Japanese Living

Ancient, time-tested wisdom: Okinawa, Japan, is a tiny, tiny island south of the Japanese mainland where people live their life's purpose every day. How is it possible for so many to live each day in such meaningful ways? The Okinawan concept of Ikigai. Magical reality come to life: David Michiels stuttered severely well into his adulthood. In clinical terms, his stutter was difficult to treat. But David started to work in a liquor store. Before long, his focus turned to one specific section of the sales floor: the scotch section.

Revised and updated, and with each page alive with facts, history and inspiration, Be More Japan unlocks the secrets behind modern Japanese living - whether you're eating sushi in London or enjoying the cherry blossoms in San Francisco. And if you're dreaming of a future trip to Japan, this book will get you closer to your destination before you've even departed.

The wise people of Japan believe that we all have a reason for being. It is our duty to find the value of life, known as Ikigai. Once you embrace Ikigai and Kaizen as the ultimate way of life, you will witness a dramatically great change in your overall well-being and state of mind. Only then will you be able to clearly see the universal secret to longevity, happiness, and fulfilled life! If you’re new to these life-changing concepts and you want to take charge of your happiness, don’t look past this book.  

Since the Heian period, nature has permeated every aspect of Japanese culture in myriad ways; the Japanese literally eat, sleep and wear the seasons, from kimono motifs to seasonal sweets and annual festivals dedicated to the moon's beauty or the blooming of flowers. This celebration of nature leads to a deep awareness of the seasons, called kisetsukan. In this audiobook, Japanologist and seasonality expert Natalie Leon explains the hidden depths of kisetsukan and shares how seasonal living can be incorporated into our own lives.

The house was built when I was nine years old at the place where our old house was torn down, because it was too old to live in. That old house was built about 100 years ago. My ancestors lived at exactly the same spot generation after generation for over 1000 years since my family used to be a landlord of the area. We are here for around 63 generations.

The book The Way of Zen Buddhism & Zen Mind for Beginners goes beyond teachings of spirituality. The main focus of the book is to empower you to reach your full potential as an individual. Here, you’ll be introduced to Zen minimalist aesthetics, which will help you go from zero to abundance in no time.

It’s time to learn how to unlock simple secrets we can all use in life through Ikigai and Hygge: a proven Japanese cultural method of bringing meaning and joy to daily living and the Danish philosophy of finding comfort and pleasure in soothing atmospheres or the feeling of friendship. Ikigai & Hygge: The Pursuit of Happiness is a cursory exposition of how you can find your Ikigai and live a long and happy life through contentment and well-being that starts with cherishing the little things around you. Also, Hygge, a desire to create a comfortable atmosphere in life.

With Paul Noble’s simple, relaxed approach, you will learn in a way that suits you—without having to memorise long lists of words you won’t use, scribbling notes as you listen or feeling frustrated. Instead, Paul will introduce you to the basics of Japanese and guide you through over 15 hours of everyday scenarios—from simple situations like asking for directions and eating out to talking about yourself and how to master the different tenses—that are practical, fun and applicable. Just listen, interact and learn wherever you are.

Finding your ikigai—the thing that makes you jump out of bed in the morning—is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. The concept of ikigai is closely linked to the idea of finding one's passion in life. If you want to live a life of meaning and passion, you’ll have to start by facing your deepest fears and desiring a life worth living. If you don’t have this desire, your life becomes a journey of self-improvement with nothing else to define you. In this audiobook, you will learn what Ikigai is all about. 

Wa means harmony, a central tenet at the heart of the Japanese belief that to live well is to live in balance. In this book, wellness expert Kaki Okumura shares the practices and psychology behind Wa and the Japanese health secrets that allow anyone, at any point in their life, to improve and sustain their health. Her method to bring Wa into your life is based on four pillars: nourish, move, rest, and socialize.

Según los japoneses, todos tenemos un motivo para existir, es decir, un ikigai. Algunas personas lo encuentran con más facilidad, y otras aún siguen en su búsqueda. Hay también quienes viven su ikigai pero sin saberlo, y por lo tanto, sin la oportunidad de desarrollarlo en todo su esplendor.

Where to Start! We need to heal our relationship with stuff and our obsession with buying and hoarding possessions to greater and lesser extremes. People continue to fill their homes and storage units with possessions that they don’t have any real use for and yet continue to shop and get themselves into severe debt, leading to a miserable and unfulfilled life. The key to living a peaceful and sane life is to have; a loving relationship with ourselves, our living space, the environment and the possessions we bring into those three spaces.

辺りに漂っていたのは確かにそこにある希望の香りだったそれは美の香りだった東京在住の音楽家ロジャーWラウザー宣教師が東日本大震災の被災地で見つけた音楽の力希望の香りボランティアとして活動する中美が恐怖と絶望に勝つ瞬間が何度もあった避難所の体育館でのコンサート炊き出し人々との交流それらの経験から書かれたメディテーションは私たちに神の美しさとその存在を示し励ましを与えてくれる

Pequeñas preguntas, resultados notables. Independientemente de los objetivos que cada uno tenga, Ikigai, ofrece un marco comprobado para mejorar, todos los días. Eric Mc Luhan, autor bestseller, nos revela en “Ikigai, El arte japonés de vivir con propósito: Como alcanzar tu mejor versión con la sabiduría japonesa”, estrategias prácticas de transformación de la filosofía japonesa que conducen a resultados notables.

All of us in different moments of our life have asked ourselves the fateful question: What are we doing here? What is the purpose of our being in the world? In Japan, the idea of having a purpose in life is contained in the term Ikigai.

宇宙のパワーと自由にアクセスする方法 【後編（実践編）】

宇宙のパワーと自由にアクセスする方法【前編（理論編）】

砕かれた葉は美しい。米国人音楽家が魅せられた日本の文化。そこには聖書の説く福音のメッセージが溢れている。日本文化・芸術・生活の中で、神がいかにご自身を明らかにしておられるかに気づく、10の短いメディテーション（黙想）。

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