What is Sozo?
Here is a true story about a female humpback whale that was found off-shore near San Francisco. She had become entangled in hundreds of pounds of crab traps that had weighed her down and hundreds of yards of rope that wrapped around her entire body, tail, and tugged at her mouth. She couldn’t move. When an environmental group was called, the team soon realized the only way to free her was to carefully cut away all the lines, traps, etc. to untangle her. After many hours of work, they were able to set her free. Once free, she swam around joyously in circles and then went up to each person who set her free and nudged them as a gesture of thanks. The team that freed her was forever changed.