I wasn’t a professional calligrapher and didn’t have much time, so I declined.
However, she kept offering me opportunities again and again, and more people started asking.
So I couldn’t turn them down.

Eventually, I gave in and started visiting their homes on my days off to teach them.
While repeating such a thing, it spreads by word of mouth…
I had people who were willing to organize my workshops in different places, I visited companies to teach, and started receiving requests from other prefectures.

And before I knew it…
I started doing around 100 workshops per year. Moreover, I began to be featured in newspapers, TV, and other media outlets.

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Even when I am working alone, I know very little.
I am greatful that there were people who sympathized with the influence of “YURUMOJI” and said “I want to learn and teach them too”. Currently, we were able to produce many “YURUMOJI instructors”. It continues to grow even now.

And what’s more! YURUMOJI is spreading not only in Japan but also in Hong Kong.
The YURUMOJI instructors are certified by “The International YURUYAKA Association”, which I am represent. It is true that there are many individuals around the world who are living with stress. For this reason as well, I sincerely hope that this movement will continue to spread to countries beyond Japan.

Kazunori Kawashima
・The representative of the ”International Yuruyaka Association”
・Radiological Technologist
・Body care Trainer
・Mental care Trainer
・Life Coach