Season One explores spirituality, seasonality, collectivism, ritual and rest as everyday healing practice. New episodes are released across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and Instagram.
Iyashi is the Japanese word for healing the body and lifting the spirit. The episode introduces the podcast, and the hosts discuss burnout, belonging, and identity.
26 minutesAn overview of how spirituality shows up in Japanese daily life through Shintoism and Zen Buddhism, and how it differs from spirituality as belief or doctrine.
Coming soonJapan recognises 24 micro-seasons, not four. This episode explores seasonal awareness in daily life, and how working with natural cycles supports healing.
Coming soonExploring collectivist ways of living and how it connects with collective healing: shared ritual, communal rhythm, and presence over explanation.
Coming soonA Shinto purification practice using cold waterfall immersion, recorded on location at Mount Mitake.
Coming soonEach immersion takes us to a place where a Japanese healing practice is lived. We add every trip here as we make it.
A Shinto purification practice using cold waterfall immersion, believed to cleanse accumulated stress and negativity.