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Summary: Hilda Perkins - Her Dedication Shows in a Seminal Work
Comment: The author of this work was my student for several years both before going to Japan and after returning. She has taken a vary difficult oriental concept, integrated it with western ideas and put it to words for westerners. Her book is essentially a non-martial exploitation of the same concepts which appear in C.M. Shifflett's "Ki in Aikido". Hilda's book contains a necessary amount of discussion about basic concepts of tri-tuning (mind-body-spirit integration), a term she coined to describe what she felt about life and the need to bring all parts of her being into balance. Her writings are clearly influenced by her training in Japan with Aikido Master Koichi Tohei and his desciple, Koretoshi Maruyama.The book is highly readable to those with an open mind, providing not only discussions of hard to understand concepts but also exercises the reader can try themselves to validate what has been said. Take some time to read the Table of Contents to understand the organization of the information. This will be a great aid in using the book, because this is a book that you will use, and use again to help you integrate your mind-body-spirit self. Then you will find yourself talking to others in your acquaintence about what you have learned. You will likely become an advocate of her concepts for yourself and others.
