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Zen for a Busy Home: Japanese Habits for Calm Days and Clear Minds
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ISBN10: 937655017X
ISBN13: 9789376550173
Publisher: Mindful Pages
Published: Apr 21 2026
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789376550173
Publisher: Mindful Pages
Published: Apr 21 2026
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Your home is full, your calendar even fuller, and yet calm always seems to live somewhere else. Zen for a Busy Home is for anyone who wants a steadier nervous system without needing a silent retreat or a minimalist makeover. Drawing on Japanese habits and Zen sensibilities, it shows how ordinary domestic life can become a gentle training ground for attention, breath, and kindness. Instead of prescribing a single ideal aesthetic, Sumi Takahara-Lei helps you read the unique energy of your rooms, cupboards, and corridors. You will learn how to carve out ma, the nourishing space between things, even before you declutter home; how to use breath practice in doorways, during washing-up, and while folding laundry; and how to turn regular household routines into grounding rituals rather than draining obligations. Along the way, you will experiment with entrance customs, sound and light tuning, mindful chores, tea pauses, and calm evenings that actually restore you. Written for real people in real homes, this book speaks to busy parents, shared households, and anyone whose living space feels more whirlwind than sanctuary. It offers simple rituals that fit into five spare minutes, not five spare hours, and a way of seeing that makes daily mindfulness part of how you cook, tidy, and say goodnight. Zen for a Busy Home will not strip your life back to bare walls; it will help your existing home quietly begin to support a clearer, kinder state of mind.
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