01 kokoro - our heart and mind

kokoro/心 - The beautiful Japanese word for heart and mind.

Not just our physical heart, but our emotional and mental heart.

How is your heart and mind today?

This word has always been a favourite of mine. Perhaps because it’s the second character in my Mandarin name and I’ve always felt such affection for it.

It is a word of Beauty, of intention, of love.

It is our story of life.

How we think, how we feel, how we are at this point in time is a result of the accumulation of all the millions of moments and experiences that have ever happened to us in our lives thus far.

We are the beautiful, messy, imperfect stories of our lives.

All the ups and downs, moments that were hard and painful, optimistic and uplifting, painstaking and achingly beautiful.

All of these moments add up to create the heart and mind that is uniquely ours. There is no two of us alike in this world.

How are we taking the time to cherish, to love, and to nurture our heart and mind?

Do we nurture it, speak encouragingly to it, treat it like the precious child that it is, accompanying through all that we go through in life?

The act of nurturing and cultivating our heart and mind is one of the greatest gifts that we can give to ourselves now, and for the future.

Here, we will be sharing thoughts and practices on cultivating self-care for the heart and mind. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and to accompany you on your journey of self-care and life.

xoxo