Originally Posted by
Ctenny
I'll dish since that topic was my fault. I tripped while carrying a tray of rice and miso soup for first oryoki on the second day of the retreat. I was right next to the bed and directly over my zafu and zabuton. I really did not want to soak any of these nice padded surfaces with a quart of miso soup, so I fell to my knees to catch myself.
This maneuver "worked" in that I didn't spill a drop of soup. But my left knee took quite a beating. I sat most of the second day with an icepack on it, and ended up moving to a chair near the end of the retreat.
At least I had turned the camera off, so there was nothing to see but a pained look (presumably) when I joined oryoki ON TIME and with a FULL BOWL of soup! :cool:
Deep bows (while trying not to fall over),
Eric