Wa The Art of Balance, Kaki Okumura
Wa The Art of Balance, Kaki Okumura
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Wa - The Art of Balance
Live Healthier, Happier and Longer the Japanese Way

Author: Kaki Okumura

Narrator: Cindy Kay

Unabridged: 5 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/30/2024

Synopsis

A guide to four simple and easy-to-adopt daily practices based on the Japanese lifestyle: nourish, move, rest, and socialize.

CREATE A LONG, MEANINGFUL, AND JOYFUL LIFE THE JAPANESE WAY

All you need is one revolutionarily simple concept: Wa

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.

This is a holistic solution to gaining vitality in all aspects of life. Rather than enforcing restrictions or relying on willpower, the pillars are gentle, timeless, and easy to adopt, ensuring that improvements to your health and well-being are long-term and effortless.

This book will revolutionize how you care for yourself and lead to greater peace, fulfillment, and ultimately, contentment.

About Kaki Okumura

Kaki Okumura is a Japanese wellness writer and illustrator. Growing up in the USA, she struggled to find a way to approach her health without falling into narratives of extremism or obsession, and instead turned to her Japanese background to better understand ways we can take care of ourselves to live longer, happier, and more fulfilled lives. Kaki's writing on the platform Medium garners hundreds of thousands of views a month, and she has been published in Bon Appetit, Heated x Mark Bittman, the Beet, Yes! magazine, S&P magazine, Elemental, Forge, and Katie Couric's email newsletter Wake Up Call. She is top writer on Medium in the categories of cooking, food, culture, health, and psychology.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate on February 11, 2023

I wasn't entirely sold on this book to begin with. I thought it was a cook book masquerading as self-help (there are quite a few recipes included). However it grew on me. I found it very interesting even though it is filled with mere common sense. You do still need someone to point out the obvious w......more

Goodreads review by Ben on January 26, 2024

Balance This was a very good book on various Japanese customs and cultural beliefs. I thought it was a very interesting book and got a lot out of it. I do have to say as a Christian myself, a lot of the spiritual and buddhist practices detailed in this book do not exactly follow my own personal beliefs......more

Goodreads review by Niklas on October 16, 2023

It is hard to not give this book 5 stars for the amount of love, care, and thoughtfulness that went into it alone, but fret not: Kaki Okumura's Wa — The Art of Balance is more than just beautifully illustrated, well-researched, and printed on quality paper (hardcover edition). Abandoning the usual "w......more

Goodreads review by Kirsty on January 30, 2023

I was very excited to be accepted for an ARC of this book, but unfortunately what I was hoping to gain and what I actually gained ended up being very different to one another.  On the surface, this is a book that will explore four areas, or 'pillars' of Japanese living, focusing on nourishment, rest,......more

Goodreads review by Erica on April 24, 2023

Kaki Okumura's contemplative writing style is well known on Medium and via her more intimate compassionate newsletter, which subscribers look forward to for its meditative approach to life. Now she has compiled her authentic philosophical ideas into a new inspiring book, Wa-The Art of Balance ~ (Live......more

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