I just returned from Tokyo, where I conducted three 5-day, intense, back to back mediation trainings, hosted by Hitotsubashi University. Learning mediation (or anything) requires the freedom to experiment — and fail — and a comfort level with vulnerability. We had great conversations about how this was challenging in a context that often values perfection and face-saving. So here’s a little collection of sketches for my students who gave themselves permission to learn by screwing up and by exposing their emotional strengths.