Kintsugi - Embracing our Imperfections to Create Something Beautiful
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Leslie's Corner: Kintsugi - Embracing our Imperfections to Create Something Beautiful

The holidays are a time for sprucing up as we prepare for celebrations with family and friends. But in our rush to get things done, we often forget to take time out for ourselves to reflect - this...

Japanese WisdomPhytoncide Essential Oils for Forest Bathing | Oxford Healthspan

Bringing the Forest Indoors - Phytoncide Essential Oil Blends for Forest Bathing

Since 1982, the Japanese government has designated over forty forest therapy trails to encourage citizens to spend more time in nature.

Japanese Wisdom7 Japanese Anti Aging Secrets Hidden in their Food | Oxford Healthspan

7 Japanese Anti Aging Secrets Hidden in their Food

The Japanese are known for their longevity as a population in spite of widespread smoking and drinking among their equally famous 'salarymen,' but once you leave the big cities and head into the co...

Japanese WisdomHow to find your ikigai & live longer and better | Oxford Healthspan

How to find your ikigai & live longer and better

For our regular readers, it will come as no surprise that the team at Oxford Healthspan are deeply invested in understanding and sharing Japanese anti-aging secrets.

Japanese WisdomHow the Japanese start the New Year

How the Japanese start the New Year

Japan is famous for its long-lived, health conscious  population, and this is in part due to their food-as-medicine approach, and their traditions around the New Year are no different. These are tw...

Japanese WisdomJapanese Amazake: The Perfect Winter Drink | Oxford Healthspan

(Baby) It's cold outside: time for some Japanese Amazake!

When it is cold like this in winter, all you want is a hot, comforting drink like “Amazake (甘酒)”, which means “sweet sake” in Japanese. You will see people selling it when you visit Shinto shrines ...