• A wabi-sabi home in 10 easy steps

Cultivate Your Wabi-Sabi Sensibility in 10 Easy Steps

1. Quiet your home. Most of us contend with a daily onslaught of motors and machines '- not to mention the human noise generated by the Loud Family next door. You can bring nourishing quiet into your home through structural changes such as better windows and cork floors or with smaller fixes such as heavy window draperies and rubber mats for your kitchen appliances. Even better, leave the dishwasher turned off and wash the dishes by hand. This quiet task can be a meditation in itself.
2. Give yourself sacred space. Don't deny yourself the luxury of a dedicated meditation room or space. If you don't have an extra room for this, find a special rug that you can unroll in a corner to designate the space.
3. Clear the clutter. Start slowly, uncluttering your house one drawer ... Read more »