Kokoro: Japanese Wisdom for a Life Well Lived
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Kokoro: Japanese Wisdom for a Life Well Lived
Contributor(s): Kempton, Beth (Author)
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1635869285
Physical Info: 0.96" H x 7.14" L x 5.27" W (0.62 lbs) 256 pages
Beth Kempton is a Japanologist and a bestselling self-help author and writer mentor, whose books have been translated into more than 25 languages. She has had a twenty-year love affair with Japan, and has made it her work to uncover life lessons and philosophical ideas buried in Japanese culture, words, and ritual. Beth has two degrees in Japanese and has a rare understanding of Japanese cultural and linguistic nuances. She is also a qualified yoga teacher and Reiki Master, trained in the Japanese tradition in Tokyo. She is also founder of Do What You Love, a company which produces and delivers inspiring online courses for living well, with over 100,000 alumni and a community of 250,000 people worldwide.
Review Quotes:
"A masterpiece."-- Joey Hulin, author of Your Spiritual Almanac and Your Manifesting Year
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"A remarkable book. I think about it all the time. It's a stunning piece of writing and an extraordinary achievement." -- Dr. Ali Foxon, author of The Green Sketching Handbook
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"Stunning"-- Anna Mathur, Sunday Times bestselling author of Mind over Mother and Know Your Worth
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"Perfect" -- Michael Perry, author of Hortus Curious
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"Reading Kokoro has helped put me in such a contemplative, open-hearted place. Just wow." -- Hannah Nunn, author of Illuminate
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"Powerful and moving"-- Zoe Tucker, author of Greta and the Giants
Review Quotes:
"A beautiful and poignant call-to-action to make our own pilgrimage into the mountainous heartlands of life after loss, showing us what it means to live a full and joyful life in the face of impermanence. I feel enlarged by reading this. I read Kokoro at the perfect moment when I needed it the most; at a time when I am navigating my own midlife questions and grief. What a gift to the world this book is! Packed full of wisdom and insight from a culture that knows how to wrestle with the nature of impermanence, Kokoro connected me back with my own heartmind as I read it, whispering in the most comforting way that if this is it then I better stay in touch with what matters most. Beth is always such a compassionate and generous guide to what it means to live a fearless and creative life, and this book is no different. By walking us up sacred mountains, introducing us to the people she meets along the way, and by letting us into her own questions, we are about to see our own better, for which I am so grateful and inspired."-- Ruth Allen, author of Grounded and Weathering
Review Quotes:
"Beth's book seeps into your brain and magically changes it. You will find that some beautiful life changes emerge from reading it. You'll be moved by Beth's bravery and inspired by her rare travel adventures. I adore this book."-- Lilla Rogers, author of I Just Like to Make Things
Table of Contents:
CONTENTS
A Note from the Author
Foreword by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi, University of Kyoto
Prologue
羽黒山
PART ONE: HAGUROSAN
Encountering the present on Black Wing Mountain
Chapter 1 MIDLIFE: The scroll unravels
Chapter 2 TIME: A voice like thunder
Chapter 3 HEART-MINDFULNESS: Just arranging flowers
Chapter 4 STILLNESS: Where silence speaks
月山
PART TWO: GASSAN
In the shadow of death on Moon Mountain
Chapter 5 MORTALITY: Here. Not here.
Chapter 6 FALLING: Letting go. Being carried.
Chapter 7 MOTION: Travelling light
Chapter 8 AGEING: Layers of life
湯殿山
PART THREE: YUDONOSAN
Rebirth on Sacred Spring Mountain
Chapter 9 INTEGRATION: Becoming who we are
Chapter 10 NON-CONFORMITY: Hailing a simpler life
Chapter 11 NOURISHMENT: Goodness in, goodness out
Chapter 12 INTENTIONALITY: We get to have this day
Epilogue
Journaling Questions
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Tips for slow travel in Japan
Useful resources
Publisher Marketing:
This book invites you to cultivate stillness and contentment in an ever-changing, uncertain world, inspired by ancient and contemporary Japanese wisdom.
Drawing on a thousand years of Japanese literature, culture, and philosophical ideas to explore the true nature of time and what it means to be human, Kokoro-which mysteriously translates as "heart-mind"-is a meditation on living well.
Join Japanologist Beth Kempton on this life-changing pilgrimage far beyond the tourist trail, to uncover the soul of the country, its people, and its deeply buried wisdom.
Distilling insight from a rich variety of sources, from centuries-old poetry and ancient Zen texts to martial arts teaching and contemporary philosophy, alongside the real-life stories of modern day pioneers, Kokoro offers an inspiring take on what it truly means to be happy, so that you can live each day with wonder and ease.
