A Softer Way To Live: Japanese Principles For Calm And Clarity

This course is an invitation to slow down and explore a softer way of living through gentle Japanese principles that have supported balance, simplicity, and wellbeing for generations. Rather than asking you to change who you are, these teachings offer a different way of relating to effort, imperfection, and daily life. Over the course of this journey, you’ll be guided through timeless ideas such as Kaizen, Ikigai, Kintsugi, and Wabi-Sabi, each explored in a grounded, practical, and compassionate way. Every lesson includes a short teaching and a reflective practice or meditation, helping you not just understand these principles, but feel them in your body and everyday experience. You can expect this course to support calm, clarity, and steadiness, especially if you feel tired of pushing, overthinking, or holding yourself to impossible standards. Each session offers simple reflections you can carry into your day, encouraging small, meaningful shifts rather than dramatic change. This is not about doing more, but about meeting life with a little more care, presence, and kindness.