Practice

A Hard Question About Japanese aesthetics — wabi-sabi mono no aware yugen

Explore how wabi-sabi and mono no aware can transform your perspective on imperfection, impermanence, and what truly matters in life.

Muraguide

What you’ll practice

This is a reflective practice guided by Mura. It gives you one honest question to sit with — the kind that moves you from thinking about an idea to working with it.

The reflection itself unfolds in conversation with Mura, where it adapts to your situation — so you practice it together rather than reading it off the page.

Practice this with Mura

Begin the reflection in a coaching conversation, where it meets what you’re actually working through.

Understand first

Aesthetic Sensitivity as Moral Development Yūgen: Grace of Subtle Profundity The Unreliable Narrator of Self Wabi-Sabi as Philosophical Comfort Seasonal Consciousness and Impermanence

Go deeper

Japanese aesthetics — wabi-sabi mono no aware yugen: Questions Worth Asking Japanese aesthetics — wabi-sabi mono no aware yugen: What Nobody Tells You The Examined Japanese aesthetics — wabi-sabi mono no aware yugen Japanese aesthetics — wabi-sabi mono no aware yugen: Foundations Living with Japanese aesthetics — wabi-sabi mono no aware yugen

Peri

New to this practice?

Peri can explain what this practice is for, help you decide whether it fits what you’re working through, and point you to the right place to begin.

Ready to practice this?

Begin the reflection with your coach, or tell Peri what you’re working through.