Review Citations:
Library Journal 10/18/2024 pg. 1 (EAN 9781635869286, Hardcover)
Contributor(s): Kempton, Beth (Author)
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1635869285
Physical Info: 0.96" H x 7.14" L x 5.27" W (0.62 lbs) 256 pages
Beth Kempton is a Japanologist and a bestselling self-help author and writer mentor, whose books have been translated into more than 25 languages. She has had a twenty-year love affair with Japan, and has made it her work to uncover life lessons and philosophical ideas buried in Japanese culture, words, and ritual. Beth has two degrees in Japanese and has a rare understanding of Japanese cultural and linguistic nuances. She is also a qualified yoga teacher and Reiki Master, trained in the Japanese tradition in Tokyo. She is also founder of Do What You Love, a company which produces and delivers inspiring online courses for living well, with over 100,000 alumni and a community of 250,000 people worldwide.
Review Quotes:
"A masterpiece."-- Joey Hulin, author of Your Spiritual Almanac and Your Manifesting Year
Review Quotes:
"A remarkable book. I think about it all the time. It's a stunning piece of writing and an extraordinary achievement." -- Dr. Ali Foxon, author of The Green Sketching Handbook
Review Quotes:
"Stunning"-- Anna Mathur, Sunday Times bestselling author of Mind over Mother and Know Your Worth
Review Quotes:
"Perfect" -- Michael Perry, author of Hortus Curious
Review Quotes:
"Reading Kokoro has helped put me in such a contemplative, open-hearted place. Just wow." -- Hannah Nunn, author of Illuminate
Review Quotes:
"Powerful and moving"-- Zoe Tucker, author of Greta and the Giants
Review Quotes:
"A beautiful and poignant call-to-action to make our own pilgrimage into the mountainous heartlands of life after loss, showing us what it means to live a full and joyful life in the face of impermanence. I feel enlarged by reading this. I read Kokoro at the perfect moment when I needed it the most; at a time when I am navigating my own midlife questions and grief. What a gift to the world this book is! Packed full of wisdom and insight from a culture that knows how to wrestle with the nature of impermanence, Kokoro connected me back with my own heartmind as I read it, whispering in the most comforting way that if this is it then I better stay in touch with what matters most. Beth is always such a compassionate and generous guide to what it means to live a fearless and creative life, and this book is no different. By walking us up sacred mountains, introducing us to the people she meets along the way, and by letting us into her own questions, we are about to see our own better, for which I am so grateful and inspired."-- Ruth Allen, author of Grounded and Weathering
Review Quotes:
"Beth's book seeps into your brain and magically changes it. You will find that some beautiful life changes emerge from reading it. You'll be moved by Beth's bravery and inspired by her rare travel adventures. I adore this book."-- Lilla Rogers, author of I Just Like to Make Things
Table of Contents:
CONTENTS
A Note from the Author
Foreword by Professor Yoshinori Hiroi, University of Kyoto
Prologue
羽黒山
PART ONE: HAGUROSAN
Encountering the present on Black Wing Mountain
Chapter 1 MIDLIFE: The scroll unravels
Chapter 2 TIME: A voice like thunder
Chapter 3 HEART-MINDFULNESS: Just arranging flowers
Chapter 4 STILLNESS: Where silence speaks
月山
PART TWO: GASSAN
In the shadow of death on Moon Mountain
Chapter 5 MORTALITY: Here. Not here.
Chapter 6 FALLING: Letting go. Being carried.
Chapter 7 MOTION: Travelling light
Chapter 8 AGEING: Layers of life
湯殿山
PART THREE: YUDONOSAN
Rebirth on Sacred Spring Mountain
Chapter 9 INTEGRATION: Becoming who we are
Chapter 10 NON-CONFORMITY: Hailing a simpler life
Chapter 11 NOURISHMENT: Goodness in, goodness out
Chapter 12 INTENTIONALITY: We get to have this day
Epilogue
Journaling Questions
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Tips for slow travel in Japan
Useful resources
Publisher Marketing:
This book invites you to cultivate stillness and contentment in an ever-changing, uncertain world, inspired by ancient and contemporary Japanese wisdom.
Drawing on a thousand years of Japanese literature, culture, and philosophical ideas to explore the true nature of time and what it means to be human, Kokoro-which mysteriously translates as "heart-mind"-is a meditation on living well.
Join Japanologist Beth Kempton on this life-changing pilgrimage far beyond the tourist trail, to uncover the soul of the country, its people, and its deeply buried wisdom.
Distilling insight from a rich variety of sources, from centuries-old poetry and ancient Zen texts to martial arts teaching and contemporary philosophy, alongside the real-life stories of modern day pioneers, Kokoro offers an inspiring take on what it truly means to be happy, so that you can live each day with wonder and ease.
Review Citations:
Library Journal 10/18/2024 pg. 1 (EAN 9781635869286, Hardcover)