Finding my ikigai in Okinawa, Japan and learning actual definitions of ikigai

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥?

I had the honor of learning from true ikigai expert, Christal Burnette, who has studied extensively with Dr. Suzuki, the founder of Okinawan Longevity.

Here are the actual definitions of ikigai:

𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗶 𝗮𝗿𝗲 "𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹."

𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗶 𝗮𝗿𝗲 "𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺, 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲."

Through Calm Corner I get to live out my 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗶, sharing mindfulness through everyday interactions, online sharing, monthly newsletters, and group events. 

Through my family, friends or even by myself, I make sure to experience 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗶 every day. 

Those in Okinawa, the next ikigai workshop with Christal is at Camp Courtney on December 15. Be sure to sign up on Eventbrite. Thank you, Christal, for returning for a second workshop. What a treat.

Thank you to Yurika-san for bringing amazing programs to our community!

👉 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗶 (𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗴)?

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